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Look where we are. Hey, we're back with the chicken garden. I have no idea what day it is.
Day 832.
Too many days.
We had some other stuff we had to work on. Yeah, you know the airport. Yeah the vermin swale. Yeah the
I don't know what else. Lots of other things. Anyway
We're we're finally ready to start turning our attention back to the chicken garden. You know
We were having all sorts of trouble with our plaster. Yeah, we tried earthen plaster so many different types of mixes
Our last mix was like a homemade stucco mix and that has been
The best one so far best one so far still has a little bit of an issue
So anyway, we are going to be back up here doing some more tests today
but
We're bringing in reinforcements. We've called experts in this field
You may recognize them when they get here
Who is it? Well, they'll just have to wait and see i'm so excited. I don't know who it is. Yes you do
Hopefully they can tell us how to do this the proper way and how to do it fast the fastest way
Yeah, because that is the most important thing. We really want to start on our house
We've got to get this project finished so we can move forward so I can prep it for spring planting
Oh, it's gonna be so exciting. That's very exciting. Okay. Anyway, we're getting started. They're gonna be here soon ready
Hopefully this works
So as usual when my little homestead comes over
We end up just kind of talking and hanging out and doing stuff and not recording anything
so first of all
I just wanted to thank them so much for coming over and
Walking us through this process and letting us get some hands-on time with it to see if it's going to be
the right fit for this project and and it's looking like I mean
This is really stuck on here. There are no cracks even
Little pieces like this that should be easy to pull off are like really stuck on
So I think this is the direction we want to go
obviously, it's very
Cementy color so we have to come with something after we do this to get it sealed with the right color
But I think stucco is going to be the way that we go for this now
We were using just a little like pancake compressor to do this test
That's not going to work for a large application like this
So the first step is to get a bigger air compressor, which we borrowed from some friends
The second is to get our own spray gun and then to get some more of that material and do a few more tests
To make sure we've got sort of our process down
But anyway, we feel like we have a plan moving forward for the chicken garden, which is very exciting
So thanks again. My little home said maybe we can get you to come back out when we do the rest of this
It'd be fun
So
We waited long enough today
Ocho gets a haircut
but first
He gets to play in the mud because it's been raining for two days
And we think he would really enjoy that so
Today is Ocho day
What?
Come on
Wanna go play in the mud?
Let's go
It's a big puddle
You're not playing in the mud. Are you dirty enough? You ready for bath?
Ocho, Ocho look at me. Do you wanna go get a bath? Come on, it's bath time
Yeah, this is a before
You're such a mess. All right, Ocho inside. Oh no
Bath time. With Ocho the trick to getting him to stay in the bathtub long enough to like wash him
It's peanut butter. Just smear a little bit on the shower wall
He stays there and licks it for a really long time and we're able to wash him. So he's
Very excited about that
You ready?
Ocho
Hi, all right, we did our best with what we could do with a travel hairdryer and an RV bathtub
So we're going to give him a few more minutes to air dry before we start doing his haircut. Ocho, look at me
Your face. Just look straight at the camera. Okay, look at me
I don't know if it is time
Wanna go outside?
Yeah, it'll make you look good. I know I don't like it either but we have to
Okay, ready
Let it go
Even if you still don't get it just wait i'm about to
I'm
Okay, take a look it's really funny
I can
Just wait i'm about to