last weekend my dad drove up to help us out. jason was working and i often plan father-daughter workdays during these times, mostly because they remind me of working with my dad as a kid or of doing yard work with him as a side job as i got older.

we’ve done a lot so far, and i’m excited to share:

• as we mentioned in our post about cutting down oak trees to make new space, dad brought the chainsaw and helped us clear an areas that now acts as a small orchard/food forest extension.
• dad, jason, and i cleared the underbrush and trash from one side of our barn, and it looks so nice! i’ve even picked out a perfect limb in a big oak for a future swing!
• dad and i cleared out around our corn crib, which really helps keep the shade away from some of our fruit trees and allowed me easy access to my mushroom logs and soaking station.
• we cleared out under the corn crib and cut brush and briers all the way down to another shed we have. it was fun doing this because we found some valuable items (if funky metal pieces count) in with the trash. we saved some of what we found and we already have some ideas about to use them!
• and last weekend dad and i cleared around the other side of the barn and half of the area behind the barn. now sunlight can come in back there, and we are already thinking about adding a greenhouse there eventually.

this is the side of the barn that we cleared last week. see the tires and other “junk” in the front? that is where we’re keeping all things we want to save until we can get into the barn and start organizing!

all i can say is… thanks, dad! we couldn’t have done it without you!

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