garden boxes and goats

This weekend we went to my Mom's so the boys and Carl could help put in an electric fence for the new show goats they're breeding.  I thought it would be great for us girls to put in some raised beds for them. 

The guys having a man meeting about electrical currents.  Gabriel was on the other side of the yard clipping wire to fencing.

Here are "the girls" as my mom calls them.  They have about an acre of roaming area but they really like staying up near the gate.  They're sweet goats.  My mom has names for all of them. 

For a variety of reasons, we decided not to till into the ground.  So I brought 2"X12" boards for the beds. I also brought some of our mushroom and chicken compost.  We also used store bought soil to completely fill them up.  If I were doing this for us I would have just had someone deliver a truck load of soil.  But I wanted this to be a surprise for my mom so we just ran up to Walmart and bought bagged soil.

Carl had to some to our rescue at one point.  We weren't paying attention and put the board on with the screws to the inside.  We had put the screws in each board - just a little bit- before assembling the box.  That and I stripped the screws and the drill bit...

Before we left, Josiah and Esther played a game of "keep away" with my mom's dog.  Up and down the steps he went...

 

It was fun to be able to do something nice for my mom and her husband.  They've been really generous to us and it's not often we get to do something that is a complete surprise for them. 

 

Are you getting ready for spring?

 

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