Today, I have finally come back to myself... and am back to the ground. While my efforts were small, I have begun again something that has been away from me for so long... seems like forever... It is hard to believe so much time has passed and I have not been back in this place for so long... Where have I been? Why did I leave? What possessed me? I really don't know the answers.
Remember Clare-- my neighbor. He commented once to me, why?? Why do I work on the house and the inside... when I could be in the garden outside, closer to home, creating my harvest. I couldn't tell him why?? It was something about creating space in a place to enjoy the harvest with those I loved. I know that I could have done a better job at balancing... I should have been able to do a better job of growing and sustaining the outside, but the job was so overwhelming to trasform the space inside that I found myself separated and unable to do both. I hope that I can again reconnect to all that I had to leave behind...
That's why I writing today... to document that start...
1) Planted herbs in whiskey barrels on deck...
one barrel sweet basil
one barrel oregano and rosemary
one barrel cilantro (or corriander... never knew they were the same... foolish me :) and curled leaf parsley
Prepared barrels with old soil plus mix of sand, perlite, vermicompost and old potting soil... threw in some good oyster shells to promote fertility
2) Got some more chickies today... 18 to be exact... Ms. Marley Blue-hoo-hoo and Kelly helped me... Marley did most of the pickin' and Kelly helped with the "books".... yay, back in the chickies again :)...
Here is the roll call... ba-pa-ba-ba...
Rhode Island Red x2 straight run (SR)
Cornish Cross x 3 SR
Black Sex Link x 3 Pullet
Lakenvelder x 2 SR
New Hampshire Red x 3 Pullet
Turken x 2 SR
Red Sex Link x 2 Pullet
Black Australorpe x 2 Pullet
19 chicks... hopefully they will all make it to the fall... we'll see... lots of good new work protecting for me...
Well diggin in I guess... let the new life begin :)!
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