While the Rooster's Away....

Andy is off training to be a better soldier, and he has left me in charge of the homestead.

He left me with two tasks:

Rake the grass, and keep all the plants and animals alive.

Just before he left, he knocked down the two-foot high grass in the back that had been too wet to mow or was hard to get to because of the trench-in-progress.  Ok, make that three projects.  I need to finish that trench!  After he made the first pass in the tall, tall grass, he stopped the mower and said to me (because I was just standing out there watching him.  I love to watch him work while I do nothing), “hey, you’re going to have to rake all this!”  I watched him make a few more passes and I realized, I really need to rent a hay baler.  Maybe I can sell the bales as cattle feed and make a little scratch!

Speaking of scratch, the other task he left me with was to keep the animals and plants alive.  The plants I can manage.  I just have to water.  The stuff that’s doing well will continue to do well.  The stuff that’s iffy?  That’s in God’s hands.  I just have to keep watering.  As far as the animals, I have a plan.  As long as I don’t run out of chicken feed, cat food, dog food, chicken nuggets or cereal, I should be able to keep the chickens, cats, dog and children alive.  Fortunately, everybody’s food comes in pelletized form.

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