March 4, 2021
HOWDY folks! I know that I just posted a couple of days ago but………Eeeeeekkkk!!!!!! We have been watching our seeds closely and I can’t believe that after 6 days we already have sprouts. Like little ½” tall spouts. I never thought in a dog’s age that they would sprout so quickly. From the look of things, we will have more plants than I anticipated. Our hopes are since the lady that lives in town isn’t opening her greenhouse this year we will be able to step in and sell to the public. She was located closer to town and we live in the middle of nowhere. We may need to set up in town on the weekend or try to join a farmer’s market somewhere close.
*side note* I honestly didn’t have much faith in what I planted. Mostly because I doubt the work I put into anything. I am my own worst critic! Brandon is always there to set me straight. He always believes in me when I don’t believe in myself. In all reality the seeds are growing because he had a hand in it and not anything I did. 🙂
We will actually have a weekend without rain coming up. No wait…….there is a 4% chance of rain on Saturday and Sunday so that means it will more than likely come a flood for about 15 minutes. Just enough to to mess the whole dang day up and ruin what plans we had to work outside. We need to make some more raised garden beds and try to figure out where we want to put our green house. I saw an idea for a flower planter made out of pallets that I want to try to build. Fence needs to be installed. Need to find a couple of gates. Lots of little things to get done and not enough daylight to do them in. I am so ready for longer, warmer days. I’m not cut out for the winter months!!!
I can’t remember if I mentioned or not but Brandon has secured our farm name on Facebook and YouTube. Haven’t made it to Instagram just yet but we will. I’m not sure about the whole YouTube thing. I don’t know that I would say that I’m a shy person but I’m definitely not outgoing enough to video myself and post it on YouTube. I’m not sure what to video or what to say about what has been videoed. That is something I am going to have to work myself into. Hopefully I won’t look and sound as dumb as I think I will on a video. I don’t mind a selfie every so often but me on video is a whole other game.
Brandon gave me a book yesterday.. It’s for first time gardeners. It is written by Jessica Sowards of Roots and Refuge Farm. It made me cry a little when he gave it to me. It is very discouraging to me to know that I can’t read a book or article or anything and at the end of it I will have no idea what I just read. That is very frustrating and upsetting to me. Not saying I won’t try to read it. I’m gonna give it a whirl. Prolly won’t be able to tell you one iota of a paragraph. Now don’t get me wrong, I was very happy to get the book because I feel like it will have a lot of useful information in it and that Brandon thought enough of me and what we are trying to do to get information that can possibly teach me something that I don’t already know.
Things will soon be getting busier for me. Both my kids play ball and the deadline for sign ups has passed so they are trying to figure out teams. This is always a busy time of year for me trying to get both kids to practice on multiple days of the week. My daughter also takes pitching lessons so that is added into the mix as well. Ball season always keeps me away from home more than I want to be and leaves Brandon doing a lot of the daily chores around the house by himself. I try my best to do my part early in the mornings or if I’m home a brief minute before heading back out the door for practice. But in the end it is Brandon that keeps things running around our place while my two keep me busy and away. I really don’t know what I would do without him! My bonus baby is beginning to have to make decisions related to SENIOR year!! Like picking out a class ring. Studying for the ACT and when to take it again. Researching scholarships for when he graduates and all that jazz that goes with that. Senior pictures will be this summer. Whew….. It’s a never ending process at his age. I know he will do great things and we will be right behind him encouraging him every step of the way.
We hope you continue to follow us on this adventure. Until next time………
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