I really needed a rainy day today to match my mood. I've been off tilt all week, just not really myself. The grey clouds mirrored the grey inside I felt today. God and I have been having a lot of discussions lately most of which are along these lines... "I know you have a master plan and I know its for my greater good but ya think maybe you could give me a hint??? Maybe a road map?" Of course I know the answer and I accept the course that he lays for me, but this past week has been a roller coaster, and I've been leaning pretty hard on him. I'm sure he will lighten my burden in time and there will be a lesson to be learned so I keep on pluggin along.
I broke out the juicer monster this evening and fed it the odds and ends fruits I had in the drawer. 2 mango's, a box of strawberries, a few apples, and an orange oh and shhhhhh 2 carrots for good measure :). The kids loved it and never noticed the carrots I added! I kept a container for breakfast tomorrow and sipped the rest while I watched the rain run down the window. Over the last few days I've been taking the kitchen scraps out to the chickens in hopes they would eat them up and maybe cut back on the 50 lbs of grain they are eating in a week! So far they don't like mango peels....green onions or oranges. I'm not sure what they WILL eat, BUT they did seem interested in the pulp from the juice maker so we may have a winner!!! And I can't say I mind an excuse to make fresh juice for breakfast!
This weekend promises sunny weather and another round of battle against the weeds in the garden...I shall prevail!!! Or die trying! Okay well I'm not that ambitious :) but I'll make a good show of it anyhow!!
From all of us here on simplicity acres....
Blessings to you and yours!!!
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NO, the chicks don't like citrus of any kind, onions, garlic, nor potato peels. You're not supposed to give them meat, and for the longest time I didn't. Then a farmer friend says he gives meat to his hens quite often! I think I gave them some a couple of times. There truly is no such thing as vegetarian hens, unless they are the caged ones from egg farms. A true, scratch fed chicken eats bugs, and all kinds of living nasties. Mine happened to LOVE Japanese beetles...and I was more than happy to pick them off my roses and toss them to the girls!
See ya in the garden!
I know then when I was visiting my friend at her farm, she gave them bananas,grapes and the some pineapple. Boy did they love this:)
I know how hard it is not to know what the Lord has in store for us...but hang in there, He is with you through this and will continue to guide you...your part, just TRUST :)
blessings,
Lady M
ps: it is raining here too...the weeds are multiplying as I write this.
You can pour straight white vinegar on weeds and it will kill them. I buy the cheap Wal-Mart brand. It takes about 3 days and you'll see them turning brown.
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