I've been doing lots of yard work. Mostly clearing out the weeds. We have a big backyard out in the country. Our house is at the end of a road, so we don't get a lot of cars passing us unless they're farmers in their trucks or tractors. There are four fields surrounding our house.
In our backyard, there are lots of bark paths with railroad ties to frame the paths and keep the bark in place. Having bark paths makes it easier to pull weeds and get around when it's rainy and muddy.
We have chickens, ducks, goats, a sheep, two cats, and two dogs. In the backyard we have to two cottages that my dad made and a garden we're trying to keep up. Some big fruitless mulberry trees in the front yard to block some of the wind that comes toward our house. We also have a small orchard with a few different kinds of fruit tree's. A cherry tree, two apple trees, two apricot trees, three figs, a peach tree, and a tangerine tree. Our house has an add-on dining/school room that we also made for space. As we have a lot of people around.
When you live in the country, there are a lot of different sounds you don't hear in town. Birds in different seasons come in large amounts and the sound is overwhelming. Crickets at night, tractors working in the fields, planes and helicopters, goats, chickens and ducks are very chatty, tree's in the wind, and sometimes I hear the whistle of a train down the road. Leaving home someday is going to be hard. I love it here. Oh! The raisin bread just got out of the oven! It smells sooooooo good. My mom makes raison bread for Sunday mornings.
