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My first blog.... now if only I could muster up the positive attitude I need to not whine and ruin it! I think I can, I think I can, I think I can... Whew, that was not easy but I am pretty sure I can now Inspiration has hit and I think maybe I should forget talking about garden stuff for today since I can't seem to talk about it without whining about the weather. So I will give ya'll some back ground info on our family and our hope's for our little Faith Farm. We are a homeschooling family of five livin' in Southern Middle Tennessee near the border of Alabama and Tennessee. We moved he nearly a year ago and have patiently been planning our homesteading adventure since then. So far we have managed only to do a few things but with the year we had it pretty much is a miracle we got anything done! Thankfully all is going better now and the future is so bright we are trying on the shades as we speak! God has blessed us in so many ways even through the struggles of this past year and his hand print is obvious all over our lives. The children have blossomed into such different people since moving here that if that is all we accomplish from moving here then it was worth it in spades! Our children are 11, 9 and 6 and the two girls and even our son have found a true calling in taking care of farm animals, at least the ones we have so far...... Our plans before moving here were pretty lofty and we are still planning on doing most of them, just a little slower than we had planned. The good Lord has a way of teaching us patience when he sees we think we are in the drivers seat! I have totally figured out that I am firmly seated back in the back with the kids in the minivan that is our life! My hubby is right back there with us too thank goodness because I don't think I could take the noise back there without him Ok that is about it for today, my fingers are so cold I can't type much more anyway. I do however have to be thankful that I am able to type at all cold or not! Take care all! Be thankful! Blessings, Hope |
! It is such a beautiful day outside today in the land of milk and honey I just sincerely wish it were not still so darn cold out! I think I can officially call myself a Florida girl because I can not seem to get warm and haven't been able to since November! I am so looking forward to my second try at a garden this year and I have planted a few things but after looking at seed catalogs and planning all winter I am sure itching to get myself outside and dig in the ground with the sun beating on my skin! I will never complain about the heat again so help me! Oops I was supposed to not be whining wasn't I? Ok I may have to ask for a higher powers help on this one today since evidently the choo-choo train just ain't cuttin it for me!
! Anyway, our plans for Faith Farm include raising our own free range poultry for both eggs and meat ( possibly with some to sell for a profit if we can), raising our own nigerian or nubian dairy goats for our families dairy needs, raising our own dual purpose cows for both milk and meat for our own family and for cheese production to sell if we get any good at it! We also plan and have already started our organic vegetable production and plan to even have some for the kids to sell this year. Last year we pretty much only got okra and some peppers and tons of sweet potatos but this year we have learned a lot more about planting and the soil so we are pretty sure that we will have a better harvest this time around (oops I think I may be trying to climb over into that drivers seat again!). Learning has been both fun and frustrating but my husband keeps telling me that I can't expect to know how to do everything right away so I have put the books away and hope to finally get to use what I have learned pretty soon. Now if only it were not so darn cold in here!! I think maybe I should start charging myself a nickle every time I start to whine. Maybe that would work ya think? Probably not since I don't think I even have a nickle to spare after paying the bills over the weekend! Anyway, we still have a lot of work to do around here to get the goats and the cows since have no fences yet to keep anything in but we have managed to keep three laying hens for nearly a year (we started with 8 plus 2 roosters) and we are in the midst of fixing up a new hen house and large yard for about 25 more laying hens and a couple roosters. We have been very lucky to find most of what we needed for this project for free since we are converting a run-in previously used as a dog kennel by the previous owners into the chicken coop and most of the fencing materials were already here as well. We are hoping we can keep the costs minimal from here as well since we don't have much if any extra cash to spare. If God has it in the works for us we think we can get it done in the next month and ready for the new chicks we plan to order in April. Then we can start saving and planning for the goats we hope to get next. That would be huge for us since we use so much milk around here and knowing exactly where the milk is coming from would be a load off my worrying momma mind!Comments
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