#10 What farmlife is actually like (Spoiler alert it's a whole lotta work)

So I just planted these 10 pumpkins and the idea is that they can just spread all the way down here to the fence and then we'll cardboard more later but right now we don't have any more cardboard so I'm just gonna let this roofing be here. So it's actually been over two weeks since we got the ducks but oh my gosh are you done? It's actually been over two weeks since we got the ducks but they were a bit smaller than we expected. So we've had him in the bathroom in a box for yeah two weeks now but I think today today is the day when we're gonna take him out because they're getting really big they're growing so fast and they're just making a huge mess in there so today's the day we're gonna put him out in the pen. They still don't have their full feathers so they can't regulate their own body heat so we're putting in a heater to to keep them warm and safe at night. I think we're all pretty excited for this day although it's been super nice having absolutely zero privacy going to the toilet and the whole bathroom stinking like duck but I think it's gonna be really nice just getting the ducks out of the house and into their forever home. They seem happier already. Yeah they do. You can see out and get some fresh air and more room. So I bought these blackboards and I thought I would just sit out in the evening sun and just organize our life a bit because we have a lot of people over and it's just easier to write a to-do list everyone knows what they can work on and then also we know who's going to do the cooking and everything so I'm gonna do that. Of course it wasn't until I was gonna hang up the blackboards that I realized that I'd drawn the calendar on the wrong side compared to where the hardware was. God damn it. That's just how it is here. It's just never possible to do a project from A to B. It's so beautiful out and it's been a really hot day today but the evenings are so amazing and cool and the light is just beautiful and it's on evenings like this where I'm just like I just I love living here and what we created here is just so amazing and I just feel so so grateful. This is actually the first day that me and Karin have been by ourselves just the two of us since the beginning of June. It's been a very hectic month and we've had so many friends over. In the beginning of the year we set a couple of intentions for the upcoming year and one of our intentions were a community and we definitely got one because there has been people in and out for almost almost a full month now and it's been so wonderful but it's also pretty exhausting but we've gotten so much done a lot of labor-intensive jobs. I thought that once I got all the seedlings out I would be able to take a break but that's definitely not been the case because once all the seedlings got out then nature really started to take over the gardens and you know the metals just exploded and the weeds and the grass everything so it's been non-stop garden work since the beginning of May. When you're setting up a garden and you work in nature at some point you kind of just realize that it's just not possible to control it all and especially when you live on a farm you just have to be okay with a bit of mess so I'm really learning that now but it can be quite hard sometimes when all you see is just projects and work and mess. It's really empowering to do this kind of project learn about how to grow your own food and to live with the seasons especially the season in Norway is so short so everything is ready at the same time so you kind of have to learn how to preserve things. I only know like pickling and fermenting for now but I really want to learn some more methods. I think I'm gonna end the vlog here and thank you so much for watching and I'll see you in the next one.