One of the females from the previous litter of bunnies wasn’t looking too well this morning, so we simply accelerated her impending demise. She has now joined her brother in the freezer. And yet another little bunny died. We’re now down to four; of which three are looking decidedly sickly.
We spent the morning at BricoDepot and came back with a trailer-full of building supplies. Of course, it’s still raining, so it’s not exactly conducive to outside work like constructing a frame for the solar panels. Solar panels! Hah! Don’t they need a little something called sunshine?
We’ve reverted to lighting the boiler stove to heat our water; the poor old solar thermal panel on the roof is unable to reach a temperature greater than 48 degrees (a mid-tank temperature of 53 degrees is required for a comfortable bath or shower). And the water table is back to its previous high levels; the floor inside the barn has splishy-splashy areas again. As does the dirt floor of my workshop. And the dirt floor of the garage, where the poor old ST1100 is stored.
We’re also having to use the garage for storing timbers and doors which will be used for the rest of the barn construction. And although everything is off the floor, supported on old pallets, it’s started going mouldy.
Wildlife diary: Mrs. Duck has made a nest in the greywater reedbed. We saw her marching purposefully towards it from the pond, and she disappeared into the reeds. The reeds are so thick in there it’s difficult to see the nest. I later took advantage of her absence (she was having a bath in the pond) to have a closer look. There is indeed a nest, with ten eggs. She’s chosen a good place. Due to the carefully-constructed overflow system, there’s no risk of the water level increasing and getting her eggs damp.