Cultivate Simple 28: Our Menagerie
Today on Cultivate Simple we’re talking about what’s going on around the run. It’s been busy, busy, busy around here. Since our last couple podcasts have been about other topics, we decided it was time for an update about what we’ve been doing around the farm. We’re talking about everything from timberframing to chicks.
Google SketchUp Timber Frame Raised Bed
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Quote of the Day: Susan Cain
Unhappy people tend to see setbacks as contaminates that ruined an otherwise good thing (“I was never the same after my wife left me”), while generative adults see them as blessings in disguise (“The divorce was the most painful things that ever happened to me, but I’m so much happier with my new wife”)? Those who live the most fully realized lives–giving back to their families, societies, and ultimately themselves–tend to find meaning in their obstacles. Where we stumble is where our treasure lies.
Susan Cain in Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
Mr Chiots and I have always said that mistakes and difficulties are often the most valuable things in our lives. Through them, we learn what to do and what not to do. We learn about ourselves and we become more of who we were meant to be. This only happens if we embrace the difficulties and look at them as a learning experience. We often cannot change some of the things that happen to us, but we can change our attitude towards them. It’s amazing how your attitude can make a world of difference.
Have you noticed how easily your attitude affects how you react to certain situations?
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Black Gold
This past Wednesday, I headed up to Kinney Compost to look at their products. I met Wes Kinney, the owner, and we chatted while he gave me a tour of his place. Wes certainly has a love for compost and his products show it.
Sadly, I wasn’t able to make my own compost last year, I should say, I wasn’t able to pack it up and bring it with me to Maine. Thank goodness for people like Wes. Now I can have good quality compost for my garden even though I wasn’t able to make it myself.
I’m already setting up my compost pile for next year, so this should be the only time I need to purchase it. That’s a good thing, because good quality compost isn’t cheap!
Do you make your own compost?
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Friday Favorite: Weeding
Weeding is a garden chore that I don’t mind, there’s something very relaxing about it. I guess it’s the repetitious nature of it, it allows me the freedom to let my mind wander. Once again, it’s the season for weeding. I spent a half hour outside yesterday evening trying to rid an area of quack grass.
For me, it’s a wonderful way to spend an evening.
What’s your favorite garden chore?
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Growing Again
The day before yesterday I picked up a few more fowl to add to our flock. They’re guinea fowl, beautiful little birds that are supposed to be really great at eating ticks. Since we live in an area with lots of ticks and lyme’s disease, we figured they’d be worth their weight in gold.
I bought four from a local farmer and a friend is giving me her female, who is very lonely since her mate became fox food. She’ll fit right in with our 3 females and one male. Hopefully I can get some better photos when they get more used to me and when we start letting them outside.
These little guys are very beautiful. Dailon turned a storage area in our coop into a little coop of it’s own. They’ll be living in there for a week before being introduced into our flock of chickens. We’re also going to be adding more feathered friends to our flock in the coming week, stay tuned to see what we add.
How many feathered and furred friends do you have in your garden?
