Here we go, another year in the books, time to plan for the shiny new year ahead! In 2025 my goal was to hit 12,000 steps per day. I fell just shy of that with an average of 11,640 steps per day. I think I'll shoot for 12,000 again this year. I definitely feel like I was more active, but I can sense my stamina and drive are slowing as I age. I look at my list of things I want to get done this summer and wonder how I'll ever do this alone. I don't think I can anymore. I either need to pare down my list, or get some help. Finding help is about as easy as winning the lottery these days, so paring it is!
As much as I would love to get going on planting the forest garden area, the reality is that I need to concentrate on other projects first. I can continue to cut brush and saplings, and add organic material to that area for now. The more important project is the mule track. I need to get that sorted before mid-May, when I can start letting the boys out on grass again. Even if I only get two sections fenced, that will work. Here's my plan:
The outer yellow lines denote the property boundaries. The red is the mule track I really need to get done this spring, the yellow is the track that can wait. The orange is the fence for the back yard, which I'd also like to get done this year. That's a lot of fence, but I already have posts in place for the mule track, so it's just a matter of getting enough fence together, then getting it put up. The blue around the barn is a wrap around lean-to I'm hoping to have built, finances permitting. It would give the boys some shade outside in the dry lot, and around back would be a perfect place to winter over some of my equipment.
I think those are enough goals to get me through to next autumn, and it should keep me active. Of course, getting most of this done is climate dependent, so let's see what the new year has in store for this fair weather project gal. Hopefully a classic spring and gentle easing into summer, but who knows?
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