It's the little things

I had an unexpected day off from work and I was determined to use the time to get projects done around the house.  I have been so busy and overwhelmed with all of the things I have to get done around here, this was a sliver of a chance to try to catch up.

So I got to work on my herb garden and created these two stacks.

 An individual picture looks even better.

Later, I will clean off the pots and maybe paint labels on them

I'm going to plant my herbs in the pots and these will be at the start of the walkway through my garden.  I was working on the walkway as well, but after I got as far as the picture shows, I finally got up from the mud and looked at my work. It's crooked.  I went looking for my string so I could stake out where the path should be and fix it, but couldn't find the string or the ribbon.  This path is going diagonally through my garden, because it is covering the underground wires and ensuring that no one digs them up on accident.

Last night and this morning I was working on these markers.  They're just rocks that are painted.  I have no artistic ability and the fact that it started raining after I thought they were dry (and they weren't) only made things look worse.  I covered them up and hope I can salvage them.

I painted little rocks like strawberries because I had read that if you put them in strawberry patches before the season starts, the birds will go after them and will believe the real strawberries are also rocks later.  And then, the rain ruined them.  

The black dots smeared everywhere 

I had built up this raised bed for the strawberries that I transplanted, but today I added mulch around the plants and put the solar lights in.

Then I dragged the large boulders in this bed from around the yard and started building this one next to it.  This is the last raised bed that I have to make and luckily it doesn't have to be as high so I only need a couple more large boulders and then a few small ones.

 And then I built a third compost bin and fixed them to have front covers.  One bin in full and the second was just about full so I needed to start a third.  The messes from the chicken coop and the goat house go in here. Our kitchen scraps and grass used to go in here, but the chickens tear it all apart now so I'm not sure what will happen.

I would like to get more done out there, especially the boulders for the raised bed and a playset for the goats, but the rain hasn't stopped and my toes and fingers are burning.  Hopefully this break will give me some time to warm up and I can get back up there to finish two more tasks before the end of the day.