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the farm now features a chest freezer and a “pantry”. there is no before picture of the pantry because a pile on the floor is too unruly to be captured in pixels, but here is the fuzzy after photo.
there’s my furniture (is a chest . . . → Read More: around the farm 
quinn and i made $20 on our produce last wednesday, so now it feels more legitimate to call this an “around the farm” post. not that i was worried about legitimacy, but it was pretty fun to sell some stuff. everyone bought the salad mix with the flowers in it. everyone thought . . . → Read More: around the farm 
playing with romper, the family chihuahua. this little rugrat is almost starting to grow on me.
a game that is fun even for one player. also helpful for reinforcing knowledge of left and right.
. . . → Read More: because grammy needs some photos of quinn 
~a friday ritual~ a photo capturing a moment from the week. a simple, special moment. a moment i want to pause, savor and remember. other posts you may enjoy:~this moment~ whopper crabseedy weekendaround the farm~this moment~ 
as i was readying my camera to attempt to take pictures of quinn chasing dragonflies, i got this “awesome” shot of my man’s elbow, and our two grubby yardwork pantlegs. sitting on the bench in the backyard, taking a break, as we do. i love mistake photos that capture just exactly how it is. . . . → Read More: around the farm 
the bees have moved on to this new favorite attraction. golden-chain tree. fixes nitrogen, makes bees very happy and lights up the yard with bright yellow blooms. another corner of the yard is painted purple. one more nice surprise in the shrubbery department is the tall oregon grape (Mahonia aquifolium) at the . . . → Read More: around the farm 
grab your binoculars (upside down seedling pots work well for this) and hang on for this week’s garden tour. i think beans are miraculous. i’m just saying. scarlet emperor runner beans are the kind of plant you can literally watch growing. if i could sit and do nothing else, i would do just that. . . . → Read More: around the farm 
after over 2 weeks of no rain, i put some seeds and starts into the newly dug bed just in time for a good soaking. i’m hoping for a bumper crop of cilantro, i saved a lot of seed last year and put most of it in just now, gambling on this good soaking . . . → Read More: around the farm 
we’ve been celebrating rich’s daughter’s graduation this past week, and had gorgeous weather in which to put family members to work in the garden. rich’s parents visited for a week and helped us clear the way for digging the second half of the garden. i had hacked down the salmonberry in very early spring, . . . → Read More: around the farm 
~a month of dinosaurs!~ drawing dinosaurs, reading new books about dinosaurs, chatting about dinosaurs, being dinosaurs…~
~the most frequently requested activity this month was, “let’s do some dinosaur stickers!” he has completely filled in the 40 or so pages of the dinosaur encyclopedia, and only a few . . . → Read More: a month of unschool |
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