Week Five

Alert 🚨 Alert 🚨 chickens 🐓 and potatoes 🥔 do NOT go together ❌❌❌ 

The 52 rows of potatoes we planted looked like a giant buffet to the chickens…. which was less than ideal! 

The solution to that pesky problem was to put up a fence….across the entire length of the garden….this was no small feat for man kind! 

We were so thankful for the extra help that came to knock this project out. Chase learned about using a skid steer with a post hole digger attachment and was moving along just fine….until a water line was hit. Then I ran around here and there trying to find parts to get to one of our helpers who knew how to fix a broken water line (because we were clueless, but now we know!)…add in a gas line break and that day was a doozy. When we finally called it a day we had worked our longest day, a combined 18 hours. We typically average closer to 12-14 hours combined. 

After a solid 2.5 days and a few extra hours here and there we can finally say the chicken fence is done! Golly gee that was a feat! 

One morning we were asked if we could be mountain bike family models in 20 mins…we asked for 50 mins and got the job done 🚵‍♀️ We rode bikes on some legit mountain bike trails and were filmed here and there. It was tough for Chase and I, Mac did so good and kept trying. When he need a little more to keep him going a pep talk and ice cream offer kept his chin up 😜

We started to till the plot where our seed sprouts from inside will be transplanted outside. 25 early girl tomatoes have been planted thus far. These were not grown by seed, they we dropped off to us one day so we planted them 😆 

Merrick and I planted 278 red onions. I went to get a rake to cover the onions and he had started to cover them with the hoe on his own accord. A real life moment that showed me this boy is watching and learning. He saw us do this with he potatoes and knew just what to do! 

Chase was harvesting asparagus and noticed a seemingly fresh buffalo scat. We thought there was no way that could be the case. Upon asking our boss….🚨red alert 🚨….it was indeed and now…back to fence making! There must now be a buffalo fence around the entire garden! Thankfully we have a very handy cowboy friend helping Chase build a buffalo fence. Hopefully the garden will be safe from an rouge roaming buffalo! 

Spring is the time for babies that’s a known fact….There is a baby horse that was born on Cinco de Mayo…hence his name Cinco. He’s a cute little guy to watch run around. There are 3 or 4 bunnies who have had babies….there are going to be so many rabbits! There are baby chickens in a brooder in the laundry room. There is just new life everywhere!! I had never thought about baby buffalos….or that a baby buffalo might get orphaned but that’s what has happened to one calf and so she’s now a bottle fed baby buffalo here on the ranch. This little thing is pulling on my heart strings more than I ever could have thought. 

Reminds me that no matter what we always have a heavenly Father who loves us and will care for us even when we feel all alone. And it makes me wanna do that for this baby buffalo….bring it into our camper and give it cozy warm place to rest and play….but I’ll refrain from that craziness! 

We explored the Belly of the Dragon cave and the Pink Coral Sand Dunes Sate park! Both within 25ish mins of us, we’d recommend both if you’re ever heading to Zion. Really neat spots! One great thing about sand dunes….is that the kiddos can GO….so that little purple circle has Merrick in it….who may or may not have been leaving his mark 🙈 

Bryce Canyon National Park! This beaut is 1.5 hours away and is so neat! Rock formations like you’ve never seen before.