These types of posts are probably terribly boring for the average reader (sorry!) but so helpful for me to stay on track. I printed off a copy of March’s post and taped it to my mirror, making sure to look at it at least once every day. The process worked great and I’m excited to see if I can keep up the momentum in April.
A REVIEW OF LAST MONTH’S INTENTIONS
move Max and Ruby onto pasture(they are so happy to be out of the permanent paddock – I am too!)add woodchips to the old permanent paddocks(we have more to do, but got a good enough start)- decide if we want to hire someone to woodchip some dead trees on the property (update: we do want to hire someone, but don’t have the money for it right now)
pull the bins holding chick supplies out of the shed and inventory(all good and we didn’t even need to replace any feeders or waterers!)make a big feed order(60 bags and $1400 later…)set up the baby chick area in the garage before their arrivaldecide how many extra hens we’ll buy for 2024(haven’t landed on a single amount, but we’re thinking 15-20)- muck the chicken coops and duck house (definitely procrastinated on this one…one of my least favorite farm chores)
- amend the garden soil in one part of the garden
clean up the strawberry beds(I moved some runners into a new bed, so here’s hoping we get double the output this spring!)go through the hand-me-down bins for a son who is suddenly growing like a weed!(found a few things!)finish up my February junk journal- teach my daughter how to make homemade bread
get to confessionlist a bunch of items on ebay/Poshmark/Pango(the Summer Vacation Farm Sitter Fund is off to a good start!)wash and pack away all of the kids’ winter gearfinish ordering Easter basket giftsdecide what we’re wearing on Easter Sundaysimmer down on my caffeine consumption(tiny progress! I’m down to 1.5 cups in the morning and a cup (or two) of decaf in the afternoon)
INTENTIONS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL
- schedule standardized testing for May
- plan out the rest of the school year
- wash and put away everyone’s flannel sheets and heavy blankets
- start packing away the kids’ winter clothes
- put broiler chickens out to pasture
- buy hen chicks
- add woodchips to the chicken/duck run
- muck the chicken coops and duck house
- amend the garden soil in one part of the garden
- plant onion starts and seed potatoes
- transplant the tomatoes and marigolds
- fertilize all of the fruit trees and bushes
- send Max and Ruby to the processor
- move our breeder girls, Sally and Millie, onto pasture
- see if we can find 3-4 new piglets
- order chicken processing supplies (bags, stickers, zip ties, etc.)
- keep listing on ebay/Poshmark/Pango and add to the Summer Vacation Farm Sitter Fund
- start a spring cleaning checklist
- declutter 15+ items in the kitchen (junk drawer, unneeded paperwork, etc.)
I love these lists (or at least the idea behind it) as it inspires me to make and keep my own!
Thank you for sharing that. I like to peek into people’s goal lists because I frequently glean a little something that needs to be done in my own life. We learn so much from each other!
April seems like a busy month!
Definitely full of good things!