Some back-breakin' work...

The coup
The GardenThe Husband and his fence!

That's exactly what I have ahead of me! Levi has been working on my goat pen and garden area fences for the past few months and OH MY! I have some work ahead of me!! The goat pen encases most of the south end of our property and my garden is attached, separated by a gate and our chicken coup. The garden is... drum roll please... 30' x 50'!!!! That's right! I didn't realize how big that is until now looking out my bathroom window our ENTIRE backyard is garden :0) Oh happy day! I have to work the dirt this year, till it, add manure and sand and then next year we will have our first garden full of everything I can think of. We will probably wait on the goats just a little while, maybe get them next spring and the chickens too. Many of you faithful blog readers know that Harris farm is not exactly the best at raising animals, I have unintentionally killed; 4 chickens, a duck and a rabbit, but I have taken a break and now I think we are ready to try again within the next year!

I keep telling Levi that we will essentially be self sufficient... it makes him a little nervous. I think he thinks I am going to find a bunch of hippies and invite them to live here so that we can call our selves a commune! But alas that is not my intent :0) Not while Linc is so young anyway!! Just kiddin'! I just think it is awesome that the Lord has blessed us with a place where we can grow our own food, raise our own chickens and eggs, and I will know exactly what is on/in all of it! I love living healthy and trying to do things the way "they used to do it" back before we had chemical fillers, preservatives (other than salt) and High fructose corn syrup. I use cloth diapers on Linc, make my own baby wipes and attempted baby bath soap (the jury is still out on that recipe!) and I can't wait to grow some good old home remedy herbs, colendula, lemon balm, echinacea etc. Yeah!