Done and Done

I've finally finished with the clearing, had just barely enough time to do rent a chipper for a weekend and then over the past two weekends have planted over 85 trees. I am weary. But, I've got no time for that complaining crap. The pigs also showed up a couple of weeks ago, along with a new friend who I am still trying to decided whether to call Rex, Zeke, or Soup. I've also been trying to whip my garden into shape, between the weather and the water I haven't been able to set foot in the greenhouse so it got overrun with grass. Drastic measures were necessary, sheet mulching was in order and the dirt guy was called. luckily I had a bunch of wood chips from clearing to make everything look sharp. Now on to the pictures!

The finished cleared almost acre

The pigs digs, high on the hill

The chipper team hard at work

Lesson of that day: no use in crying over a tipped chipper

The second brush pile

My tree order from Fedco, a good 38 trees or so.  All went into the ground in an afternoon.

All the trees are planted!  hard to tell though mostly they look like sticks sticking out of the ground.  This one front and center is a plum.

This one is a pear

The view that I got from the top of my clearing.  It's also the view that the pigs get.

My grass problem

Wet cardboard and compost can fix this.

And a little mulch makes it pleasant to be in, hopefully encouraging me to weed a bit more

My little friend, he came free with the pigs.  I was going to call him Rex or maybe Zeke, because for the first few days he followed me around.  Then started crowing all the time and picking fights with me. He needs some chickens to occupy his time, but that's not going to happen anytime soon, so his name is slowly turning to Soup...

And now, a video of the pigs!

Their names are: Southern Pacific Railroad, Adam Smith, and the "Invisible Hand"

if you can't tell this years theme is Capitalist Pigs.