What a blow!
Oct. 24th, 2009 09:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trystinnLast night we had the first big wind of the season - bent the flag's bracket back about 180 degrees! I brought in the wind chimes and glass lights last night, just to be safe. The Shrine Goddess, thankfully, is protected in the border by the trees - she's fine.
We have a lot of branches down and a few boards from the fence. The ducks were a bit alarmed last night, we could hear them inside the house. The cheekins were put off egg laying, we'll be adding more wind protection for them and increasing their hutch space hopefully this weekend. Meanwhile, we are trying an experiment by allowing the cheekins out to forage.
Josh's main job this weekend is gravel. We need a layer of small rock as a foundation for the new shed and a few inches deep inside Duckgard, since I'm slipping all over the place on the wet hay. It works well in summer, but it's just too damn damp in the Fall and I shudder to think what it will be like in Winter once things start freezing a bit!
Update: We've purchased several yards' worth of Lummi gravel and already have half the pen covered. So far it's managed to be much easier to walk on without slipping and completely capable of draining roughly 10 gallons of water poured on top. Something of vital necessity given that I must pour out the water bins inside the pen to clean and re-fill.
We have a lot of branches down and a few boards from the fence. The ducks were a bit alarmed last night, we could hear them inside the house. The cheekins were put off egg laying, we'll be adding more wind protection for them and increasing their hutch space hopefully this weekend. Meanwhile, we are trying an experiment by allowing the cheekins out to forage.
Josh's main job this weekend is gravel. We need a layer of small rock as a foundation for the new shed and a few inches deep inside Duckgard, since I'm slipping all over the place on the wet hay. It works well in summer, but it's just too damn damp in the Fall and I shudder to think what it will be like in Winter once things start freezing a bit!
Update: We've purchased several yards' worth of Lummi gravel and already have half the pen covered. So far it's managed to be much easier to walk on without slipping and completely capable of draining roughly 10 gallons of water poured on top. Something of vital necessity given that I must pour out the water bins inside the pen to clean and re-fill.
