Hey there! I’m getting a little break away from home life while I am on a little outing to the laundry mat (Yahoo!) Actually, it’s pretty nice… air-conditioning, nice benches to sit on… unfortunately, there is no internet connection, so I will have to go to the bakery/book shop after this to post this entry. I may even have to order something yummy!
Ok, well here are some pictures of the house siding. I think it looks awesome!!! I can’t wait until it is all up. We will stain it with a red stain and do the trim in a pale yellow. We are picking up pallets wherever we see them on the side of the road and cutting them up for the siding. There is a place near where Toby works that seems to throw away 10-20 pallets a week, so they are keeping us well supplied!!
The chicks should be coming home in a few weeks. They are only 6 days old in these pictures, but they are growing so fast!! We are going to try to haul the coop up to the land tomorrow and get everything set up. I can’t wait. (We found a great organic feed supplier that has a local seller!) I really hope that Suki gets along well with them! We have been trying to train her with the turtles that she keeps finding. Initially, she would find them and then start chewing on their shells. We got her to stop chewing on them by offering her treats when she would just stand by them without chewing. Now, she just brings us turtles and drops them at our feet:-)
We have been getting some black raspberries from a couple of plants I found. The black berries are all over the place and should be ready in the next month or so. I have also found St. Johns Wort (Hypericum punctatum) and Pleurisy Root (Asclepias tuberosa (which I love!)
I’ve been seeing clients in the clinic for a few weeks now and I really like it. It feels so natural. I will have my first child client next week. And I graduate on July 27th! I am so glad it is almost over (and I can’t believe it is almost over!) I have to teach a class to the level one students as part of a requirement for graduation. Since I am already teaching them so much science, I thought I would make it fun and do a class on “communicating with plantsâ€. Lots of meditating, drawing and discussing. It should be fun.
Oh, and Full Circle Herbs officially sold this weekend! I met with one of the new owners (who was very sweet) and handed off all of my inventory and stuff. I have to say, I am glad to let it go. When I see other people in the area making a go of their home businesses, I feel a little twinge of jealousy, but really, I am glad that I have one less thing on my plate to try to juggle!
The chicks are adorable and the siding looks great! I wish I had remembered you were using palates for siding. My neighbor just got rid of a bunch. Some of the hardware stores will give you palates too. For my last compost bin I was able to get a few from Home Depot.
On a side note I think, in a previous post, you said you found a book on the herbal care for farm animals (or something along those lines?). Have you ever found a good one for household pets? I’d like to treat my pets more naturally and reduce the number of times they have to go to the vet.
that house is going to be so cute!
congratulations on selling your business…i imagine that’s a big relief.
your class sounds like a great class to take. too bad i’m not closer to you!
once you graduate, will you still do clinics there or branch out on your own?
Your home is comming along beautifully! Your so crafty! I don’t think I would’ve ever thought of using pallets for siding, It looks awesome. The baby chic’s are soo cute! Blessed Be
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I just came across this post with pallet siding…I am building a pallet workshop and would love to use pallets for siding. How did you attach them? Did you plane them? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! Jennifer
Hey Jennifer,
To make the siding, we cut the cross pieces free from the sides where they were attached. From each pallet we were able to get 16-20 pieces of siding. We started at the bottom of the wall and used a nail gun to attach them, layering the next level on top to create the shingled siding look. Does that make sense? I can draw it out for you if you’d like. What else are you doing in your pallet workshop? It sounds neat!