It was very rewarding to look around the table and see the product of all the hard work! We had sweet corn, tomatoes, cucumbers and onions, Green peppers, Raddishes and Kohlarabi. I ground up zuchinni today for relish and put up 2 more heads of cabbage to be used for soups this winter. I have pleanty more veggies to harvest and preserve for the upcoming winter and I look forward to the brocolli that is finally ready! Here are a few random shots from the garden.
I took a week's vacation last week to build the barn for the horse and maybe some goats. My horse is currently living around the corner at the sitters house. I want to bring him back to my home so I can spend more time working with him and begin teaching the girls to ride. Here the almost finished run-in shed...
The lady's of the barnyard are also working hard! I'm happy to announce egg production is almost 10 a day! The girls are 100% oragnic cage free hens with no added hormones or antibiotics. Evidently this makes for some pretty popular eggs! The kids are having lots of fun with the double yolkers too!! We get quite a few of those and usually throw 1 or 2 in with every dozen we sell!
I've been continuing my reading on the amish culture and I will leave you with some qoutes from a book I'm currently working on...
Modesty - Outward plainnes allows inward beauty to develop, otherwise one ACTS A PART with cosmetics and costumes. - Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair and of the wearing of gold or of putting on apparel; but let it be hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sign of god of great price. - 1 Peter 3:3
Simplicity - Do not become slaves to machines, materialism and greed. Avoid outside clutter and baubles, so that a person can concentrate on the true meaning of life, which is to praise god, develop his or her own talents, help others, and to rejoice in being.
Blessings to you and yours..
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