During the week, Adam and I discuss what is on our list of tasks to accomplish for the weekend. It is always good to have a plan but things don’t normally work out how we planned them. For example: a few weekends ago we wanted to finish some fencing. The week prior it had rained for four days, which we were so thankful for the rain. On Saturday (it was actually my birthday), both of the hives had fallen over. We think the ground was so wet that the cinder blocks sunk into the ground. The hives were top heavy because they are full of honey, and they toppled over backwards. The rest of the day was spent fixing the hives and harvesting some of the honey. Needless to say the bees were very angry and it took hours for Adam and Graham to get the hives set up again. Adam was stung 12 times so by the end of the day he was exhausted not just from the labor but also from all the benadryl. The boys were each stung once as well.

We finally did get around to fixing fences the following weekend. And wouldn’t you know as we were fixing one fence, we found another area that was damaged from a large limb. It’s the never ending task list! While Adam worked on the fence, the kids and mulched limbs and brush from the half acre. In the middle of that, the mulcher stopped working so we had a bonfire instead. Just add fixing the mulcher to the list!