Our adventures in homesteading are continuing as we accustom ourselves to opportunities that our new home home provides. Over the past two weeks we have begun turning the old barn wall into seating and bookshelves, got chickens, made coin rings, cut a trail in the forest, Isa got her bunnies (no we did not sell out...they are meat bunnies), and enjoyed the beach! We were also visited by the Professor Keimeg from Franciscan University, his beautiful family, and 3 grad students. Life is good!

Septic update: Spent alot of money reconnecting the lines and getting everything working. In the process we discovered that the old tank failed. The attempt to patch it did not hold. So yep, we are installing a whole new system. Should be good to go after that. We'll be experimenting with some graywater systems, which would water the trees and relieve stress on the system. More to come on that.