Groundbreaking

If we build it, they will come. And lay eggs.

Joe, John, and I spent a few hours marking the location for the coop and its runs. It took a little while to get it squared. But I whipped out the scientific calculator and performed a little SOHCAHTOA on it. Yeah, that didn't work. Joe suggested the Pythagorean Theorem. That worked, and proves why he teaches college kids and I'm still teaching the nines trick after seventeen years. (Ha! Betcha don't know the nines trick.)

Anyway. With the coop laid out we decided to do a "little digging", just to test the ground and gauge how much time we needed to dig ten holes deep enough to each fit a five gallon bucket. That testing turned into actual effort, and before it got dark we had... all ten holes dug. Off to a good start. Plus, I hate digging and I'm glad its over.

Got cleaned up and all went over to Joe and Stacey's for a little spread. Stacey tried to dissuade me from turning my bagels halves into one sandwich, but I did anyway. This was actually the first time I've been in their house. It's really cool. Great design and layout, great colors and deco.

Joe and I plan to pour cement Wednesday evening. Only weeks until we get our birds.