As most know, we’ve been trying to get our seeds started and garden ready for weeks now. It seems as if we have had setback after setback so far. It’s really hard to not get frustrated when you are so close and then having a monkey wrench get thrown in the mix.

It’s finally been dry for a bit and materials got delivered for the addition on the house. It’s still going to be a bit before it’s completed, but gotta start somewhere, right?

We’ve had some trouble getting the tiller going. The one that we picked up this winter needed some work. We thought it was in better shape, but after replacing the motor, it still doesn’t want to run properly.

So back to old trusty we go. This one needs love too but seems to be in better working order. At this point, the new motor got put on this one and it fired up perfectly. It seems to be working just fine, the issue is that the tires won’t hold air and the wheels won’t come off so there needs to be some tinkering in order to get the wheels switched out.

The garden schematics are planned out and ready to be planted. We have the little greenhouse ready for seeds to start in, and dirt in the trays ready to go. Unfortunately, all of our attention has been focused in other places. Farmdaddy has been working on the tillers and my attention has been on teething, cranky farm babies. It’s really hard for me to do much else at this point besides care for them. Luckily the other kids have been helping out quite a bit. Hopefully we can get them started in the next day or so.

Last but not least, the chickens have been laying a ton of eggs! We’ve been gotten some double yolkers! I noticed Tina hanging out on a nest area today, but no egg yet. I’m thinking maybe soon for her. I thought we got one the other day, but it was just a huge egg!

All in all things are well here on the farm. It’s not all going according to plan, but it’ll all work out in the end.