This truck belonged to Chris’ grandad and Chris inherited it when he was in college. About 18 years ago Chris restored it, but this winter he got a hankering to refresh the restoration a bit. So, he’s been fine-tuning the paint, refinished the wood in the bed floor, added beauty rings to the wheels and a side rail for a final touch. It looks great! It seems like this truck has its own fan club around town. Chris drives it to the hardware store, to get pizza…that sort of thing. As we are driving along people smile and wave. This old truck makes people feel happy, no two ways about it!
Part of my week has been to put together some baskets of natural fiber nesting materials for the birds that live here on the farm. I put in roving of merino mohair, mandella wool, alpaca felt ribbons and alpaca wool. The alpaca fiber came from my friend Robin’s alpaca herd nearby in Penrose. She and her husband own Little Circle Alpaca Farm and I love buying fiber from her. Anyway, here is the end result tied into the tree. I built 4 baskets and scattered them about in trees around the farm. If I were a baby bird this spring I would be very pleased with the softness and warmth of my nest home.
For our christmas present, Lizz, Jake and Biggi gave us these wonderful signs. Lizz built and painted them for us to use at the Farm Stand to celebrate our heirloom heritage food plants and the old fashioned flowers that we sell, along with more than 500 different varieties of herb plants.
They are great signs and we are so thrilled to have them!
And speaking of Farm Stand, today I planted more than 50 plug flats of seeds, many of the varieties will be for Farm Stand, along with our wholesale customers.
It has been a very busy weekend. Yesterday Chris and I put up the bows for our new Farm Stand greenhouse sturcture. It looks like a giant whale rib cage! The building is starting to take it’s form now and before we know it we will have it filled with plants.
The coming week will be equally busy, but it feels good to be getting a lot done. Hope your week is dandy too.
