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I just got in a 9 hour workday on my land. I love holidays :)

If I’m lucky, I might still be able to walk tomorrow.

I got my flint corn planted, checked on the other plants, and put a fishing-line fence up. I had a whole $10 to spend on fencing for a 2000 sq ft garden, so that’s what I went with. Supposedly, deer don’t like it when they can feel the string but not see it, and I think it’s the deer that have been doing the most damage to my corn. We’ll see if it works.

I also picked almost a full quart of black raspberries! I could finish out the quart if I picked the ones from the back yard, but dad’s been home for a few days, so I don’t dare.

With my backyard garden, I’m pretty much limiting myself to things that either can be skinned (like peas), or which I know dad will be eating too (like tomatoes). Berries are off limits. That hurts, I love berries. Berries are my favorite summertime food. But after Strawberrygate, I’m doing what I have to do.

On my way to the land I found a self-storage place. I wanted to get their prices but nobody was there and it isn’t on their website. I’ll call on the phone tomorrow.

I’m thinking that if I do things right, I can get most of my stuff moved out before dad realizes I’m moving. He’s gone most weekends lately, so that helps. But at the same time, my bad shoulder limits what I can lift, so the moving process is going to go slowly no matter what.

I’m making a list to prioritize things. Seeds and homesteady gadgets go first, followed by homesteady books, followed by other tools and gadgets, followed by other books, followed by everything else.

I found the cheapest rent on an apartment in the whole state, and it was still too much. So now I’m looking at how to turn the back of my truck into a camper. There’s lots of websites with directions for that. Catch is, it’s illegal to live full-time in a camper on my land. I’m going through the fine print on that, it might be that if I move the camper often enough, it won’t count as “living year-round”.

Which leads to catch #2: My old truck. The thing is 20 years old and has to have major repairs every few months it seems like. It won’t make that long trip from my land to the office much longer. I’m watching craigslist for something smaller and easier on the gas, but nothing I could afford yet. Unless I want to dink around on an electric bicycle all winter.

This whole thing is a mess.