Open House Update
Well I have a
little under four weeks till my open house for the Yockey Farm Greenhouse , and
Kevscarvings and things are not going exactly as planned . But still all is ok.
May 23 is coming up faster than I can get the work done to have the young
seedlings I had last year. This will be no problem, I still have plenty of
trees and shrubs to sell and a few new projects I would like to share with you.
You can only do so much and worry so much about what you can’t get done and the
rest you just have to shake off and let it be. It will be ok.
I have had water
problems arising out of a cold ass winter to start with, and part of this has
to deal directly with the greenhouse. The well at my house supplies at
different times, not only my house but also is an emergency backup water source
for mom’s house and also feeds the outside water hydrants and the greenhouse,
and most importantly my house as far as I am concerned. I have no desire to
hear the pump run all the time and see a precious resource as water and the
electric needed to pump it, literally wash
down the hillside and be wasted. This required me to take action especially
after I saw the duck convention as they settled themselves into the mud hole
developed directly above the leak seeing as they saw an opportunity to make a
pond and feed on my wasting of resources. This was extra incentive to finally
get after it seeing them out making fun of my misfortune.
Also my water
pressure is drastically dropping in the greenhouse and I have young tender
plants that need daily doses of water as well young chicks I have to water daily,
who are very soon after water leak is fixed, are being moved to new housing in
the barn shed by the ponds. Still until the leaks are fixed I have to keep on
with them where they are, as the water leak has priority. My grandpa installed
a line to my place somewhere around 1946 and it has lasted this long and for
this we can be thankful. Over the last couple of days I have been able to find
the leak and the replacement point I need to go to, to fix this leak and
replace the line coming into my house. Something I hope I never have to do
again in my life. If the first one lasted 69 years hopefully I can get by with
30 years and it will be someone else’s problem. Along with this replacement will
also come another new discharge line updating most of the crucial utilities I need
to at this point for my new addition I plan on building.
It all takes time
and money and of course infringes on other things I am doing like trying to get
planting done. Also I have another leak on the line at the greenhouse I intend
to work on directly after this. Then I will head for the new chicken house. In the
meantime I will get whatever planting I can get done and not worry too much
about the rest. Doubt if I will have much to give away for free on craigslist
as I have had for the last couple of years. Oh well, you can only do so much. Well
I am off of here and to the hardware to pick up pipe and fittings. It must be Monday.
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