Besides the above, I also put peas and lettuce in. I finally found the lettuce I had grown and loved years ago; I love the way Salad Bowl Lettuce grows and thus I had a small exploratory expedition into Farmer's Seed and Supply in Lynchburg to find a bag of seeds.
I had, heretofore, only driven past it on occasion, but now I will have to go back again. They had enamelware pots and pans and other funky little items that called to the funk in my soul.
I know they look like rats, but they are chicks playing in the compost mess. We've had loss from illness, from Chloe and from a hawk. Thank goodness one of the sisters from the Hall wants to order chickens, so I'm replacing my losses and placing a joint order. Tomorrow I am building a run specifically for the little chicks to keep them safer from attack, whether it be aerial or wearing a pink collar. The amazing thing is the Buff Orpington has survived, and being the lightest colored one, I would have thought it would have been the victim of the hawk. Instead it was a barred rock pullet. Oh, well, that's farm life, isn't it?
Wow, you have been busy! Hopefully everything goes well with your garden and such!
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I need to plant fall crops! Broccoli in particular since I really like it and have been missing it this spring and summer since I've been trying to eat 'in season' for fresher produce.
ReplyDeleteWe will be putting in a fairy garden soon as well. But I'm not sure it's the same kind as your friend has - I would be interested in hearing what all went into hers.
Enamelware lives at Bill's house too. We both love to go 'junking' or garage saling or antiquing (whichever the sign happens to say) this past weekend we even went to an estate sale. Unfortunately we didn't get there in time for the household stuff and they were auctioning the farm equipment but it was still fun to walk around and look at all the old stuff they had.
I love old stuff! I am using my grandmothers dresser and chest of drawers in my bedroom. I have my mothers clocks that she inherited from my grandmother who brought them over from Germany. I have several old dishes and kitchen tools (like a butter paddle, potato masher, hand mixer) that I got from my other grandmother. Yeah, I like funk too. :)
@B: If you are a good girl and behave yourself I will give you one head of broccoli and a half of a leek. hee-hee.....
ReplyDelete@jilly-bear: The girl at the Village Garden said to check their website to see some hints about their fairy garden. But the house was exquisite! It was a two story branch-framed home, with moss carpets and twig furniture. There was no fairy in residence at the time, but perhaps after the heat of summer cools down... I love old stuff, too! I used to dress in clothes from the 40's in high school. Nerd Alert! I hardly have any family heirlooms, though, just stuff from anonymous strangers that I've picked up along the way. Please post pics of your fairy garden when you do it!