tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44912448741216513452024-03-13T09:49:49.733-07:00A Garden Amongst the WeedsHome life in a small garden in Weed, California <br>
Gardener by day, Pyrate by night...ladyfernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735686850851240434noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491244874121651345.post-19341898620823731822013-04-19T20:52:00.001-07:002013-04-19T20:52:10.694-07:00Spring Awaits!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greetings from Peepville!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's been a long winter. Spring is finally here and we are happily taking dust baths!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He's shedding his winter woolies!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jane is feeling more secure every day. She's a talkative little thing!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Willow anticipates his daily run in the pasture</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My first attempt at wattle fencing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Beautiful Bonnie</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gus is so vibrant and colorful!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fences keep getting higher, trying to keep the chickens out of the fenced yard!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This little angel lost her feet and one wing in a winter storm, so I planted her. <br />She looks pretty comfy here.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My newest angel. A gift from my Daddy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm thinking nestled amongst flowers somewhere!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maddie's pot! Everything in here is a gift from my dear friend across the states. <br />Lookin good, huh?<br /><br /><br />As always,<br />Peace and Happy Gardening!<br /></td></tr>
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<br />ladyfernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735686850851240434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491244874121651345.post-27991847408496845952013-01-11T23:20:00.001-08:002013-01-11T23:20:31.431-08:002012 A Re-cap in Pictures<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Phyllis in her striped suit</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ahh yes, a gardener's hopes and dreams...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First blossoms</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FYGuI1JRx2Y/UPEKI94gqfI/AAAAAAAADcs/l38guX1brWs/s1600/51112+110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FYGuI1JRx2Y/UPEKI94gqfI/AAAAAAAADcs/l38guX1brWs/s320/51112+110.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It really is!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gdZ74muJJjI/UPEKKDhj75I/AAAAAAAADc4/SSypW67_t84/s1600/51112A+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gdZ74muJJjI/UPEKKDhj75I/AAAAAAAADc4/SSypW67_t84/s320/51112A+001.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready for growth!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ArwQcSX86xg/UPEKLLL6eOI/AAAAAAAADdA/ydYl1jFvQLA/s1600/51512+010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ArwQcSX86xg/UPEKLLL6eOI/AAAAAAAADdA/ydYl1jFvQLA/s320/51512+010.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet chard!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yZkJMz22DPM/UPEKKy9N88I/AAAAAAAADdE/KBGzbUcon3s/s1600/5112+013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yZkJMz22DPM/UPEKKy9N88I/AAAAAAAADdE/KBGzbUcon3s/s320/5112+013.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Babies!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CFObSchBSOk/UPEKKiBFjBI/AAAAAAAADdI/m5QFvxTmir0/s1600/4512+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CFObSchBSOk/UPEKKiBFjBI/AAAAAAAADdI/m5QFvxTmir0/s320/4512+001.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh no! More snow!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MeaxvIA9OeQ/UPEKMdV5PyI/AAAAAAAADdU/zYyfphkw0QQ/s1600/51512+062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MeaxvIA9OeQ/UPEKMdV5PyI/AAAAAAAADdU/zYyfphkw0QQ/s320/51512+062.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peep</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rMhG3GdqdZ8/UPEKMZUfeII/AAAAAAAADdY/JZ8njpuKtvc/s1600/51512+117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rMhG3GdqdZ8/UPEKMZUfeII/AAAAAAAADdY/JZ8njpuKtvc/s320/51512+117.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby Sheilah</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3acM7_2ryQQ/UPEKMFpPwII/AAAAAAAADdc/4oq-iMvxvrQ/s1600/51512+023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3acM7_2ryQQ/UPEKMFpPwII/AAAAAAAADdc/4oq-iMvxvrQ/s320/51512+023.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Greenman</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4JWaTkFHBJc/UPEKMwOfamI/AAAAAAAADdk/AnaR6kKdOvk/s1600/51512+119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4JWaTkFHBJc/UPEKMwOfamI/AAAAAAAADdk/AnaR6kKdOvk/s320/51512+119.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love in a watering can</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CydDxn3nsdM/UPEKNlaaYrI/AAAAAAAADdo/pFqAE9RUalk/s1600/53112+005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CydDxn3nsdM/UPEKNlaaYrI/AAAAAAAADdo/pFqAE9RUalk/s320/53112+005.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Double trouble!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7gXHXyOCdnk/UPEKNvjFDSI/AAAAAAAADds/MQ2qXApwPIY/s1600/51512+121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7gXHXyOCdnk/UPEKNvjFDSI/AAAAAAAADds/MQ2qXApwPIY/s320/51512+121.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A cool place to reflect</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-du8VAgXYIOg/UPEKOWNRAzI/AAAAAAAADd0/5ZnrgDmXqkI/s1600/53112+031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-du8VAgXYIOg/UPEKOWNRAzI/AAAAAAAADd0/5ZnrgDmXqkI/s320/53112+031.jpg" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stunning!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c8rYFcXmTdw/UPEKOv8XPkI/AAAAAAAADd4/9IfqMJfX2TY/s1600/53112+032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c8rYFcXmTdw/UPEKOv8XPkI/AAAAAAAADd4/9IfqMJfX2TY/s320/53112+032.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sweetest of fragrances</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YKgWG-oinXg/UPEKPlSlfvI/AAAAAAAADeI/xIEBKI8wVlA/s1600/53112+063.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YKgWG-oinXg/UPEKPlSlfvI/AAAAAAAADeI/xIEBKI8wVlA/s320/53112+063.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fuchsia</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N-RmH7OAMPw/UPEKPZ23GsI/AAAAAAAADeM/doX7TkZJ4Eo/s1600/53112+050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N-RmH7OAMPw/UPEKPZ23GsI/AAAAAAAADeM/doX7TkZJ4Eo/s320/53112+050.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summer sunlight</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QCYaBPrqwG8/UPEKPQoKM7I/AAAAAAAADeQ/CanQ9142ol8/s1600/53112+054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QCYaBPrqwG8/UPEKPQoKM7I/AAAAAAAADeQ/CanQ9142ol8/s320/53112+054.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glowing beauty</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BYjpzZvs2BQ/UPEKQaKyDeI/AAAAAAAADeY/YkXw6jyJ3Ak/s1600/53112+071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BYjpzZvs2BQ/UPEKQaKyDeI/AAAAAAAADeY/YkXw6jyJ3Ak/s320/53112+071.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greetings</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sU7OfzqoqpU/UPEKQrRT5zI/AAAAAAAADec/SJxJq8VN7hQ/s1600/5912+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="166" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sU7OfzqoqpU/UPEKQrRT5zI/AAAAAAAADec/SJxJq8VN7hQ/s320/5912+003.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At rest</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Tms73_qLUhU/UPEKQ6Z3IfI/AAAAAAAADek/tzmGWTQegtE/s1600/61312+045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Tms73_qLUhU/UPEKQ6Z3IfI/AAAAAAAADek/tzmGWTQegtE/s320/61312+045.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A riot of color</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QGc2FQaMm6M/UPEKRN_52FI/AAAAAAAADeo/Jja7rDnPnus/s1600/61312+090.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QGc2FQaMm6M/UPEKRN_52FI/AAAAAAAADeo/Jja7rDnPnus/s320/61312+090.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not Oregano</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nOa1BFBNkfY/UPEKRTNBsWI/AAAAAAAADes/0tnSNchxcRQ/s1600/61312+094.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nOa1BFBNkfY/UPEKRTNBsWI/AAAAAAAADes/0tnSNchxcRQ/s320/61312+094.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Framed spring beauty</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hUnUL7rnuas/UPEKRnKcNFI/AAAAAAAADew/wyPL-nzDQ4w/s1600/6712+092.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hUnUL7rnuas/UPEKRnKcNFI/AAAAAAAADew/wyPL-nzDQ4w/s320/6712+092.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brilliant Sunshine, how I worship thee!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Yp0BQdBJRFg/UPEKSJxkCFI/AAAAAAAADe4/7lK1Y3JWG38/s1600/6712+095.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Yp0BQdBJRFg/UPEKSJxkCFI/AAAAAAAADe4/7lK1Y3JWG38/s320/6712+095.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greetings!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TgEG1JY1Yp4/UPEKSuIqOfI/AAAAAAAADe8/MhT9TjspAQk/s1600/71312+097.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TgEG1JY1Yp4/UPEKSuIqOfI/AAAAAAAADe8/MhT9TjspAQk/s320/71312+097.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unfurling beauty</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dxJ1FudLqA4/UPEKSt5xgqI/AAAAAAAADfA/ypdV6WqyY8w/s1600/71312+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dxJ1FudLqA4/UPEKSt5xgqI/AAAAAAAADfA/ypdV6WqyY8w/s320/71312+001.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summer's first flavor</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o2J0HvXzca0/UPEKTPrvJTI/AAAAAAAADfE/viC92SXsSJQ/s1600/71412+047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o2J0HvXzca0/UPEKTPrvJTI/AAAAAAAADfE/viC92SXsSJQ/s320/71412+047.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seeking shade</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k4y31gPPMDo/UPEKTCnPBuI/AAAAAAAADfI/NZBGYWoVS_0/s1600/72012+027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="304" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k4y31gPPMDo/UPEKTCnPBuI/AAAAAAAADfI/NZBGYWoVS_0/s320/72012+027.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vivid color</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f3OiKr6fZj4/UPEKUAsp01I/AAAAAAAADfU/6DoTnv_tx5Q/s1600/72012+078.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f3OiKr6fZj4/UPEKUAsp01I/AAAAAAAADfU/6DoTnv_tx5Q/s320/72012+078.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beauty of vegetables</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xg3hMAI4Pwg/UPEKUsbx6ZI/AAAAAAAADfc/3c-wX-2Zldw/s1600/72012+098.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xg3hMAI4Pwg/UPEKUsbx6ZI/AAAAAAAADfc/3c-wX-2Zldw/s320/72012+098.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Salad bowl colors!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FRgcxmbItig/UPEKUtY64DI/AAAAAAAADfg/aeYrH89AGo4/s1600/72012+092.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FRgcxmbItig/UPEKUtY64DI/AAAAAAAADfg/aeYrH89AGo4/s320/72012+092.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beans!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TBvp-08D8qs/UPEKVUni0nI/AAAAAAAADfs/yI4LRu6LHkg/s1600/7212+112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TBvp-08D8qs/UPEKVUni0nI/AAAAAAAADfs/yI4LRu6LHkg/s320/7212+112.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ode to thee, summer sunshine!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crisp and ready!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wQFt8NHRGHY/UPEKVnvQvwI/AAAAAAAADf0/y9K2Pnjwlt4/s1600/7212+081.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wQFt8NHRGHY/UPEKVnvQvwI/AAAAAAAADf0/y9K2Pnjwlt4/s320/7212+081.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Smile!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t_Y36dFwmng/UPEKWWBd5kI/AAAAAAAADgA/NOuRziAeKMA/s1600/72312+031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t_Y36dFwmng/UPEKWWBd5kI/AAAAAAAADgA/NOuRziAeKMA/s320/72312+031.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brilliance</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mEb70mljfd8/UPEKXHVUEYI/AAAAAAAADgM/qPHDTwXU4RI/s1600/72312+033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mEb70mljfd8/UPEKXHVUEYI/AAAAAAAADgM/qPHDTwXU4RI/s320/72312+033.jpg" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crimson glow</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C5Vy5ZXFkMY/UPEKXr-mrwI/AAAAAAAADgU/t6eImoAQqfQ/s1600/72312+062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C5Vy5ZXFkMY/UPEKXr-mrwI/AAAAAAAADgU/t6eImoAQqfQ/s320/72312+062.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shades of summer</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zN1fnsq_Ujc/UPEKYDfPDPI/AAAAAAAADgY/3QdJH20cT2M/s1600/7512+078.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zN1fnsq_Ujc/UPEKYDfPDPI/AAAAAAAADgY/3QdJH20cT2M/s320/7512+078.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pyrates Play</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AjhcGfg36ec/UPEKXlPd0XI/AAAAAAAADgc/LeYiQufELuI/s1600/7512+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AjhcGfg36ec/UPEKXlPd0XI/AAAAAAAADgc/LeYiQufELuI/s320/7512+003.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Play!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MTCi_zFZtDs/UPEKYg6SVLI/AAAAAAAADgk/Yrb5i3NFzhc/s1600/8512+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MTCi_zFZtDs/UPEKYg6SVLI/AAAAAAAADgk/Yrb5i3NFzhc/s320/8512+002.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cilantro blooms!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Zv66yOK1Rfo/UPEKZzrGCHI/AAAAAAAADgs/XEG874MGqgg/s1600/9412+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Zv66yOK1Rfo/UPEKZzrGCHI/AAAAAAAADgs/XEG874MGqgg/s320/9412+007.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Square Squash!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dSa0hWfU9Ao/UPEKZpob6oI/AAAAAAAADgw/5SwuSjLrn-A/s1600/92312C+010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dSa0hWfU9Ao/UPEKZpob6oI/AAAAAAAADgw/5SwuSjLrn-A/s320/92312C+010.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Festive and rather spoiled Sheilah!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gV60DbqysBM/UPEKZVMoP7I/AAAAAAAADg0/eGq-xxhcSOU/s1600/8512+032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gV60DbqysBM/UPEKZVMoP7I/AAAAAAAADg0/eGq-xxhcSOU/s320/8512+032.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dinky rolls!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tHO3hVz8tlQ/UPEKbLw4KKI/AAAAAAAADhE/CCe3XuTjfPU/s1600/9412+012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tHO3hVz8tlQ/UPEKbLw4KKI/AAAAAAAADhE/CCe3XuTjfPU/s320/9412+012.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deep greens of summer squash</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qmaej2l1k1o/UPEKbJPd3RI/AAAAAAAADhM/o6i9My32ti4/s1600/9412+090.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qmaej2l1k1o/UPEKbJPd3RI/AAAAAAAADhM/o6i9My32ti4/s320/9412+090.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kushy Bear!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nYDyi1MLrlw/UPEKcMNDFgI/AAAAAAAADhQ/YVYSbnO0oMI/s1600/9512+040.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nYDyi1MLrlw/UPEKcMNDFgI/AAAAAAAADhQ/YVYSbnO0oMI/s320/9512+040.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summer sunlight</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c6t-bdC-ngk/UPEKbU35fII/AAAAAAAADhU/OTSvnUFI5D8/s1600/9512+016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c6t-bdC-ngk/UPEKbU35fII/AAAAAAAADhU/OTSvnUFI5D8/s320/9512+016.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crawly thing!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TYXxNcFkhfI/UPEKdKt-VJI/AAAAAAAADhk/iUZqzZCGUVQ/s1600/9512+043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TYXxNcFkhfI/UPEKdKt-VJI/AAAAAAAADhk/iUZqzZCGUVQ/s320/9512+043.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maters!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-faJACb6yzlg/UPEKdodr8bI/AAAAAAAADhs/d_KNIuBCZuo/s1600/A+020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-faJACb6yzlg/UPEKdodr8bI/AAAAAAAADhs/d_KNIuBCZuo/s320/A+020.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty Girl!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rZajpC58DdE/UPEKdaocQKI/AAAAAAAADhw/gSMyd3_6htk/s1600/9512+051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rZajpC58DdE/UPEKdaocQKI/AAAAAAAADhw/gSMyd3_6htk/s320/9512+051.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful Borage</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7-m2uANugzA/UPEKdqRol2I/AAAAAAAADh0/JSmR3m0Ns6U/s1600/A+005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7-m2uANugzA/UPEKdqRol2I/AAAAAAAADh0/JSmR3m0Ns6U/s320/A+005.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Siren Song</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QgqxJ77fBsE/UPEKfE4mNPI/AAAAAAAADiI/SMeHRhNPwyU/s1600/A+052.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QgqxJ77fBsE/UPEKfE4mNPI/AAAAAAAADiI/SMeHRhNPwyU/s320/A+052.jpg" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The path that leads to Nowhere</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nHiz1wdFbQ0/UPEKfFRg2pI/AAAAAAAADiM/dyHGHmNAuWw/s1600/B+031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nHiz1wdFbQ0/UPEKfFRg2pI/AAAAAAAADiM/dyHGHmNAuWw/s320/B+031.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On either end...</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1jchPVkiDSs/UPEKfp1rgkI/AAAAAAAADiQ/DbEl4WOD3qE/s1600/apples+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1jchPVkiDSs/UPEKfp1rgkI/AAAAAAAADiQ/DbEl4WOD3qE/s320/apples+003.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summer's Bounty</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yozHsEHqKts/UPEKgI3OfHI/AAAAAAAADig/qvNZjkaO3YQ/s1600/maters+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yozHsEHqKts/UPEKgI3OfHI/AAAAAAAADig/qvNZjkaO3YQ/s320/maters+002.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A coming frost...</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B1bEq3_Nfd0/UPEKgoD1R2I/AAAAAAAADiw/D6bFaoDIzkI/s1600/november16+016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B1bEq3_Nfd0/UPEKgoD1R2I/AAAAAAAADiw/D6bFaoDIzkI/s320/november16+016.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ever Curious~</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CEjl9Roo_mE/UPEKhHNaIwI/AAAAAAAADi0/-cGcEGQMrSc/s1600/november13+030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="299" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CEjl9Roo_mE/UPEKhHNaIwI/AAAAAAAADi0/-cGcEGQMrSc/s320/november13+030.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gus and his ladies!<br /><br />Peace and Happy New Year!</td></tr>
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ladyfernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735686850851240434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491244874121651345.post-90299547734047967682012-11-13T21:30:00.001-08:002012-11-13T21:30:36.200-08:00November<h5 class="uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper" data-ft="{"type":1,"tn":"K"}">
<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">I'm
as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs today.
Just keep telling myself it'll be fine... and it will! Augustus, our new heritage bourbon red, teenage turkey, is out
with the girls for the first time after his 48 hour stay locked in the
coop. He was in a separate enclosure within the coop so the rest of them
couldn't pick on him but today it's free reign, AND he can fly... All 4
girl turkeys are busily shoving him around from place to place and even
a few of the chickens have gotten in on the action. Everybody has to
peck at or shove the new guy. They won't let him eat, drink or rest.
Pecking order, what fun...<br /> </span></span></h5>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><br /> In other news, the peeps are growing
rapidly and starting to show the colors they will be as adults. Nothing
guaranteed of course, but there are two that appear to be males. Out of
5? That's a pretty nice little flock :) I'll post some new pics of them
soon.<br /> <br /> Roody, our new rooster, is enjoying not being the new kid on the block. He's learning to crow and to woo the ladies and doing quite nicely. <br /> </span></span></h5>
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My attempt at egg incubation has flopped once again. They are now
buried under the bamboo. Rest in peace little eggies. This was attempt
#5. LOL Crud. Well, if at first you don't succeed, wait out the winter
and try again next spring??~<br /> <br /> The wood is almost all in for winter, and not a moment too soon. (We rely 100% on woodstove heat)<br />
It feels rather chilly. Mount Shasta is beginning to get her blanket of
white and the colors on our little homestead are lovely. We are getting
a true fall this year with several frosts, a smattering of snow and
then long stretches of cool, windy days. <br /> <br /> I think all of us are
proud of our successful harvests this year. Of course there were
several complete flops too. We are learning so much and are feeling a
bit more confident each day in how to do this whole farm thing. <br /> Taint easy McGee! But that's okay. <br />
I'm in better shape at forty eight than I was at thirty, happier too I
think because I'm more content knowing what I'm capable of. Times are
concerning, with the economical crisis, the anger and frustration I have
seen in so many. My hope is that we can find a way to soften things.
The world has become a much harsher place, or it seems so to me anyway.
If we all remind each other of what life could be, maybe even used to
be, back when we used sustainable means to feed ourselves, perhaps we
can instill a hope and longing for a gentler, more cooperative country,
one that pulls together and helps each other. That's my hope anyway, all
through sharing what we have learned. The successes as well as the
failures.<br /> <br /> <br /> I had a conversation with my mom this weekend that I've pondered over ever since. She's retiring Thursday. <br />
She's not what anyone would ever call spend-thrifty. I suggested to her
that maybe now would be a good time to lay in a few dry goods. She
hates this subject and cut me off by saying, "I'm an optimist, always
have been, always will be. I refuse to change." <br /> Alrighty then, I
can relate, I know her well and she simply isn't going to budge on this
one. She will survive on peanut butter, Dad will cook potatoes and they
will be FINE.<br /> <br /> Myself, I look at the world a bit differently,
one foot in the past and one in the future, trying to learn from
mistakes made (by myself as well as others) and attempting to enjoy the
now while fully being aware that I have to plan for whatever may come.
Motherhood has taught me that it's not practical to just say it'll be
fine, you also have to plan for the eventuality that it might be rough
going without a little bit of planning and since a mother's goal is to
make absolutely certain that it WILL be fine, I guess I get to set aside
even more in the eventuality that my parents may need help just around
the corner. <br /> <br /> Luckily for me, my kids are a tad odd. Always have
been. I'm proud to say they get that from me. David isn't odd. Nope not
ever. He's an angel, just ask his Momma.<br /> We've always enjoyed
reading and learning about history and knowing the 'how' of things. Long
before they discovered pirate reenactment, hobbies like fishing and
hiking and growing your own food were a part of their every day lives.
Some of my favorite pictures of my children include chickens, fish,
deer, crawdads and so on, all with my children cuddling them. <br /> <br />
They have branched out and learned things like how to safely forage
mushrooms and wild herbs from the forest, through their love of
everything pirate, they have been involved in events that include 17th
century tool making, clothes making, weaponry, cooking over an open
fire, smoking meats and so on. Everything you could imagine that could
truly come in handy here in our ever growing peepville. <br /> <br /> Thank
you wacky family. My lovely clan, for jumping into this venture with us.
It seems to have a huge learning curve, doesn't it?! LOL ♥ Peace and
good blessings everyone!</span></span></h5>
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Our first killing frosts have arrived. Not just a little nip in the air
but a blackening of just about everything that was in full leaf just
yesterday. The air has taken on a chill that holds all the promise of a
full winter to come. The focus has been on harvest. Slaughtering turkeys
to fill the freezer, harvesting apples and pears, plums and pumpkins.
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All of the potted plants are nestled inside. The dining room table is a thing of the past. For the next 9 months, all of the potted plants will overtake the kitchen and live inside next to the wood stove. Next our focus will be on wood to keep us warm over the long winter. Soon will come the dust of ash, the smell of wood smoke and a long winter of chili, turkey and dumplins and stews. Along with it comes a comfort and warmth very different from the long summer months of being outdoors every waking minute, soaking up the summer sunshine and the busy-ness that comes with living on 29 acres and caring for animals.</div>
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ladyfernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735686850851240434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491244874121651345.post-62407344378251065472012-08-27T22:33:00.002-07:002012-08-27T22:46:08.195-07:00Last Night I Dreamed of Chickens<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</h2><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-top: 20px; min-height: 570px;"><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="KonaBody"><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Last night I dreamed of chickens,<br />
there were chickens everywhere,<br />
they were standing on my stomach,<br />
they were nesting in my hair,<br />
they were pecking at my pillow,<br />
they were hopping on my head,<br />
they were ruffling up their feathers<br />
as they raced about my bed.<br />
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They were on the chairs and tables,<br />
they were on the chandeliers,<br />
they were roosting in the corners,<br />
they were clucking in my ears,<br />
there were chickens, chickens, chickens<br />
for as far as I could see...<br />
when I woke today, I noticed<br />
there were eggs on top of me. <br />
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This wonderful, silly poem I found by<br />
Jack Prelutsky, pretty much sums up my life at this point. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">They're everywhere and each one more endearing than the next, <br />
all wanting attention!<br />
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I have always enjoyed chickens and their crazy antics. <br />
Each one has such a distinct personality. <br />
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Between the chickens and the turkeys, <br />
it's pretty much poultry all the time!<br />
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I hope you enjoy their goofy faces as much as I do!<br />
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Happy Gardening~</div><br />
</div></div>ladyfernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735686850851240434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491244874121651345.post-80170387722400403352012-08-10T21:16:00.002-07:002012-08-10T21:22:41.017-07:00Sweet Summer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> Sweet, Sweet Summer</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Like a child emerging from a cold Northern Summer's lake,<br />
lovingly being wrapped in a warm towel</div><br />
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of memories past and times that will be</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3XRXyDpJqM/UCXahI8eDBI/AAAAAAAADK4/ZlXEEd_vTu8/s1600/81012+021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3XRXyDpJqM/UCXahI8eDBI/AAAAAAAADK4/ZlXEEd_vTu8/s320/81012+021.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Summer brings the youthfulness of a naked star lit<br />
Goddess dancing upon a moon lit beach</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Summer is the beginning of a newly emerging renaissance,<br />
one that dissipates quite quickly</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oqHdEy2XPtk/UCXajmoBaSI/AAAAAAAADLI/mfUts8O9AhI/s1600/81012+029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oqHdEy2XPtk/UCXajmoBaSI/AAAAAAAADLI/mfUts8O9AhI/s320/81012+029.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Children are freed to the Sunshine and laughter that is heard in abundance,<br />
like a tickling of the soul</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Nature matures into a fine looking creation<br />
that covers lovers hidden in her grassy knolls</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The raptureless times spent out doing nothing,<br />
engaged in the Summer's lazy afternoons</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tidykoCUdYo/UCXamKEdazI/AAAAAAAADLg/gX2_TcHxiMA/s1600/81012+085.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tidykoCUdYo/UCXamKEdazI/AAAAAAAADLg/gX2_TcHxiMA/s320/81012+085.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> The trickle of sweat that runs coolly down the spine<br />
and those goose bump chills,<br />
that day's first refreshment</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The unnatural way water seemingly tastes<br />
more refreshing than in Autumn,<br />
Winter,<br />
or Spring</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f9_sDD1OR9A/UCXan2zPJgI/AAAAAAAADLw/ZrbuubvEa8Q/s1600/81012+090.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f9_sDD1OR9A/UCXan2zPJgI/AAAAAAAADLw/ZrbuubvEa8Q/s320/81012+090.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Oh - Sweet Summer - </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Sweet, sweet, Summer - </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">What a wonderful thing!</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kkUf2iuzh1Q/UCXaqJD4LeI/AAAAAAAADME/BbHyXHuQR_8/s1600/81012+115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kkUf2iuzh1Q/UCXaqJD4LeI/AAAAAAAADME/BbHyXHuQR_8/s320/81012+115.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Peace, as Always, </div><br />
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</div>ladyfernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735686850851240434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491244874121651345.post-61304020558455008362012-07-27T22:49:00.000-07:002012-07-27T22:49:01.689-07:00The Sunflowers<div style="text-align: center;">The Sunflowers <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RjTSmpdWfGc/UBN6jZ81GSI/AAAAAAAADHw/G6FILA2nOxM/s1600/72712+070.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RjTSmpdWfGc/UBN6jZ81GSI/AAAAAAAADHw/G6FILA2nOxM/s320/72712+070.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Come with me into the field of sunflowers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l0il69vZd-E/UBN6lPhpcaI/AAAAAAAADH4/5z9SS7wreqA/s1600/72712+071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l0il69vZd-E/UBN6lPhpcaI/AAAAAAAADH4/5z9SS7wreqA/s320/72712+071.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Their faces are burnished disks, their dry spines<br />
creak like ship masts,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Icz86Mcnu-s/UBN6mCUKXBI/AAAAAAAADIA/JCMaR3pmWKc/s1600/72712+072.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Icz86Mcnu-s/UBN6mCUKXBI/AAAAAAAADIA/JCMaR3pmWKc/s320/72712+072.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Their green leaves, so heavy and many,<br />
fill all day with the sticky sugars of the sun.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZsZ9tFV7cUw/UBN6nBWgC-I/AAAAAAAADII/uhR5kl1KiAE/s1600/72712+083.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZsZ9tFV7cUw/UBN6nBWgC-I/AAAAAAAADII/uhR5kl1KiAE/s320/72712+083.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Come with me to visit the sunflowers,<br />
They are shy but want to be friends;</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TvC5c8cMWCY/UBN6ny0siSI/AAAAAAAADIQ/PotnvXe6LiM/s1600/72712+089.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TvC5c8cMWCY/UBN6ny0siSI/AAAAAAAADIQ/PotnvXe6LiM/s320/72712+089.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">They have wonderful stories of when they were young -<br />
The important weather, the wandering crows.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9_kw_fLmwjo/UBN9F7TLwvI/AAAAAAAADJQ/d07LWGtMaD0/s1600/sun+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9_kw_fLmwjo/UBN9F7TLwvI/AAAAAAAADJQ/d07LWGtMaD0/s320/sun+001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Don't be afraid to ask them questions!<br />
Their bright faces, which follow the sun,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Will listen, and all those rows of seeds -<br />
Each one a new life!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sI9tHpMghvA/UBN6qi4OhMI/AAAAAAAADIo/AM7TAwHmsME/s1600/72712+105.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sI9tHpMghvA/UBN6qi4OhMI/AAAAAAAADIo/AM7TAwHmsME/s320/72712+105.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Hope for a deeper acquaintance;<br />
Each of them, though it stands in a crowd of many,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mMNaRZ-yVuM/UBN6r8iJl1I/AAAAAAAADIw/cm4uSgQVM6w/s1600/72712+117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mMNaRZ-yVuM/UBN6r8iJl1I/AAAAAAAADIw/cm4uSgQVM6w/s320/72712+117.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> Like a separate universe,<br />
Is lonely, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f-12ulPep-8/UBN6szYoFdI/AAAAAAAADI4/4pwtgZc7aCU/s1600/72712+124.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f-12ulPep-8/UBN6szYoFdI/AAAAAAAADI4/4pwtgZc7aCU/s320/72712+124.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">The long work of turning their lives<br />
into a celebration is not easy. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1U49wzw679A/UBN6toL-8KI/AAAAAAAADJA/Q_V3U_Ze13w/s1600/72712+129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1U49wzw679A/UBN6toL-8KI/AAAAAAAADJA/Q_V3U_Ze13w/s320/72712+129.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Come and let us talk with those modest faces,<br />
The simple garments of leaves,</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MH7FaON6UBI/UBN6ua2dbnI/AAAAAAAADJI/ZDbuDpRa1OM/s1600/72712+130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MH7FaON6UBI/UBN6ua2dbnI/AAAAAAAADJI/ZDbuDpRa1OM/s320/72712+130.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The coarse roots in the earth <br />
So uprightly burning. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<i>A love poem by Mary Oliver</i><br />
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Peace, <br />
Blessings <br />
And as always,<br />
Happy Gardening!<br />
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</div>ladyfernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735686850851240434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491244874121651345.post-89401805330969799702012-07-23T12:53:00.001-07:002012-07-23T13:01:03.747-07:00A new perspective...<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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One for you and one for me, <br />
one for the little hummer living in the tree. <br />
Three for the hopper, <br />
two for the crow, <br />
that's how our tangled garden grows...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There aren't a lot of bees this year but we treasure every one!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look Maddie! Another color!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one has so many heads it has turned in on itself!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hi Kushy, <br />
I love you too buddy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chick peas going crazy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">David's Chick Peas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aud's Squash</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of Aud's baby squash!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sandy's fennel!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jelly and Ron's Popcorn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Volunteers!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James's Tobacco</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hi Kushy, <br />
yes, I see you buddy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Radishes going to bloom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Martha Washington Asparagus</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Growing in the pathways</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love how everything finds a way. <br />
I planted this broccoli many months ago and nothing... <br />
now it has come up under the corn, where it has plenty of shade.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love these honey locust trees</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our giant elderly apple tree greets us as we come up the drive</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sedums seem to have overwhelmed the hens and chicks!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love this round rock!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hello yet again Kushy Bear!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the weeds are just too pretty to pull up!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ouch!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This branch is a tad low...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He's everywhere I am today!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I do love an ambitious plant! This is the dragon.<br />
Once upon a time in a garden of long ago, <br />
this dragon climbed a fence, an arbor and a chicken coop in 100 degree weather.<br />
He was massive and glorious. <br />
And then one evening the gardeners started a chain saw! <br />
They chopped him back to just a stump and crammed him in a pot. <br />
He survived for a year like that in a very rainy, gray environment <br />
They moved again to a place where it snows! <br />
10 years later, the dragon lives to tell his tales <br />
and the gardener whispers to him of his glory days when he climbed the walls of her former garden. <br />
He remembers it seems, and plans to take over this two story house <br />
and eat anyone who comes near him with a chain saw ever again!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby flax</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liatris, we eagerly await your very first blooms!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A perfect reason not to cut the grass...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How can you resist? Instead of petting that sweaty belly,<br />
I tried something else and got down on his level. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The views are different from down here!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The world seems a much bigger place</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dink must think we live in a jungle!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look Ellie! New shoots on your bamboo!!!</td></tr>
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Peace and Happy Gardening!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W5VoDexMBoA/UAo-Qryk7dI/AAAAAAAACuY/K8usEsK46NY/s1600/72012+133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W5VoDexMBoA/UAo-Qryk7dI/AAAAAAAACuY/K8usEsK46NY/s320/72012+133.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Taking a moment to take it all in. <br />
The colors, the textures, the fragrance, <br />
The sweetness that is Summer.<br />
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Happy Gardening!</div>ladyfernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735686850851240434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491244874121651345.post-76454025972301932172012-07-16T14:10:00.000-07:002012-07-16T14:10:04.733-07:00Making wire thingys<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's a wire thingy. <br />
The idea is to make several of these to put in the garden between the rows of veggies <br />
and put chickens in them to eat grasshoppers. <br />
I tried just putting chickens loose in the garden but,<br />
they dug holes under the plants and went to sleep. <br />
NOT quite what I was looking for!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Magoo. I think he is a she. <br />
Either way, it fell in a post hole I was digging when the dog ran by. <br />
It's been laying around waiting for its bum leg to heal.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chickies in action!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boy, I hope this works. The grasshoppers are getting bigger!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Get 'em babies!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gobble up those bugs!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I wanted 6 of these wire thingys but so far have made just two. <br />
So far they are working well though!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Popcorn is doing quite well.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So is the cilantro!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Squash and melons are taking off!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chick peas are nearly ready!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunflowers are just beginning to bloom.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chickies are growing!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roosting and a poopin, doing what chickies do. <br />
We should have eggs in another month or so!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Things are blooming all over!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the volunteers, this one prevents me from edging the grass. <br />
I'm ok with that!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lettuces in an array of shades!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BBQ full of color!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Smile!!<br />
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Peace and Happy Gardening, <br />
as always!!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>ladyfernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735686850851240434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491244874121651345.post-88491777608531053092012-07-14T17:28:00.001-07:002012-07-14T17:33:13.075-07:00Joys of Summer<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Say hello to my little friend Brian. <br />
Brian is a starling that fell 2 stories from the gutters of our house. <br />
I can't get him back up there to his nest, <br />
so he's staying with me for a few days,<br />
til the rest of the fledglings leave the nest <br />
and he can safely go back to Momma starling.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Kushy. <br />
He's one of the reasons I can't just put Brian under a bush or something.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two more good reasons!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Distracted by pretties!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mustard is beginning to flower</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the rattle snake grass is rattling!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rock rose! You are so welcome here! <br />
I only planted like 5000 seeds. <br />
So glad you could join us!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Icky Kitty. Another reason Brian is inside!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's all good.<br />
Smile!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bzzzz</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoy the sun! <br />
We sure are!<br />
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Peace!<br />
Happy Gardening!</td></tr>
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</div>ladyfernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735686850851240434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491244874121651345.post-39584673970972626772012-07-02T21:45:00.003-07:002012-07-02T21:53:30.026-07:00Yay for the new camera cord!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's been a busy couple of weeks. <br />
This bonehead, decided to take on our biggest tom turkey. <br />
When I found him, his cheek was torn open. <br />
I squirted peroxide in it and waited for it to dry then super glued it shut. <br />
Worked like a charm. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We have 8 Auburn Heritage turkey eggs in a home made incubator in the closet. <br />
Here's hoping we end up with a few babies by the end of the month.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Never a dull moment. <br />
I refurbished an old shed into a new 'peepville' for these guys <br />
and as I was digging post holes, <br />
doofus here, fell in one of the holes. <br />
He's been limping around, unable to walk well. <br />
Poor baby. <br />
Here he is in the bathtub soaking his legs in epsom salts.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Today, my dear friend Ellie,<br />
surprised me with super neat gifts! <br />
A pressure cooker, <br />
a huge hunk of bamboo and <br />
these two scurvy pirates! <br />
Aren't they cute?<br />
I'm humbled. <br />
The pressure cooker is something that will benefit my entire family hugely. <br />
Thanks so much Ellie!</td></tr>
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Here's doofus in the 'infirmary' while his leg heals.<br />
Don't feel too terribly sorry for him,<br />
he only stays in here while I can't be right with him. <br />
This afternoon he lounged around on the back porch with me,<br />
eating strawberries from my hand <br />
and drinking ice water out of a tupperware cup!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here are the rest of the gang. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New digs. <br />
Spiffy! <br />
This will do well to keep them cool in summer and warm-ish in winter. <br />
Weed. Ca. isn't exactly warm, come winter time!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peepville</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little brick path</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That toodles all over the place.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've never taken a picture from over here before!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tritoma<br />
Torch lily</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby lettuces</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiny tomato plants</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Every year since I've known her, <br />
my friend Jackie,<br />
gives me a handful of her momma's sweet pea seeds, <br />
until this year I've had no luck getting them to grow. <br />
We have sprouts, Jackie!!! <br />
Yay!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grapevine growing happily</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Cap'n watches over all.</td></tr>
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~Peace~</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Gardening!</div>ladyfernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735686850851240434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491244874121651345.post-79773722119588844462012-06-14T08:50:00.001-07:002012-06-14T08:50:32.653-07:00Sunshine and Daughters<div style="text-align: center;">
Thank you Angelica Faith, for your beautiful words of wisdom.</div>
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This is about a
tradition I used to hold every year with my mother. I grew up in a town that
you could spit across without getting anyone wet, deep in the California valley. Every summer it’d get in
the triple digits, usually around one-fourteen, and though everyone always
said, “I don’t remember it ever being this hot,” it takes a lot to not remember
<i>every other year</i> in that town. </div>
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Each June, as a
welcoming to the scorching sun, my mother and I would collect our favorite
books, splash our favorite fruit juices into one giant cup, and lay out a
blanket in our back yard. We’d spend the day there, laughing and sleeping and
reading, slurping up our eccentric cocktail and soaking the sun itself into our
skins, until the giant fiery sphere began to hang above the horizon line, when
we’d gather our day’s supplies together (the tattered paper backs and notebooks
we’d claimed as our own, the long retired cup now sheathed in a sticky surface
and a sprinkling of ants, and the grass stained blanket that had accompanied us
for so many years) and return inside for a comfortable sleep, hoping that
tomorrow<span> </span>would be as filled with joy.</div>
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She and I don’t
do that now- we don’t have the time. She works constantly and my siblings keep
me moving, playing mommy because I need to. She eats her lunch in the sun when
she can, she tells me. Brings juice with her to work, and usually a book or
two. I’m glad for that, its good for her. This morning I woke up to clear blue
skies when the report yesterday had told me that it would be raining the whole
day long. I grabbed a blanket and a cup of coffee (it was too early for juice,
I told myself) and one of our rather worn Robert Fulghum’s to enjoy the
sunlight while it lasted.<br />
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And though we
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back, because it makes me remember those times. The days when we’d lay there
and look up into the sun with our eyes closed, seeing big red dots, and letting
the sun bake us until it decided to give the other half of the world a run for
its money. When I was younger, I didn’t burn because I never lost my tan, but
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Most people greet
the summer months with a kind of antipathy. The wave fans and paper and
anything else they can get their hands on at their necks and faces to ward off
the destructive heat. They stay inside and turn on their AC’s and hide from the
angry sun. If they are forced to be outside for any particular reason, they
seek shaded areas. And they complain. Every summer I hear various versions of
“Certainly hot today, isn’t it?” and “Will the temperature ever go down?” and
“I can’t take much more of this,” all said with expressions on their faces as
if you’d just given them the traditional Wet Willy.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">Of course, they have reasons for their disgust.
It’s not like it was when they were kids; the warmer months don’t mean freedom
from school and parents and chores and homework and all the other evils in the
life of a child. Summer doesn’t mean play in the sprinkler and fall asleep in
the sun and certainly not do what you want, and enjoy it, please. Summer
doesn’t mean “explore” anymore.</span><br />
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Naturally, there
are medical reasons as well. Too many UV rays will cause skin cancer, you know.
And the scorching sun could give you heat stroke. Scientists believe that
sunburns affect your immune system. Putting your body into extreme temperatures
isn’t good for you and the bright light makes you more likely to develop eye
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Yet I would argue
that lying beneath that depressive sun for a few hours is one of the healthiest
things you can do. Besides the delicious warm tan you develop, it’s been
scientifically proven that the sun actually makes you feel better. When exposed
to the sun’s UV rays, it triggers in your body the release of serotonin, which
helps you eat better, sleep better, and cures anxiety and depression.
Basically, serotonin is the Happy Hormone, and there’s not much else you can do
to get it. In addition, sun exposure, in moderate amounts, can actually help
prevent, and even cure melanoma (the most common form of skin cancer), due to
its production of vitamin D in the body. Wacky.</div>
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Besides, who told
you that you weren’t allowed to play in the sprinkler? That you can’t fall
asleep in the sun, or explore the unknown reaches of your backyard in your most
comfortable (and probably most unseemly) bathing suit? Or that summer can’t
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It would probably
do you good to don your stained one-piece or swim shorts, and catch froggies in
the yard with the little ones. Imagination and creativity lies in the heart of
a child. It’s bad for your soul to grow up.</div>
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She's right you know. We move too fast and rarely take time for the simple things. </div>
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Happy Gardening!</div>ladyfernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735686850851240434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491244874121651345.post-50852002793306903082012-06-07T20:15:00.002-07:002012-06-07T20:21:41.194-07:00Have you heard the News??<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Emerald City-Style.</div>
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Always remember the beauty of the garden, </div>
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for there is peace in a garden and </div>
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peace is where the real beauty lies.</div>
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So, after my chores were done, I made this tiny terrarium garden, </div>
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out of a glass Christmas ornament</div>
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INDOORS, </div>
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where I have some control over the climate!</div>
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Happy Gardening! </div>ladyfernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735686850851240434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491244874121651345.post-71871960044651486432012-05-17T10:38:00.000-07:002012-05-17T10:38:02.107-07:00The fruits of Gardening<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I am happy to announce a healthy hum from above as honeybees do their busy work!</div>
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Greetings Dear Peep Fans,</div>
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Our flock numbers twenty four, </div>
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twelve chicks and twelve turkey poults </div>
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and we are so cute it ought to be illegal! </div>
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We were brought home from the feed store in a large cardboard box </div>
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12 days ago and have been housed in a big ole horse trough in the Master's Quarters.</div>
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In that short span of time we have gone from looking like this:</div>
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We've grown so fast that our lady had to come up with a </div>
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as the weather just hasn't cooperated at all. </div>
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Mother Nature must have quite the sense of humor. </div>
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Our Lady has been braving the winds and building us a temporary enclosure</div>
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We hear from Shiloh,</div>
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That Our Lady has been very busy trying to keep us clean. </div>
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We know nothing of that and spend most of our time working on our wing beats, </div>
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peeping, eating, and pooing all over our enclosure. </div>
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Our favorite games are tipping the water over, </div>
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It makes a wonderful GONG!</div>
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. Our Lady dreams of a time when the sun will shine brightly for long enough that we can reside here:</div>
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Our Lady poked several holes in her fingers making this peep enclosure, </div>
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Happy Spring!</div>ladyfernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735686850851240434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491244874121651345.post-9518682881756372082012-04-27T09:30:00.003-07:002012-04-27T09:32:56.761-07:00Signs of Spring<div style="text-align: center;">
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We are moving right along! Spring is in the air and our peep numbers have grown to 25! </div>
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13 turkey poults and 12 chicks. It's noisy but sweet!</div>
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They are very curious and scramble around, preen, eat, drink and poo alot and are growing rapidly!</div>
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They will live inside with us in their heated horse trough until the weather warms but this little recycled enclosure will allow them to acclimate to the weather little by little in a safe setting.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These pole beans appreciate a deeper container and something sturdy to climb on.<br />
This type of setup works nicely for tomatoes and squash as well.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No water garden? Try an old bucket with smaller pots tucked inside.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This wooden box used to be around our water spigot, it is bottomless <br />
and makes a fine barrier for this snow in summer plant.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4 old boards make a fine raised bed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I kill blenders, what can I say? Remove the bottom for great drainage!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a matched set!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Barbecues also make nice planters.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As do inverted 1970's style hanging lamps!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daughter's cauldron from when she was a witch for haloween!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thrift stores are great places to find old clay and ceramic pots.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old rusty pots, tea pots tipped on their side, even broken pots can be recycled in the garden.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wheelbarrows also make good homes for plants.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This hole in a pole makes a nice area for sedums</td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1zikdXDOz80/T3zuQUtx-cI/AAAAAAAACH4/VfgE8AZ2mu4/s1600/rainy+day1+008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1zikdXDOz80/T3zuQUtx-cI/AAAAAAAACH4/VfgE8AZ2mu4/s320/rainy+day1+008.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RUU2QCq8jPk/T3zuRYpijhI/AAAAAAAACIA/p_oNDcalxyA/s1600/rainy+day1+009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RUU2QCq8jPk/T3zuRYpijhI/AAAAAAAACIA/p_oNDcalxyA/s320/rainy+day1+009.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">You'll be happy you did.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Gardening!</div>ladyfernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735686850851240434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491244874121651345.post-41589739891989716022012-04-03T20:40:00.000-07:002012-04-03T20:40:33.905-07:00Old Mother Nature<div style="text-align: center;">Old Mother Nature is cranky sometimes. Like now. Here it is, April, in our Garden Amongst the Weeds and we are rarin to go. We have a handy dandy new toy, all gassed up and ready to work really hard.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-slSsRuxYnqE/T3vAIyOY9OI/AAAAAAAACEI/S95wdwPuSJw/s1600/t+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-slSsRuxYnqE/T3vAIyOY9OI/AAAAAAAACEI/S95wdwPuSJw/s320/t+003.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I received a wonderful gift of twelve bags of excrement from this lovely animal today.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now, if only this wouldn't happen...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Seriously?? </div><div style="text-align: center;">Again??</div><div style="text-align: center;">Man...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I know the rain, rain go away song. Do any of you know of a snow go away dance or something? </div><div style="text-align: center;">Ritual grasshopper sacrifices I could do? </div><div style="text-align: center;">For now, I bid you adieu with this happy image.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">These little guys are hanging out in the fridge awaiting a nice, sunny day to be released in our garden as a secret weapon against the bad buggies. Shhh it's a secret.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Gardening.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>ladyfernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735686850851240434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491244874121651345.post-42166483902423192372012-03-21T23:28:00.003-07:002012-03-21T23:41:26.880-07:00Becoming more Self SufficientHere in our Garden Amongst the Weeds, it's still too cold to play outside. A chilly 46 degrees with rain and snow on the way. As much as I'd like to protest, this is pretty typical for our climate. So for now we wait and plan. Luckily, I have some very good friends that understand and share my passion for good, home grown food, the exchange of knowledge, seed, the beauty and practicality of good quality hand made goods.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thank you Sandy Merrill, for the beautiful hand made pot holders, the lovely fennel seed and the awesome magazines! I have been pouring over them and drinking in so many good ideas, sound homesteading practices and dreaming of the growing season!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Do you like to trade and barter? We have a little online gardening group that we spend a great deal of time on, sharing ideas, seeds, supporting each other, sharing pictures and stories of family and our gardening experiences and in general, just learning all we can from each other. We debate and talk over plans and work on ideas of ways to keep genetically modified seed out of our lives. This seems to be the biggest challenge.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We've been changing our diets and watching labels closely</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hunting everywhere for good, quality organic foods</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buying only pure, unadulterated foods. </td></tr>
</tbody></table>GMO has become the new 4- letter word... Genetically Modified Organisms are in so much of our food supply it's sickening. In the name of greed, companies like Monsanto and Dow Chemical genetically modify seed to withstand high doses of toxic weed killers. This in turn contaminates our food supply, the water supply and the soil itself. None of this is government regulated, none has been tested and found to be safe and yet the USDA pushes it right on through and feeds it to a population of unwitting guinea pigs. (Us) I have a serious problem with that. All of this talk of poisoned, tainted seed is daunting but one thing you can do is buy and trade only heirloom seed. This can be harvested and stored year after year to plant your future gardens with. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One for veggies and another for flowers</td></tr>
</tbody></table>This year we plan on several gardens. Everywhere there have been flowerbeds in the past, will be filled with a variety of flowers and vegetables. Kind of my own take on companion planting.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We have so many seedlings in the kitchen that it's hard to find room to turn around. Come on spring! We are ready!!!</td></tr>
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We also plan to have turkeys. And we have a due date! April 20th! We are really looking forward to this growing season!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doesn't look like much, but this will be the 'nursery'. It turns out that turkey poults when scared or cold, huddle. This is deadly for the turkeys on the bottom and so, they recommend that you use a container with round sides, so they can't pile up in corners. We will be adding lights for heat and some type of hay or litter for the bottom.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Super excited!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wishing you warm thoughts on this blustery 'spring ' day...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For now, we'll keep the home fires burning and keep all of these babies warm and snug!</td></tr>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">May your garden plans grow into beautiful fruition!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ta Ta For Now, </div><div style="text-align: center;">As Always, Happy Gardening!</div>ladyfernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735686850851240434noreply@blogger.com0