Ignoring the gardens screaming out for some shovel action and the goats that their feet need trimming, today I opted to tackle a couple of maintenance jobs I’ve been putting off for way too long.
The sheep are really hard on the paddock hose connections, the one feeding the chicken coop waterer in particular.
This won’t be a problem once we put in a permanent fence to tuck it behind but until then I’m getting quite practiced at replacing the broken bits.
One job down, now onto the next…
getting the liquid compost barrel back up and running.
When we first moved in here I was a bit overwhelmed and, lazily, simply lobbed stuff into the barrel causing the tap to clog. It was a frighteningly (and shamefully considering how long I’d put it off) easy fix. Tap unclogged (the hardest bit was crawling into the barrel to attack the blockage with a bit of wire and my trusty pliers), I raised it up a bit to increase pressure, put my giant, securely tied sheepdag teabag (the shearers thought I was slightly mad when I told them of my plan) into the barrel, rachet tie-downed it to the fencepost just in case, and filled it.
Then I retired for lunch, happily humming to myself. Can she fix it?
Well, yes, she can!
Union Homestead 
As one of the most unhandy people in my town, I am in awe of what you accomplished.
It’s a bit hit-and-miss but it fills me with joy to get something working again
You just keep Bobbing along. Well done.
Thank you. I was very proud of my efforts as it’s always on a knife edge and things can very easily fail dismally.
I am impressed you have a tap on your barrel containing the sheep dag teabag producing liquid fertiliser. I have a tea bag of horse poo in a plastic bin filled with water. I take the lid off to scoop the liquid out from the top.
The tap was another of my bright ideas. We had a few old ones knocking around so we gave it a go. It works well if it doesn’t get blocked.