I finally got the dirt and mulch spread out in the northern side of the garden — there’s a nice island of kale in the middle, and the garlic we planted last year is growing well in the back. I’ve got potatoes and yams to plant, beans, peas, cucumbers, dill, and tomatoes. Hopefully lots and lots of tomatoes! Oh, and watermelon.
Start of the access path — there’s an old apple tree to the right
Down the path to the midway point of the wood chips — we’re continuing around the bend to level the ground and lay more chips.
The seemingly endless supply of wood chips … isn’t
Especially when you grab a couple of truck loads
We’re leveling more and ready for more chips — running the tractor over the bed of wood chips compacts them really well!
Then we were ready to dump some more
And spread them out
Well, it’s a start! It takes seven to eight bucket loads of chips to fill up the truck, and two loads got us this far … this is gonna take a while!
We’re starting to level out the farm road for wood chipping
The farm access path is, unfortunately, a bit of a soggy, muddy mess! We’re going to level it out with the tractor and drop a bunch of wood chips to help keep the path solid.
We’ve been collecting wood chips
And mulching the orchard — every plant has a nice island of mulch around it.
Well, sorta. For Dumplin’s birthday, Anya made the cats “kitten cake” — crushed peanuts (he loves peanuts), tuna, and sprinkles of shredded mozzarella. They loved it … Anya wasn’t sure about crunchy peanuts with tuna 🙂
We grew pumpkins last year, and I wanted to make something for the cats too
8 oz cooked tuna
1 egg
1 oz shredded carrot
1 oz cooked pumpkin, mashed
1 oz olive oil
1 pinch catnip
7 oz oat flour
Preheat the oven to 350F
Mix everything except the oat flour together, the slowly stir in the flour to form a dough.
Spread on baking tray about 1/2″ thick & cook for 10-15 minutes. Cut into small rectangles and allow to cool. Serve to happy kittens!