Having some kind of structure to the day is vital. It's so easy to just get lazy and sit around doing nothing... and eat!
What are you doing? (while stuck at home)
Many are stuck at home for what looks like several more weeks.
If you are one of them, what are you doing to keep yourself occupied.
Of course, there's long-neglected housework and closet cleaning that probably should be done while one has the opportunity and time. Not fun, but passes the time.
I do a lot of paper crafts and am so glad for it because it's interesting and doesn't require being with a group of people. With all the supplies I already have here at the house, I could keep busy for quite a long time. I belong to an online group that exchanges what are called Art Trading Cards (ATCs) which are mailed back and forth. Talk about social distancing! :vs_laugh:
Looking forward to a bit warmer and dryer weather and I'll be outside doing something in the yard.
If you are one of them, what are you doing to keep yourself occupied.
Of course, there's long-neglected housework and closet cleaning that probably should be done while one has the opportunity and time. Not fun, but passes the time.
I do a lot of paper crafts and am so glad for it because it's interesting and doesn't require being with a group of people. With all the supplies I already have here at the house, I could keep busy for quite a long time. I belong to an online group that exchanges what are called Art Trading Cards (ATCs) which are mailed back and forth. Talk about social distancing! :vs_laugh:
Looking forward to a bit warmer and dryer weather and I'll be outside doing something in the yard.
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Our library just announced today that they will be closed until the end of April (they've already been closed for the last two weeks.) I'm an avid reader - of books (you know, the things you hold in your hand and turn the pages?) I ordered my first e-book from the library just a few minutes ago. Have had to bite the bullet and do this if I want to continue reading. Perhaps I'll even like it.
WOW, Apercula, that's an ambitious project.
It's great you are able to garden. It's very satisfying to grow food.
Radishes (the root part) are fairly low in carbs. You could eat them - maybe slice one or two on a salad.
I watch U-tube homestead channels. One I watch is raising meat rabbits. It's fun to watch those rabbits and bunnies running around - they use the colony method rather than cages.
All of the homestead channels are gearing up with planting gardens. Some are still harvesting greens from beds that have been covered throughout the winter. Of course, there's more early harvesting for those who live more southerly. Those in the north part of the country are just beginning to plant indoors under grow lights.
Radishes (the root part) are fairly low in carbs. You could eat them - maybe slice one or two on a salad.
I watch U-tube homestead channels. One I watch is raising meat rabbits. It's fun to watch those rabbits and bunnies running around - they use the colony method rather than cages.
All of the homestead channels are gearing up with planting gardens. Some are still harvesting greens from beds that have been covered throughout the winter. Of course, there's more early harvesting for those who live more southerly. Those in the north part of the country are just beginning to plant indoors under grow lights.
I l live the life of a farmer vicariously! :laugh2::vs_laugh:
Love to watch chickens and goats - especially right now when there are newly born kids jumping around.
Love to watch chickens and goats - especially right now when there are newly born kids jumping around.
I suppose so. They are always clucking and when a hen lays an egg she likes to announce it to the world!I thought about chickens, but there really is no such thing as a stealthy chicken.
A couple years or more ago someone in a residential area kept a rooster! A couple blocks away - could hear it but not too loud from our place. I kept waiting for it to go away after someone complained. It lasted a good six months. .... then there were the ducks! Probably noisier than chickens.
I actually enjoyed hearing the rooster and the ducks. I'm a city girl, but part of me would rather be in the country.
Apercula - I envy your lifestyle. Today I'm planting pansies into a large pot on the back patio. (Wish it were a full garden, but those days are far behind me.)
I found out that the garden center at Lowe's is open from the parking lot and one doesn't have to go through the store to make a purchase. I'll be heading there again soon for more flowers and mulch.
I found out that the garden center at Lowe's is open from the parking lot and one doesn't have to go through the store to make a purchase. I'll be heading there again soon for more flowers and mulch.
Ouch! What all are you growing in the raised beds?
It all sounds yummy. I wish you an abundant harvest.
I found some $2/bag of mulch at Lowe's so bought 17 bags. I'm in the process of opening and spreading some of it in selected places. If I don't use it all up this year, there's always next year.
I'll have a few containers of flowers. I tried peppers and tomatoes in containers on the deck last year - a great failure. Just not enough sunlight with all the trees around here. Up side, though - I have lots of leaves to make compost with.
I'll have a few containers of flowers. I tried peppers and tomatoes in containers on the deck last year - a great failure. Just not enough sunlight with all the trees around here. Up side, though - I have lots of leaves to make compost with.
I've been watching farmer/homesteader type U-tube videos. It's kidding season - so many cute baby goats hopping around the homesteads. I never tire of watching baby goats.
I shopped at Walmart today...... online..... for delivery!
Our county is still on lockdown until the first of June (hopefully). I spend a good amount of time doing paper crafts - mostly Art Trading Cards which the group I'm in mails back and forth to each other. (There's been a dramatic uptick in activity within the group.)
I've also rearranged and worked on flower beds and done a bit of planting - mostly in pots. While it's cool and rainy right now, come August I won't be wanting to be outside much - flowers in pots and plenty of hardscape is the answer. Quick watering and next to no weeding.
I've also rearranged and worked on flower beds and done a bit of planting - mostly in pots. While it's cool and rainy right now, come August I won't be wanting to be outside much - flowers in pots and plenty of hardscape is the answer. Quick watering and next to no weeding.
I have seen U-tube homesteaders do the very same. Eventually all that wood decomposes and adds fertility to the soil. (Not to mention that burying them in a raised bed tidies the yard.)
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