Quote of the Day: Louise Dickinson Rich
“Discontent is only the fear of missing something. Content is the knowledge that you aren’t missing a thing worth-while.”
Louise Dickinson Rich We Took to the Woods
I hope you are feeling content today, it’s definitely a process that you work towards. Simplifying is a part of the process of learning to be content with who you are, where you are, and what you have. That doesn’t meant that we aren’t working towards our goals, it means our reasons and motivations behind them are different.
Do you feel like you are content in your current situation?
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Quote of the Day: Jim Goodwin
The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.
~Attributed to both Jim Goodwin and Sydney J. Harris
Even when there are a thousand things to do in the garden, I try take a minute to pull out my lawn chair and sit in the garden each day. Sometimes I need to remind myself that it’s not a race, it’s a journey and I need to make sure I enjoy it!
Do have a spot where you can sit and enjoy your garden?
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Quote of the Day: Nigel Slater
You can’t smell a hug. You can’t hear a cuddle. But if you could, I reckon it would smell and sound of warm bread-and-butter pudding.
Nigel Slater in Toast
I’m a big fan of bread pudding, the sweet form for the savory version you have at Thanksgiving or for breakfast. It truly is a comforting dish! It’s been a long time since I’ve made a batch, seems like it should be on the menu soon.
What’s your favorite comfort food?
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Quote of the Day: Gene Logsdon
“We have become a nation dangerously dependent on politically motivated and money-motivated processes for our food, clothing, and shelter. In the world we must live in from now on, to produce our own food is the beginning of independence. To accept that responsibility is the first step toward real freedom.”
Gene Logsdon (Small-Scale Grain Raising)
Gardening comes easy to me, there’s nothing I love more than spending days in the garden. I love the hard work, I love the intricacies of it, it’s really rewarding for me.
Tending animals is also very rewarding, at least most of the time. I love the chickens, ducks, and guineas. They are fun to have around, most of the time. Though they can be frustrating at times.
There are parts of producing your own food that aren’t easy, slaughtering animals is the hardest. It is time for us to slaughter eight of our male ducks. They are getting to the point where they are becoming aggressive towards the lady ducks and there are simply too many of them. I sold a few of them, the rest will go to freezer camp.
One of the reasons I encourage people to take a first hand role in producing at least some of their food is because it gives you an appreciation for those that do it full-time. It also gives us a deep sense of appreciate for our food and for what it takes to have something on our plate at each meal.
What part of producing your own food do you find to be the easiest and which is the most difficult?
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Quote of the Day: Jessica Prentice
“What if I had simply grown up in a time when food was seasonal? When there was, in each year, a time of more and a time of less? When food was not just there in packages on the supermarket shelf all year?”
– Jessica Prentice from Full Moon Feast: Food and the Hunger for Connection
Right now I’m hungering for asparagus. Every couple days I check the patch for signs of spears peeking out of the soil, every day I see nothing. It shouldn’t be too much longer, but it seems like it’s taking forever.
To me asparagus is the epitome of seasonal food, it really is best picked and eaten right away. There is a definite season for asparagus and I only eat it during this time unless I’m visiting someone who serves it. I love food that has such a short season and so long in between, it makes those few short weeks of gluttony so much sweeter!
What vegetable do you see as the quintessential season food?
