Just another Day on the Farm

A photo a Day.. A little time in the fall woods..

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

Ok, this photo was taken by me, and then played with in a program, I love it, I can see myself getting this made into a little 5 by 7 and framed for a certain spot in the house.. so I am going to do my “painting print first” and then below it, will be the photo that I took raw 🙂

and if you are wondering how this is farm related, well its not, but life related for sure, its important to get off the farm and into the local woods, this is something that we try and do in all season’s and I have always considered it a blessing that we are so close to so much bush land but it really hit home for me this when I was reading a favorite blog of mine, she was talking about the fact that there is no other, no wild anything in her area of the country down in the states, as we took a little country drive, I would see crops, with large area’s of wild in stripes around them, I would see tree lines around the fields, and then there are bush and creeks and more wood lots and maple tree lots, I didn’t realize until she started talking about it, that I say things like, go to the ditch line and look for x or y or z.. even in the cities and towns around me, I can find free wild food, even when I lived in the highest artic above the tree line, when the time of year was right, there was wild food for the picking, harvesting etc

So is it really any surprise that I spent a bit of time on the weekend just looking at the amazing bounty and beauty around me both on the farm and in my local neck of the woods.

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A photo a day.. or maybe three..round bales garden

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

Now some of these did really well, the bales that were able to touch the ground and wick the water even though they sat on the wood, produced really good results, the bales that sat on the wood above ground level and could not wick the water, did nothing.. the plants grew, but as very very stunted.. it will be interesting to see what happens after a full fall, winter an spring to settled, shift and soak the water, I can see it now, next year, the bales will be sea of green!

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Photo of the day..first ride for us

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

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A photo a day- waiting…..

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

Never realized before that Brandy never poo’s at the ties and he does, will need to clean that are up today, cleaned up and used Brandy’s tack as that is what I have on the farm, had to adjust all the draft tack I had got for her to the smallest size but had to redo everything to second last punch holes to make everything bigger to fit Samwell, yes, his name has changed again, mom wants his name to be Samwell, I can see him ending up as Sam.

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Tired.. now what am I going to do about it..

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

Yup, I am tired.. went to bed tired, woke up tired.. more mental then anything I think..

So what to do about it.. Well the first thing to do is.. Move!

Stand, move, walk, stretch.. or sleep.. don’t lay down, don’t sit, don’t spend time in the house..

Get outside!

Fresh air, the sounds of the birds, if I could I would go for a ride (but its a work day and no one is home)

the good news is that its a me day on the farm, Dh has gone for a full work day and then he has his writers group meeting and so he won’t be home before bed, which means everything on the farm is set to my beat today..

Now at some point I need to come inside.. sorry but its true, I have inside chores and things that need to be done.. so in that case

Crank the music! tunes to get you moving! and ideally tapping a toe, singing along or even better, just bursting into dance!

Crank open the windows, air out the house, bring on the breeze, throw a pot of cinnamon vinager water on to simmer on the stove for the day, scent the house with fall!

Now on to food, in truth I want nothing, I’m not hungry at all today, but that will not do, but I know me, if I look at carbs on a tired day, its just going to make it worse! nope, today is a veggie and meat day!

Happen to have a awesome big beef steak in the fridge that I can use as my main meat source along with fresh still warm from the chicken laid them eggs for breakfast, the rest of the meal is coming from the gardens, as fresh and full of goodness as I can make it..

Including making myself some fresh tea’s with local honey to sweeten it up..

How do you deal with a tired day in your neck of the woods?

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A Photo a day- Fall a time of harvest an promise

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

While I am grateful for the harvest, it not just the food that is so excited, but the promise of new life for next year..

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A photo a Day.. Marching on!

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

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Prince (Rusty?) has arrived!

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

First night on the farm has gone well, and he is currently at the big hay feeder with his pasture pal Brandy..

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A photo a Day- Love my momma..

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

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Intoducing Prince -He is on loan only!

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

Well dear readers, I am pleased to introduce Prince, who should be arriving at the farm in the next little while, he is only on a stop-over, for a little extra training/refresher course, he could be with us for a month or he could be with us till spring.. only time will give that answer..

He is going to have the grand adventure of spending time with us here on the farm before he heads out West to be join my folks.. he is a big old boy, broke to ride, broke to single and double drive, he is a gentle giant.

Big enough to pack my daddy in the hills, and haul my momma behind a cart or a pile of grandbabies up there..

Brandy will enjoy the company, I will enjoy Dh having a riding horse and the challenge of working with another horse is never a bad thing 🙂 We will get a much more solid answer on if Dh will ride enough to make a second horse a good idea or not..