Monthly Archives: May 2017

So often we hear that we should listen to our bodies as “the body knows”.   I’m not sure about that now.  This morning, I got up and went through the normal routine, then decided to clean a couple shelves in the pantry.   By 8:45, I was ready for a nap and took an hour nap.  

After lunch, I went shopping (mostly unsuccessfully) and came home at 2.45.   This crazy body wanted another nap.   I  need a reset button for when it pulls this.   But I don’t have a reset button, so what does one do?A photo of our second set of Pilgrim geese.   These came to us already have grown, but as you can see they are in “flight” mode.   Now I need to catch them and leg band them so next year, I know which ones to put together into pairs.

Today was busy with hay, hot wire and company.   We first had to take a partial wall and flooring out before the hay arrived. This corner holds about 3 ton.   There is more stacked at the back of the barn and another half ton in another building, a total of 6 tons.  I will have to put some 2 x 4s across the front to keep little mouths from making a mess as we won’t be breaking into this until after the first of the year.   It is beautiful, second cutting,  organic, grass hay cut this week.

We just finished stacking this, when the fellow came to work on the hot wire on the perimeter fencing.   This is taking way more time than it should because he has a full time job elsewhere.   So when school is out, he will have more time and can give hotwire and the cross fencing more time.

The home health nurse came to check on DH who is doing much better, and apparently he will be making another visit on Friday.   He was followed by our daughter, her DH and 2 sons.   It was lovely weather to sit on the deck and just enjoy the weather.  I know you’re wondering if I’ll get  back to sewing or quilting, or something involving fiber.   Sheep count, don’t they?  Rain is forecast for Thursday, so if we have no further life interruptions, I plan to get started on a new project then.   I am so itching to make something again, but the sun compels me to be outside since it is such a short season.

Meanwhile, I  am linking up to Elm streets “One Monthly Goal”  with this rabbit I finished earlier this month.

I hope you had a lovely memorial day weekend and remembered those to whom we owe this holiday.   We are blessed to have this freedom.

As we are aging, I find that I am not getting as much done as at one time, and we also added to the work here.  This year I have help from the Tilth farm school.   They take about about 15 young students – mostly early 20s –  a year who work on the farm and have classes.   They each  have their own garden area on the farm and do farmer’s markets and at least 2 of them will be doing a CSA this year.  They learn mostly about gardening because this is the Seattle area and more city than animals.  So when I put an ad up asking for farm help, there were 2 people particularly interested in a work/learn program.   That works for me as well.   They teach me what they learn and we learn together as we do.   I asked one of them who has been here 3 weeks if this is what she expected.    Her answer was “exactly” as she wants to have her own small farm and she is getting to practice and see what works and sometimes what doesn’t work.  Between them, right now I am getting about 24 hours of work weekly.  Most of the jobs are not exciting, but they are real.   Monday, stalls were cleaned, weeds whacked, and some hoop house planting and harvesting was done.    Today, the gutters are being cleaned, and

They were also both particularly interested in the sheep. It’s difficult to wrangle sheep and take a photo at the same time, so I only have the photos of sheep after we have coats on them.   Yes, I do have to order more coats, as we didn’t have enough of the right sizes.

Ah, someone has the answer.   She thinks all of you are so busy working on your lists that you haven’t had time to let us know how you are doing.