Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Life on the Farm



There's been little time for quilting as we have tried to learn to farm. Mark and I both have full time jobs. It leaves precious little time for seeding, planting, weeding and watering but we are committed to growing our own organic food. We are learning as we go...we understand how hard farmer's work. We appreciate all the work they do to bring non Gmo fruits and vegetables to market. It can be back breaking work...and yet it is becoming our passion.

We have only been at this for two years. The farm land we are using was previously used to grow GMO corn, so we have to wait at least 2 more years to be able to say we have organic crops.  We are still in the learning phase anyway. We are currently framing about 2/3 of an acre, growing onions,  beets, tomatoes, summer and winter squash, eggplant, potatoes, basil,carrots, rutabaga, garlic and pumpkins. I'm sure I left something out. SO here are some of  the pictures of our beloved garden. The kale is the first crop ready to be harvested!! YUM! The last photo is a picture of my grandson, Liam playing in one of our Beekeeping suits, pretending he's an Astronaut.  Life is good when you are 4!
Til next time. Bee happy. Love large. Mo


No comments:

Post a Comment