tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76566853157728877422024-03-19T03:42:30.418-07:00St. Brigid FarmSusan Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02901811709617985848noreply@blogger.comBlogger182125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656685315772887742.post-82469828557961578882015-06-17T20:22:00.001-07:002015-06-17T20:22:44.118-07:00Corn is Growing!!<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span></i> </span>rarely grow corn in my garden. It takes up a <i>lot</i> of room and it seems you must grow a lot to make it worth the while. Plus, in our environment, it's kind of like tomatoes...not hot enough for long enough.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But this year I was inspired to try it once again. I was inspired by this book:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> In here she says you can plant corn into June yet. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Then I was further inspired by a gentleman at Church who has been gardening <i>forever</i>. He planted his corn in May and because of our amazingly warm spring it is already 4 inches or more high. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I decided to give it a go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I took a tip out of the above book and "pre-sprouted" the corn. I put the whole package of seed in between some wet paper towel. I watered it to keep it moist until I saw little sprouts coming out of the corn. ( I wish I had taken a picture.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On Friday, June 12th, I planted my pre-sprouted corn in the ground.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Today here is a picture of the corn, poking it's way out of the soil, only 5 days after planting it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think this is pretty cool! I'm excited to see how this adventure in corn goes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This next picture shows the edge in the window that they roost on. The chickens are much bigger now, nearly full grown. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just 2 nights ago we discovered that the racoons also like the look of the chickens sitting up on that ledge in front of 1 inch chicken wire. And one inch is just big enough for those wretched creatures to reach through and try to nab a chicken. <br />Sunday morning I found a pile of feathers and blood on the outside of the coop, and a dead chicken on the inside. <br />On Sunday evening I discovered one chicken has a big wound on her back.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And this morning, Monday, I found yet another very wounded on her leg and foot. She can hardly walk. This one appears to be a very old wound that is NOT doing well. I cannot say for sure that this wound was caused by a racoon but there is dried blood on her and it's pretty nasty so I am guessing it is. And it shows that the racoons have been here more then once recently.<br />When I discovered these poor chickens I was so upset. It's one thing to have a chicken just up and die, this doesn't bother me. I even butcher my own chickens. But to find them mutilated and tortured (trying to be pulled through a one inch mesh is pure torture) is completely different and I have struggled with this emotionally.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I have fixed the window sill so it off limits to the girls now. But I'm still quite concerned about these wretched racoons. We have actually seen one on our property several times in the last few weeks. This is rarity. But could it be a sign of a big fight to come. I think so.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I miss my dog Killick! While he was here we never saw the coons. <br />Bey can't be trusted to roam and protected. Some guard dog he is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We've never had such an adventure here although we have always wanted to. I, for one, am very excited to watch these cuties grow into a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I went to the feed store to get chick starter for my little gals, and I ended up "rescuing" 7 loan leftover turkeys. They really aren't the breed I wanted, I wanted a heritage breed, but for the first efforts at raising turkeys, these will have to do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I say rescue because they are a few weeks old, one is 5 weeks, and a few of them have some wounds due to living in too close of quarters. At least that is what they said at the feed store. The wounds aren't open wounds but rather scabbed over.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I do have some concerns for their health because of these wounds. I've already begun applying some herbal salve to them. My salve has calendula, garlic and tea tree oil (plus carrier oil). We'll see if that helps them heal. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> If the problem was indeed crowded living space then their new home should help. They are currently in a large hutch but hopefully in a week or 2 I can allow them to go outside.</span></div>
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Susan Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02901811709617985848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656685315772887742.post-59279882908901370292015-06-12T12:23:00.004-07:002015-06-12T12:23:51.680-07:00June 12<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I have spent a great deal of time this winter and spring on a big project in the garden. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have been covering the paths with cardboard, scrap cloth and mulch. I have a lot of mulch hauling to do yet but all the paths are covered with the cardboard or cloth. This has been something I've wanted to do for years. There used to be grass there. It was obnoxious during the height of growing season. I was constantly fighting the grass out of the beds. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But I have finally won the grass battle!</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKC4sCArzehyrc09YqzW0g__sCvhxxEIC2CYioO0fJR-CiKf5zjSLZZ7L7qgr4OnjHdahgnAHBCdxib15Q7Ei14NQ2TqF7P0rk7DPqf19j4hNak8qIC_PSdj_7pl70haEUoansMS3Esds/s1600/IMAG2083.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></div>
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Here are 2 pics of aisles...without grass. One has the mulch on it and other just cardboard and shredded paper. You'll also notice in the pictures the other thing I have been doing with the beds...bordering them. You can see in the picture above that they didn't have borders either, which is probably the main reason the grass was such a hard battle. My goal is to border them completely with wine bottles. It is a fantastic way to recycle those wine bottles! I get plenty from church.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have learned that you can cover lawn and grow a garden. This bean bed (on the right, below) was just a bed of grass 3 months ago. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I laid down thick cardboard, mulch, dirt and more mulch. Put a border on it and planted some bean seeds. Look at them grow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have one more bed to create. It used to be a strawberry bed. But remember that battle with grass, it won over the strawberry bed. Now I have the tools to win it back. After I'm done with everything else in here I'll remove this black plastic and build a bed. Maybe I'll try strawberries again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, here is what's growing in my garden today as of June 12th.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Garlic and cilantro. In the bare area I'm TRYING to grow asparagus. I've been having a very difficult time of it. I bought 1 year roots. Only one grew. My uncle sent me seed. A few have sprouted. I'm planting more. We'll see. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is my bean bed. This is one of the beds that I've completely lined with wine bottles. I love it!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spaghetti Squash. I really hope it does well. We eat it all the time!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Snap peas for salads and stir fry.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hops reaching for the sky.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Herb garden. I have slowly developed this little area and I have more I want to do to make it better. There is sage, mint, rosemary, lavender, calendula, thyme and oregano.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is a close-up of the calendula. It's one of my favorites. It is essential for use in salves for any skin ailment.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So far it has been a very productive spring. I'm incredibly grateful for the delightfully warm weather we have had. I know this may be bad for later but I won't let that darken the joy now. </span><br />
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Susan Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02901811709617985848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656685315772887742.post-70446962886352670412015-05-15T20:59:00.003-07:002015-05-15T20:59:26.671-07:00Duckling Adventures<span style="font-size: large;">We have some lovely, beautiful and precious new creatures here on the farm. We call them "sluggers". :) We've had them for about 5 days now. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charissa took this beautiful picture. This is "Cheeto", she is a Pekin duck.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charissa and Cheeto (she took this picture as well)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We have 4 Khaki Cambell (the brown ones), 2 runners(the 2 yellows in the back) and 1 Pekin. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They went for a swim today for the first time.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>Susan Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02901811709617985848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656685315772887742.post-65116872892719623142015-04-06T14:06:00.002-07:002015-05-15T20:51:50.529-07:00I love this place!I know I don't keep you up-to-date very well. Life just brings too much my way and as many of you know I'm one incredibly unorganized person. I can't and won't make any more excuses for my lack of attention to this blog.<br />
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I love my little corner of this world, this so called "farm" I'm trying to build.<br />
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It's heaven to me to get out into the garden and dig. To create. To supply my family with food.<br />
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Here are some things I've done in the last 6 months:<br />
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I filled my freezer with 106# of fresh pork! And boy I cannot wait to begin the 2nd adventures in raising pigs. It was a grand time and something we will do again.<br />
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We've had an incredibly strange winter and everything is in full bloom and that means I've been able to get into the garden early. I have continued to cover the paths in the garden. I've put in a new raised bed and the best thing of all...</div>
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I built a chicken tunnel, or what I like to call a "chunnel". It goes around the perimeter of the garden. It will keep the bugs and weeds at bay. The chickens love this thing. Since I've installed it they have cleared all the grass from within. </div>
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Those are the farm adventures! And for about a month I will for sure not be back to blog. If you go <a href="http://susansophia.blogspot.com/2015/04/new-adventures.html" target="_blank">here </a>you can see what why. I'm about to have one of the biggest adventures of my life!!!<br />
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But I do endeavor to be back often over the best seasons of the year...spring and summer!!! The busiest and best for this wanna-be farmgirl.Susan Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02901811709617985848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656685315772887742.post-72466462850652165442014-10-22T16:54:00.000-07:002014-10-22T16:54:28.826-07:00Rhythm<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We’ve
had some changes since I last posted about the morning chores mostly because
Bey has his own run now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We don’t need
to run him in the chicken yard any longer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I also added a chore or two to the routine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is how my rhythm has shaped up to be
lately.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4mK2TDlXaCK7EQkyYqnIO9S1AhcWoitXwBJqZlXwb2CoDv1lI_65OMEChNzwxNmy96B40VbGpscAFnsV7PobUmhoREbj3w86RxpZa5bYsqeztNk6I02b-2CvNP-uDB_nSC7nFHU1FdKc/s1600/IMAG0033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4mK2TDlXaCK7EQkyYqnIO9S1AhcWoitXwBJqZlXwb2CoDv1lI_65OMEChNzwxNmy96B40VbGpscAFnsV7PobUmhoREbj3w86RxpZa5bYsqeztNk6I02b-2CvNP-uDB_nSC7nFHU1FdKc/s1600/IMAG0033.jpg" height="320" width="178" /></a><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I start my day by walking Bey down the lane a bit. I then take him to his new run and go to the house to grab 2 containers of water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
fill 2 jars with warm water, one for Bey’s food and one for the pigs food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bey only gets about a cup or so but we read
that solely feeding dry foods to dogs actually isn’t very good for them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He enjoys the “gravy” that is created by
adding warm water to his food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Bey is first with warm water. I feed him his warm gravy and food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I then head to the pig yard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I add 1 capful of Apple Cider Vinegar to
their warm water (if you want to know why ACV go <a href="http://healingponds.com/apple-cider-vinegar-for-horses-etc/" target="_blank">here</a>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I put 1/3 cup of alfalfa pellets in the warm
water to dissolve ( lots of nutrients in alfalfa).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I fill their slop bucket with various grains
along with “pig grower” which is a variety of grain and nutrients to, well,
grow pigs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I add the water to the slop
bucket making their “hot cereal breakfast” and put in their feeder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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then head to the chickens, open up their coop, fill their feeder and throw down
a little cedar shavings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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every 3 days I refresh the water containers for the pigs and the chickens. I put ACV in the chicken water.</span></div>
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then go back to the pig yard with a bucket and pitchfork or shovel and clean up
a bucket full of manure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m determined
not to let it get out of control because pig manure does stink!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haul this down into the woods far from the
house to where I’ve created a compost pile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The last few times I gathered up some big maple leaves to add to the
bucket to add variety to the compost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully
this will become a wonderful addition to the garden next year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">So
far that’s it for the morning routine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
got to thinking though how freeing it felt to feel this rhythm to my day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And reminds me of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>this…</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“A habit is what we wear: </span></b><i><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A
habit is the way we wear our days.</span></b></i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Wear new habits and your life gets a
makeover.</span></b></i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Consistently do things at the same time
everyday and find yourself a new person.” –Ann Voskamp of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Holy Experience</i></span></b></div>
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been working hard to get an outdoor run built for Bey so he doesn’t have to be
attached to that zipline any longer. It is actually a dangerous way for him to
live.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We found that out the hard way
when we found him with the line tangled around his neck 3 times and he was
strangling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A VERY scary moment that
was.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here we are about 1/2 done. </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">This
run is about 35 feet long and 16 feet wide. We built it next to the little duck
house Kelsey built out of pallets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
fixed that with solid walls and put a pallet and board inside for the floor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>James kept telling me that he didn’t think he’d
ever use that house, but he is in it all the time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">When
we first let him in their after completion he went crazy with the happy
dance!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So glad he likes his new home!</span></div>
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<br />Susan Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02901811709617985848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656685315772887742.post-941490441343530252014-10-03T10:11:00.000-07:002014-10-03T10:11:57.592-07:00Morning Chores<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span>s
I begin to develop new habits I’ve begun making “morning chores” part of the
plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are animals that all need
attention first thing in the morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Pigs interestingly sleep in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are in no rush to get out of their warm beds to forage around until I get
there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This has allowed me to at least
wait till it’s light and bright out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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remember when I was growing up we’d visit my uncle’s dairy farm and there was “chore
time” twice a day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’d head out to
the barn at 5am whether it was bright out or not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m thankful pigs aren’t calling so early.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Bey
needs to be walked and we take him to the chicken yard to run free before the
chickens are let out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Pigs
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</span>It’s been chilly in the mornings now so I think it’s nice to give them a
warm mush for breakfast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today I headed
to the garden and dug up one row of bean plant to give them as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They love it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Chickens
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been enjoying this morning routine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
only takes 20-30 minutes but with so much garden clean up to do this fall I’ve
decided to make that time slot a full hour. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a really great way to be outside first
thing in the morning taking in the fresh air, enjoying God’s creation and get
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Eight years ago today we moved into this little house to start our dream of a mini, itty, bitty farm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And in 8 more years it will be completely different again. (Especially since in 8 years all my babies will be "adults".) </span>Susan Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02901811709617985848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656685315772887742.post-17104132530717532342014-09-30T08:53:00.000-07:002014-09-30T08:53:00.600-07:00Habits<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Sitting
down and thinking about all that needs to be done is completely overwhelming
sometimes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My world is growing in around
me. The kids are growing up. The contents of the house grow and spill out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Everything
grows at rates that seem to go faster every day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> I
grow too, I hope, by the grace of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But the rate of my growth is at a pace that that cannot compare. It’s
molasses in winter kind of pace. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">So
as I face one day at a time I will face my “to-do” list one day at a time, one
bullet at a time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With more and more
efforts being put into creating habits to help mark off the list.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“A habit is what we wear: </span></strong><em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A
habit is the way we wear our days.</span></b></em><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></div>
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<em><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Wear new habits and your life gets a
makeover.</span></b></em><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Consistently do things at the same time
everyday and find yourself a new person.” –Ann Voskamp of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Holy Experience</i></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Ann Voskamp is one of
my favorite writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is forever inspiring
and challenging me to move forward, never give up. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">So my goal for this
day, for this week, for this month is to learn to “wear a habit.” I will, by
the grace of God, find a rhythm that works and “consistently do things at the
same time every day”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One thing at a
time, one habit at a time, to mold the day into the beautiful handiwork of
God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></strong><br />
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familiar with clouds. And some would say especially here in the Pacific
Northwest, we know clouds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">But
I have had clouds covering my dreams now over this last year and a half you
have found a lack of farm activity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
vision was clouded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
have always had a dream of this life we started 8 years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I was really little the dream was even
bigger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now I know I’m exactly where I
ought to be at the level my heart and soul can handle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because lately I haven’t been able to handle
much. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">There
are a couple reasons for my renewed interest in blogging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first is that it really is fun to show my
friends and family what we are doing in life and to keep a kind of journal of
our life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the second reason is that
I feel a real need to be real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We often,
without realizing it most of the time, tend to show our best to the screen world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am guilty as charged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But sometimes I think we need to help each
other out by sharing our struggles and hurdles and downright failures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We fall flat on our faces over and over and
it’s hard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the reality of it all.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex.
Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational. </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>–Hugh Mackay</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Here
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">This
is my "backyard". Behind the cabin. Overgrown and messy. Actually the whole property kind of looks like this. Do you know how hard it is to keep back an invasive, non-native blackberry bramble from taking over the land? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Most days I feel it to be impossible. But slowly and surely we will win that fight. It will take time, a lot of time and effort and sweat and tears, but we will win. Just not today. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Because f</span>or now I’m off to build a dog run for that
new Anatolian pup, Bey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He needs a place
within our place to call home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">TTFN</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
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the last rain filled four days and 2+ inches sprinkled onto this big beautiful
tomato plant, it’s turned black with blight. Typical of this part of the
country. Cover tomatoes or deal with blight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">It’s
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“</span>Don't
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giving us partly to mostly sunny skies both Saturday and Sunday. Highs will
even climb to the low 70s..” KomoNews Weather</div>
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Susan Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02901811709617985848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656685315772887742.post-80943763453514957562014-09-25T09:56:00.000-07:002014-09-25T09:56:40.137-07:00Loss<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We lost all our ducks to what we think was an owl;
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our flock of chickens dwindled down little by
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well could have been older.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had been
having a lot of health problems and the most recent were hip and joint issues
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way to Idaho.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They fell in love with
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<br />Susan Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02901811709617985848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656685315772887742.post-28543789815318397792014-09-24T08:42:00.001-07:002014-09-24T08:50:07.629-07:00Farming again!<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I won't pretend that it doesn't look like I've disappeared off the face of the earth. Life just sometimes takes us down detours now and again. I've just been detoured for a bit but I found my way back to the main path...the farm. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For a long while now I haven't really felt like I was much into the way of farming. Life was so incredibly busy in other areas I didn't have much time to do much of anything else. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It hasn't gotten less busy but we have just decided to dive in. My daughter told me the other day as we were driving home from getting these...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"We are a farm again, mom." We've only had a few chickens lately. And they aren't even laying yet. But now we are back into farming. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">These little guys start off so cute. People say, "They are too cute to eat." Well, we've only had them a couple weeks and they are already growing and I venture to guess they won't be cute for long. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This week it turned into autumn, by calendar and by weather. Their run will be a mud pit in no time at all. I'm sure they will love it. But it will turn ugly quickly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">When we first brought them home I was so nervous about raising them. This is definitely a new experience for us. I quickly put up electric wire to help keep them in their pen. I've done tons of reading. Talked to the gal I bought them from. I'm still a little nervous but as much. We'll see how it goes. If all goes well we will do it again. I'm raising these for some friends. I was going to get one more but I think we'll see how these 2 work out and go forward from there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">They will be butchered in January some time. In the meantime we'll let you watch them grow and share the experience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>Susan Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02901811709617985848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656685315772887742.post-26894374752074195432013-04-03T08:17:00.003-07:002013-04-03T08:17:52.750-07:00Spring is here, life renewed. <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I can't b<span style="font-size: large;">elieve it's been <span style="font-size: large;">3/4 of a year since I posted. I can't believe people still come to look. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red-flowering Currant. The hummingbirds love these!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">As spring has come to <span style="font-size: large;">our neck of the woods I'm feeling renewed, en<span style="font-size: large;">ergized<span style="font-size: large;">, encouraged and inspired! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just as I <a href="http://stbrigidfarm.blogspot.com/2012/06/summer-of-projects.html" target="_blank">posted </a>about last summer, </span></span>I'm ready to go, full of vim and vigor. <span style="font-size: large;">I've updated my pr<span style="font-size: large;">oject list in my planner<span style="font-size: large;">/ca<span style="font-size: large;">lendar book<span style="font-size: large;">. Several things are still on there from last year and many new t<span style="font-size: large;">hings. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">We've had an am<span style="font-size: large;">azing spring so far, we've even hit 70 degrees on<span style="font-size: large;">ce already, March 31st. I've been working in the garden<span style="font-size: large;">, r<span style="font-size: large;">ead<span style="font-size: large;">ying the bed<span style="font-size: large;">s. I've planted spinach and sweet <span style="font-size: large;">pea flowers. The garlic is em<span style="font-size: large;">ergin<span style="font-size: large;">g. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The first Saturday of March we butchered our old flock of chickens and put 24 hens in<span style="font-size: large;"> the freezer. My mom was here to help and al<span style="font-size: large;">l the children helped. E<span style="font-size: large;">very<span style="font-size: large;">one is getting used to <span style="font-size: large;">it. Charissa even tr<span style="font-size: large;">ied her hand at helping me with <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">eviscerating<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">My mom is going to be living with us for a little while <span style="font-size: large;">and while she was here in <span style="font-size: large;">January<span style="font-size: large;">/February she did a lot <span style="font-size: large;">of research <span style="font-size: large;">on raising meat rab<span style="font-size: large;">bits. She<span style="font-size: large;"> really would like to try he<span style="font-size: large;">r hand at <span style="font-size: large;">breeding and raising <span style="font-size: large;">rabbit for meat. So<span style="font-size: large;"> tha<span style="font-size: large;">t might be something we do this summer with her in ch<span style="font-size: large;">arge. (She's back in MN right now pack<span style="font-size: large;">in<span style="font-size: large;">g up her p<span style="font-size: large;">lace. She'll be back in May<span style="font-size: large;">.)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Having my mom here is g<span style="font-size: large;">oing to be an incredible inspiration. My mom<span style="font-size: large;"> is very project ori<span style="font-size: large;">ented and love<span style="font-size: large;">s t<span style="font-size: large;">o keep busy. So I'm excited to have her<span style="font-size: large;"> here to keep me going!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chives. We used some for dinner last night!</td></tr>
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At first I really felt like I was making no progress, but then I went back to look at the pictures I've taken so far and I see that I really have made a little dent. I've started many of the projects but not completed many. I have also forgotten to take before pictures on some of them. <br />
This was the first project I started and finished. <br />
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This is the area just in front of the barn. The kids up there didn't know it at the time but they were my helpers. </div>
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After an hour or so this was the end result.</div>
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It is astonishing to me how the grass grows up so fast and just totally consumes all that is around it. We had to dig out tree branches that we threw there next to the fence last fall. They were suppose to be to cut up and burn. They still can be. I just can't believe how they got buried under the grass.</div>
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Some other things that I have started is the side of the barn, the garden work area, and one not on the list but finished and completed (pictures to come later) was the front garden bed. I'm particularly proud of that. I'll post on that in a day or 2, I need to get an after picture.</div>
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Here is a picture of Kelsey's new ducks. The littlest ones are Khaki Campbell and the bigger ones are Blue Runners. They are a month apart in age which and we were worried we wouldn't be able to put them together but they have really taken to each other. The Khakis follow the Blues around as if they are mothers, it is so cute. Kelsey filled this little green sled up with water for their little pool and they love it.</div>
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I have a lot more to post about so hopefully it won't be that long until I do.</div>
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Have a great day!</div>Susan Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02901811709617985848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656685315772887742.post-91830191115882587082012-06-25T08:08:00.000-07:002012-06-25T08:08:09.876-07:00The Summer of ProjectsSummer is upon us and this is our 6th summer on our little farm. I've gotten a little behind on my goals lately. We don't need to go into the details of that, it just happens. I just know that after a little backsliding on goals I'm raring to go, full force into catch-up mode. <br />
It is astonishing how quickly things can grow up and take over around here. In just one winter (or 2) there are areas around my piece of land that are totally taken over by trees or blackberries or grass or junk. The inside of the house has become dreary and old and also has been taken over by junk. <br />
So I'm ready for change and catching up! This summer has been titled, "The Summer of Projects" and I have a long lists of them ready to tackle. I probably won't get to all of them, but I will do my darnedest to try.<br />
I have decided to journal my journey through the Summer of Projects. I will post before and after pictures of my clean up projects and my redecorating projects. I think it will be fun to see the progress and change. And just maybe, MAYBE, it will hold me accountable. <br />
Here is my list of projects: <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Summer
Project List</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>1.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Clean all areas within the garden.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>2.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Slowly lay mulch over grassy areas.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>3.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Clean and cull side of house.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>4.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Clean and cull back of house.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>5.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Clean and cull side of barn and front
of barn.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>6.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Clean and cull in tent. Take tent
down or move it to. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>7.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span></span>Trim trees where hutches are and move hutches.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>8.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Clean out barn completely.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>9.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Sand and paint kitchen floor.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>10.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Refinish
front deck.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>11.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Trim
trees & landscaping along driveway.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>12.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Paint
LR</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>13.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Paint
kitchen & DR.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>14.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Paint
hallway & stairwell.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>15.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Paint
CJ’s room.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>16.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Finish
cabin siding.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>17.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Build
greenhouse.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>18.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Paint
outbuildings.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>19.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Prepare
pig pen for fall wieners.</span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">These really aren't in any particular order except that the ones at the bottom are really the ones that probably are the least of my worries and probably won't get done. I will do the first 14 in whatever order I feel like it. For example I've already done #4 almost to completion, but forgot to take pictures. It wasn't until after that I decided to take pictures. I am almost done with #5 and do have pictures so will post my first before and after later this week. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Do you have any summer projects you are working on? Any big goals? </span></span></div>Susan Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02901811709617985848noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656685315772887742.post-27791788763065168942012-05-09T14:13:00.001-07:002012-05-09T14:13:43.443-07:00GardeningIt brings me great joy to be in the spring season. It is my favorite time of year! The days are longer, the air fresh. There is birth, clean, new joy filling the air. I plan my own birth of sorts. The sprouting of seeds. Seeds that grow and flourish in the new found sunshine. Seeds that grow into sustenance. <br />
My hands have been digging in the earth for a few weeks now. Plucking out weeds and sowing seeds. The therapeutic nature of plucking and sowing brings me a renewal of mind. A sense of freedom from the mundane days of winter. Words truly cannot express this true joy I feel.<br />
So far this spring I've planted chard, turnips, carrots, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, two kinds of squash, sugar pumpkin and leeks. Last fall I planted garlic (my FAVORITE crop now) and they are a foot tall already. <br />
I still have 5 beds that need attention and planting. Most likely 3 of them will be all green beans. Every year I plant more of those and still barely have enough to freeze. I want TONS of beans in my freezer come fall. It's our favorite garden food. I cannot wait to pluck those fresh, delicious beans off the vine and munch. Mmmmm<br />
Weather this weekend is to be another beauty...will get the rest in!<br />
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Thank you, Lord for spring and the beauty of rebirth all around me.Susan Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02901811709617985848noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656685315772887742.post-72424057322243807762012-02-09T07:33:00.000-08:002012-02-13T21:56:13.586-08:00Ordering Seed<span style="font-family: georgia;">I just found a new source for heirloom seeds and I'm thrilled! It's through our co-op </span><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="http://www.azurestandard.com/">Azure Standard</a><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and they are called </span><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="http://www.azurestandard.com/shop/brand/294">Heirlooms Evermore</a><span style="font-family: georgia;">. What's so wonderful about them is that this little heirloom business was started by a young lady and she has worked hard at growing it up and into something successful. And it's local to the Northwest.</span><br style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I've ordered these seeds to start me out. They should arrive February 28th and I should get </span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" >some of the greens in the ground almost right away! Yeah!<br /></span><h2 style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Bull's Blood Beet Seeds</span></h2><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" >Bouquet Dill Seeds</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br />Boston Pickling Cucumber Seeds</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br />Blue Lake Pole Bean Seeds</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br />Long Standing Spinach Seeds</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br />Snowball Cauliflower Self Blanching</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br />Small Sugar Pumpkin Seeds</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br />Purple Top White Globe Turnip Seeds</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br />Nantes Scarlet Carrot Seeds</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br />Golden Summer Crookneck Squash Seeds</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br />Copenhagen Market Cabbage</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br />De Cicco Broccoli Seeds</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br />Amish Paste Tomato Seeds</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br />Black Hungarian Pepper Seeds</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br />Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce Seeds</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br />Straight Eight Cucumber Seeds</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br />Sunflower Mammoth Gray Striped</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br />Sweet Pea Seeds</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br />Winter Thyme Seeds</span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br />Burbank Tomato Seeds</span><p><br /></p>Susan Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02901811709617985848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656685315772887742.post-86724172259132757062012-01-22T16:30:00.000-08:002012-01-22T17:10:15.627-08:00Winter Garden PlanningWhat do I do when January starts "<a href="http://www.gocomics.com/dogeatdoug/2012/01/22">creepin' me out</a>"?<br />Think garden!!!<br /><br />A couple years ago I created a map of my garden. Each year I redraw it form scratch. I have no idea why it took me 3 years to realize, oh, I can scan this into my computer and create a pdf file of it and just print it out each year! Yeah, so now I have this to print out...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-ASXvcAPLu85xc9ihmJxtWqyzfMt70baBqA2pQnJj1K1mBTTvNb6LGfNfBkSUGBmI59mpmLUamUE_MgPL6ptY2ZyfnmczFXDsgdDG_ncktjk72xzGn09VNku89-lGTI1IqWBssQMMNY/s1600/garden+map.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-ASXvcAPLu85xc9ihmJxtWqyzfMt70baBqA2pQnJj1K1mBTTvNb6LGfNfBkSUGBmI59mpmLUamUE_MgPL6ptY2ZyfnmczFXDsgdDG_ncktjk72xzGn09VNku89-lGTI1IqWBssQMMNY/s400/garden+map.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700625395475783602" border="0" /></a>I forgot to mark North. My garden does not lay perfectly east/west or north/south but the corners are the directions. The echinacea is in the east corner and the cherry tree in the north corner. Those things that are written in are perennial or tree/shrub. The rest I write in new each year as I rotate. <br />I'm excited that the days are now getting longer and in a month or so I can start seeds indoors. I hope to put up at least one hoop house over one bed as early as March so I can start planting spinach, kale, and chard. I might even be able to plant it even earlier if I can get the hoop up earlier than March.<br />I have a catalog from <a href="http://www.seedsofchange.com/">Seeds of Change</a> and the <a href="http://www.victoryseeds.com/">Victory Seed </a>website and it is my HOPE to do most of my seed shopping via these 2 companies. I want to be able to save seed and these 2 have heirloom seeds. I've never saved seed before, it is a goal I hope I can accomplish. An ambitious goal for this full-plate so we'll see.<br /><br />There is light at the end of the winter doldrums tunnel. Yeah!Susan Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02901811709617985848noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656685315772887742.post-16971050595294722042012-01-18T13:13:00.000-08:002012-01-18T13:29:02.057-08:00Winter Wonderland<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMf45CQ_YQOrjll9eTC0RFPYHd_hMMxQmnll_Wt5uQpJPT9du7Tct9JGXdszF7c0gNc28V4YMBFbExTvSrafBPhgKRznJwCYbdWbdZdcMKPhdes7_8nSc5M8mrhIYtusWbw84QFG20ubs/s1600/058.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMf45CQ_YQOrjll9eTC0RFPYHd_hMMxQmnll_Wt5uQpJPT9du7Tct9JGXdszF7c0gNc28V4YMBFbExTvSrafBPhgKRznJwCYbdWbdZdcMKPhdes7_8nSc5M8mrhIYtusWbw84QFG20ubs/s400/058.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699085027101597138" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQnY04-nLDNem-iARX6eklgS3C5vT-ZLqTbqSd91Ow90fDqHk8uRzuLqeflVQR-SmeV_W_SWp64B5joU97STzZytobYIebikKVA3-gY426FZtrC23-i8PsrH-87c9N6PXmGRkboqDFeQQ/s1600/056.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQnY04-nLDNem-iARX6eklgS3C5vT-ZLqTbqSd91Ow90fDqHk8uRzuLqeflVQR-SmeV_W_SWp64B5joU97STzZytobYIebikKVA3-gY426FZtrC23-i8PsrH-87c9N6PXmGRkboqDFeQQ/s400/056.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699085010595335842" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFWLRc8CadKg9kNMR8twkpkC_1omp3QRGs8GDBCjQKmjL_7S-l6k1FkJOlByLDERDuCgK_hCWCYJN1gVo-AXfhKEdagtA0YTdAe16YmWcj6WouXzyC7v-k0Yb71-N62i4wRvlZvZ34Wg/s1600/054.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFWLRc8CadKg9kNMR8twkpkC_1omp3QRGs8GDBCjQKmjL_7S-l6k1FkJOlByLDERDuCgK_hCWCYJN1gVo-AXfhKEdagtA0YTdAe16YmWcj6WouXzyC7v-k0Yb71-N62i4wRvlZvZ34Wg/s400/054.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699085008410643602" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvLp5EqtY0ADMBbp9T5FPMADHRZFdTf1fTGJQr6OPUt-C_INI0tf8tyogLtPYznScnlo_IQZPxbasbb-h_6hjuRo5z5WZYlDsX8iRpYe07-0exwQgsKk0IYY-NKW7LZypmBZZCItsqOWM/s1600/053.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvLp5EqtY0ADMBbp9T5FPMADHRZFdTf1fTGJQr6OPUt-C_INI0tf8tyogLtPYznScnlo_IQZPxbasbb-h_6hjuRo5z5WZYlDsX8iRpYe07-0exwQgsKk0IYY-NKW7LZypmBZZCItsqOWM/s400/053.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699085000444926226" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLIk9Gcttg34Wl2sY8CUMv-44uBzbUcjdl94hKVMmIKRQrvIIINzViN-W2i8mXJhKMmlSRRXZ2aWXxeeWihFkBAYsDERpc6LBCMnW8AlX0s_4m9Mj5cjirE1hLiujUFnU20ndQUY-k0fs/s1600/098.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLIk9Gcttg34Wl2sY8CUMv-44uBzbUcjdl94hKVMmIKRQrvIIINzViN-W2i8mXJhKMmlSRRXZ2aWXxeeWihFkBAYsDERpc6LBCMnW8AlX0s_4m9Mj5cjirE1hLiujUFnU20ndQUY-k0fs/s400/098.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699085031195874066" border="0" /></a>We woke to falling snow and it is still very lightly coming down. We got 4 inches or so so far. Lots of places around us got way more than that. I know further south in Olympia they got over 10 inches I think, just today. North of us were hit hard earlier in the week. Snohomish where my SIL is, they had 7 inches as of Monday night. We are thankful to be home and enjoying this beautiful scene God has created for us.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjWTAB4dBcC5N861YVobtXKgcf2tRtYy7RTHWEKbex9UsiHxVkMCspsuAIEpkAHIfkWYM6DSxrbnd6NAcaUe7H3-R1sD6NyYmGV2ylJM3qAVDDPENzxJacZSqC0RXl5AMUNpBgzfxkaY/s1600/085.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjWTAB4dBcC5N861YVobtXKgcf2tRtYy7RTHWEKbex9UsiHxVkMCspsuAIEpkAHIfkWYM6DSxrbnd6NAcaUe7H3-R1sD6NyYmGV2ylJM3qAVDDPENzxJacZSqC0RXl5AMUNpBgzfxkaY/s400/085.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699086882601825874" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuvs6RCSU0isVWeDjwlyxrKYJHmuvQPXsEbkC2HzDjohVFgZ52R5KsV1yH9FFl7SHU8O81hvglWM4mE3evYlzeQTZJUZh3VHHZVYy5FKwybPqF4pGhyphenhyphenUezqjSoN2cKzkr6YzmOc718lE/s1600/084.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuvs6RCSU0isVWeDjwlyxrKYJHmuvQPXsEbkC2HzDjohVFgZ52R5KsV1yH9FFl7SHU8O81hvglWM4mE3evYlzeQTZJUZh3VHHZVYy5FKwybPqF4pGhyphenhyphenUezqjSoN2cKzkr6YzmOc718lE/s400/084.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699086879594007186" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKXOii3ZCKLR8A9k9WxYTheNeqATSzOtlb90q2cYUslA6hCTNUSeWajj8ZoeBJ7RVWGMEDmg2UdH4WHBrZhbkv5XQHZZdMaKenYwqG2egMK8MIAH-rP2E18TonuNqOOHnPVqK_g-MlNag/s1600/075.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKXOii3ZCKLR8A9k9WxYTheNeqATSzOtlb90q2cYUslA6hCTNUSeWajj8ZoeBJ7RVWGMEDmg2UdH4WHBrZhbkv5XQHZZdMaKenYwqG2egMK8MIAH-rP2E18TonuNqOOHnPVqK_g-MlNag/s400/075.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699086893799893202" border="0" /></a>Susan Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02901811709617985848noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656685315772887742.post-65520243084287121742011-12-07T10:39:00.000-08:002011-12-07T11:34:01.075-08:00Losing SightFive years ago we started a new adventure. We bought 2 1/2 acres and left the city lot we owned to start learning how to be more self-sufficient, raise our own food and animals and to have room to roam. It's been quite the experience but I've also on many occasions for long stretches lost the vision of my dreams. So the learning has been slow and the progress stagnant as of late. Much of it is due to the MANY responsibilities that pile my plate but also much of it is due to <a href="http://morningoffering.blogspot.com/2011/12/procrastination-ill-do-it-tomorrow.html">procrastination</a>.<br />I'm a procrastinator! I have ambitious dreams but they remain dreams. I like what Abbot Tryphon says in that post about procrastination..."Procrastination only has power over our lives if we let it. Taking steps to curb the habit of slothfulness must begin with a decision that today, with God's help, will be the day that I leave laziness and procrastination aside, and move forward with action."<br />I've had these dreams forever! Why do I continue to let procrastination rule over my life. I have the power and ability to accomplish anything! I must decide to do so! <br />My garden grows each year. My new favorite crop is garlic! I grew garlic fo the first time last year and it was so fun and so easy and so delicious! The fresher garlic is the more oil/juice you get out of it. I was astonished when I first pressed a garlic clove straight from the garden! Last year I planted 40 cloves of garlic and harvested about 35 bulbs. Did you know you plant garlic in the fall? This year I planted 54 cloves and I wish I had planted more! I use garlic copious amounts of garlic in just about everything I cook. The health benefits are abundant.<br />I grew lots of cool weather crops for the first time last year as well. Things like kale and chard. So delicious. I am still working on getting the garden put to bed for the winter. Hopefully once school break begins (one more week) I can get out to the garden again to finish the clean up.<br />In no time at all I will be able to start seeds in the house!<br /><br />Dreams! Well, it's time to stop procrastinating and following my dreams!Susan Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02901811709617985848noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656685315772887742.post-69053480873704742052011-10-14T21:26:00.000-07:002011-10-14T21:31:07.702-07:00Farmers Tribute<bl><br /><bl><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QuzhwkaNC40" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe><br /><br />There is a picture of my cousins farm in this video that someone created. I took this picture last summer, 4 months before it burned down. I blogged about our trip <a href="http://stbrigidfarm.blogspot.com/2010/08/family-farmers.html">here</a>. The first picture of that post is the one in the video. VERY cool video, a Tribute to Farmers. I don't know how they got the picture. I suppose just surfing the web.<br />I blogged briefly about the fire <a href="http://stbrigidfarm.blogspot.com/2010/11/please-pray.html">here</a>. They still struggle through this, almost a year later.<br /><br /></bl></bl>Susan Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02901811709617985848noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656685315772887742.post-70024178481686014032011-09-05T09:29:00.000-07:002011-09-05T09:33:38.311-07:00Consumers For Dental Choice<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJnToM7CpedaazRnMc5X5xSa0l36poPFERYaBUZxqkFYP0xnnPBTVYCsQG4-g2wZa8o7LfdVJBYF18x0dli1mvTGeQNrqj8L282a68U3Vn6YAp1IrnKTtbDda7wKgloH3y3H68WFVTdM/s1600/CDC-poster-colored.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJnToM7CpedaazRnMc5X5xSa0l36poPFERYaBUZxqkFYP0xnnPBTVYCsQG4-g2wZa8o7LfdVJBYF18x0dli1mvTGeQNrqj8L282a68U3Vn6YAp1IrnKTtbDda7wKgloH3y3H68WFVTdM/s400/CDC-poster-colored.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648914166680188418" border="0" /></a>Susan Sophiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02901811709617985848noreply@blogger.com0