I have discovered one of the pitfall of blogging. Unless something has happened or you have gone somewhere or have a plan in the works, it is simply too easy to not post. Do have the small excuse of the holidays that kept me busy, but they have been over for well over a month now. It is time to get my nose back to the grindstone.

Spring is just a few short months away and there will be lots of projects and work, which will mean lots of blog postings. Until then, I shall regale you with behind the scenes info. As of December 2015 we not only have an actual address,

but are officially DBA as Tiny House Farm Augusta NY. Getting the paperwork signed was an adventure in itself. Jo and I had errands to run in Syracuse that day but we planned to get back to Oneida by 3 pm to meet Ron at the bank to have the papers notarized. Jo and I had a good time shopping and having lunch out, but I totally misjudged how long it was going to take us to get home. Then I listened to the GPS and took the road to the right. The one the school bus was also on and that blasted thing stopped at least 10 times, delaying us just a little bit longer each time. Such a relief when we finally pulled into the bank parking lot and met Ron. The notary process was easy enough. Handed over our driver’s licenses and signed our lives away. And Ron got to tell his story to another person. A few days later Ron took the paperwork down to the county office building to file it and we are official.
Turns out that was the only easy part of getting a small business started. According to all the websites I looked at, Ron was supposed to start this whole process by writing up a business plan. Well, he has never been one to stick to the rules; being a fan of winging it. Now we have to open a business account, get a tax ID, set up social media, and basically figure out how and to whom we are going sell our farm products. Of course we are still working on exactly what we are going to grow. Every day we have another thought about what more we can add to the list of things we should grow. I get nervous when I see Ron looking through another one of his catalogs. After gardening for well over 6 years, he is on just about every gardening and farming mailing list there is. And that does not include the numerous sites he has bookmarked and visits on a regular basis.

I have convinced Ron that we don’t need a full blown irrigation system this year.  Between the 3 of us we can get our newly planted pawpaw trees and elderberry bushes watered, bucket by bucket.  Ron hauling the water with the 4 wheeler and Jo and I manning the buckets should do the job.  Some serious work but with everything else we have to get this this spring, this project can wait.   We only have to baby the plants during the first year.  After that, we will just have to water when we don’t get enough rain.   Have I mentioned that is this is cheaper than a gym membership?

We had the stream water tested, something else that had to be done.  And thank goodness all is well.   That means his plans to use it for irrigation will work out after all.

Always a reminder that there are jerks out there.  Who thinks it is their right to toss garbage onto someone else’s property?   That little yellow square in background on the right?  That is our “posted” sign.  Guess this guy could not read.   Majorly annoyed about it  for a few days, planning to pulled them out and get them to the dump and then Ron’s good karma kicked in.  The county was working on the road and they stopped and picked up the tires for us.  Restored my faith in the world.