Do you ever have those moments?

 

Red Garlic



     You know you do, it does not matter how well you have it together.  If you say you don't, you are the one we all wish we could be.  You have it all together.  Your world is a soccer mom's dream.  NO?  Well then pull up a chair and welcome to my world.  I am the person who tries to have every little thing in place.  As the years and the kids and the animals have gained control of my world, I have learned to take things a little slower, and a little softer.  I still have a long way to go......I can hear my aunt in the background of my mind, telling me "oh yes you do have a long way to go."  However, I still have those moments.  Those, I want to lay down on the ground and cry moments.  The ones that you wish you could get a large vat of  "Dibbs" and a good movie and lay in bed and not get out for anything!  What does that have to do with the farm.  Everything!  Today I had one of those moments.  It happened somewhere between good morning and it's time for dinner.  Well just because you are having a momtrum, the work must continue, there are things to do. 

     So then what did happen on the farm today......Everyone got off ok to school and errands.  I got busy.  I did the usual rounds to see that my husbands chores had been completed.  Then in to clean the farm house.  The three broody hens that were jailed in the nursery did very well overnight.  I have tried various methods to get the boody out of a hen and this seems to work the best.  Taking them out of their environment for a few days with no boxes seems to do the trick, but if you have better ideas please leave a post.  Then to the garden.  The garlic is looking fantastic, I hope the heads are as big as last year.  Taylor (that's my 11 year old daughter) took first place with her garlic last year at the fair.  The baby greens are finally starting to come out.  They taste so good at this age. 

Baby Greens

A really great thing that I love to do is pick them at this age and do the
following;                    
                1 bunch of baby fresh greens
                1 medium avocado-diced
                1 large shredded carrot
              1/4 sliced and soaked red onion
               "Point Reyes" blue cheese
               Olive oil and Balsamic vinegar

mix all fresh ingredients together.  I soak my onions for about one hour in cold water to take out the bite.  Then lightly sprinkle with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.  Not to much oil and vinegar or you will over power your blue cheese.  The taste is fabulous, fresh out of the garden carrots, onions and lettuce, I do not know if it is just me but when I eat out of my garden, it just taste better.......how cliche! 


Plant markers



     Okay lastly a little planting of starts.  I did several, but my husband was the one who taught me to use Popsicle sticks-I reuse the ones the kids save me after they ingest all that dye and sugar.....well something good comes out of it, my planter markers.  Just be sure you use sharpie so when you water it does not all go away.  So as for my meltdown, well it's sundown and I am all better.  So until the next post.............

Who are you "Little M Farms"?

Who are we, and why do we need a blog, and who is even going to read it?  I said to myself as I was creating this one.  I am not a tech person, however, my favorites are loaded with blogs of my hidden friends who do not even know I exists.  Whose sites I love to visit and read, steal a good idea and make a wonderful meal from.  Well here we are, just you and me, so let me tell you why?  I love to write so what better place to do it.  My world is my family, friends and the farm.  Who knew that about a year ago what we did as well a hobby would end up being more?  We had thought about doing more with our small amount of land, but nothing ever came to fruition.  How much time can you have with; two kids (8,11) one husband, two dogs, two cats, 1 fish, 1 crab, 33 hens, 2 roosters, multiple chicks, 40 show rabbits, two goats, 20 meat rabbits, a garden and well ME!  We are living the dream, even though the thought of unemployment ending for my husband is a dreary thought.  We can do this he said, and well we are going to do our best.  The next several posts will be about the farm.  What we do, and what we do in our life. I hope then to share our journey from dirt to the market place with you and share my ideas, successes, and the not so successful ventures, perhaps you can take them and use them for yourself.  So, until the next post....