Busy Weekend

Another great weekend on RAD Farms.  We had a movie night in and Friday and watched 2 good movies... Something Borrowed - a romatic comedy and then The Fifth Quarter - based on a true story - I cried a lot during this movie! 



The big tree (almost at the start)



And the tree is gone!



Then Saturday.. up and at 'em!  Ryan wanted to cut down this huge tree (like 45 feet) because it was definitely dead and if it fell, it would land right on the power lines.  A big project for just 1, well 2 if you count me!  Lots of trips up and down the burm to remove each "little" tree that made the big one.  Then reinforcements came in (aka me and Joey), who picked up sticks and rakes and stacked wood.  That's just plain old hard work!  But we finished it!

Also had our first brush bonfire!  A great day for it... low winds that were blowing away from our neighbors!  Our pit is now empty again!





Our first tree planted



Then Sunday... it was time to plant the apple trees!  Holy hard work again!  And I realized how similar my dad and Ryan are.  Lots of measuring and plotting things out before starting to dig.  Me, I would have just started to dig and laid it out as I went.  But I'm very thankful for Ryan who takes the time to do these things because it definitely looked awesome in the end.  We plants 6 trees and let places for 2 more after we get the pollinators.  So RAD Farms is officially underway!!  We still have to plant the strawberries and rasberries, but lost steam after several hours in the 80 degree sun.



Our orchard



Crane Road... so pretty in the fall



Things learned so far at the house....



1.  Cutting trees down is an all day job... don't let anyone tell you otherwise unless there is like 10 people helping.

2.  Planting trees is not as easy as it sounds... dig a hole and put the tree in right?  HAHA, yeah not so much!

3.  A pickup truck is a must have when living on 7 acres.

4.  I don't know how the Amish do it!  Power tools are a must!



So sunny on October 9th



I love the Quad!