Log shed/planting update

   The 1st part of the move is getting a place to put our tools. So a shed needed to be built. A strong, and no cost option, was a small log cabin. We have lots of pine timber needing to be moved or taken down. We have done a bit of work on it over the last couple weekends and we're about halfway there. This will probably the 1st of a few such cabins, as the goats and chickens will need pens and shelters as well as the soon to be moved tools.We will also need a woodshed for the firewood that we've been cutting for next winter. The girls, Thing 1 and Thing 2, have been working hard learning how to build a notched end log shelter.
   The other part of the move has been the orchard getting into it's new home. The Hansen's cherry bushes have been moved, as well as the bush apricots (yumm)!. The rhubarb seems to be doing well and is peeking up out of the mulch. Stone walls are terracing the hill where the shrub orchard is being re-planted. (Oh our aching backs and other parts!) Old fashioned roses are being transplanted for the rose hips they will produce along the the stone lined drive-way. The bees will like the flowers as much as I do.

1.    I'm not sure where the ground cherries are going to go and run wild, but I can't wait to harvest them this fall! The Hyssop, chives, Egyptian onions, and sage are also coming with us to their new beds soon. Perhaps as soon as the middle of this week. Our plans are to replant trees every year that can be used for firewood or provide edibles in the wild. Beech, Oak, Hazelnut, Black Walnut, Sugar Maples, and large spreads of Poplar are all native here in N.H.. Elderberry , wild roses, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries and crab apples will go wild out there too.Once the house is built, I'd like to plant a couple Paw-Paw's and a few American Chestnuts nearby as well... maybe the kidlets will get to enjoy those fruits someday, but we will probably be long gone on by then.