a day on the farm

Seems like the work is never done, whether you have 1/3 acre lot or 300 acres. We have 3 acres, yet have a garden more fitting to 30 acres. Imagine freshly tilled soil as large as most front yards of the average suburban home. I really love the smell of fresh dirt, then planting all of the seeds and covering them with bare feet. Yes, I really do garden bare foot.

This year I promised my Dad that if he fixed the tractor so we didn't end up having to get a newer one, I would purchase a tiller to go on the back. Well, he fixed the tractor (same one I have used and they have owned for 15+ years) and this week I had him pick up the tiller. No more tilling that 70' by 135' garden with the walk-behind tiller.

In March, Tim put out 25# of seed potatoes in the 8' by 16' raised bed and onions in one of the 8' square raised bed. Last week, we put out sugar snap peas in the big garden. Today, out went tomatoes, cabage, eggplant, peppers and brussel sprouts, all in the raised beds. By Easter, we are planning to have the corn, cukes, squash and okra planted in the garden and green beans planted in the last of the raised beds. Yesterday, I was asked why we put out a garden, wasn't it easier to go to the roadside stand or produce stands and get fresh veggies? Yes, it may be easier for some, but I like the idea of going out into the garden and picking fresh peas and eating them off the vine. Last year we grew "moons and stars" watermellons, devine food, especially picked and eaten still standing in the garden.

We bought 3 piggies yesterday. Our local pig farmer sold off all of her pigs last fall, so this year we had to find another farmer. We found the last pig farmer in our county and lucked out at not having to go to the sale barn for our pigs. Not that I really have any objections to the sale barn, it's just nice to have an idea of the conditions they are raised in.

On 2Peas someone had posted about why some scrappers have the need to have the stock of a small scrapbook store in their homes. I for one can relate to the feeling of having a store and not really using it as I should. Think I will challenge myself to use my stash more often and to scrap at home more. Not that scrapping at home should be that difficult, except I have to much stuff and not enough room or maybe not enough organizational knowledge.

Hopefully next post will be about how clean and organized my scraproom is! :)