It is not the Mittlieder method that is a bust, it has been all the rains and the fact that the garden got washed out. It is at the bottom of the backyard which is sloped. So the plan is make raised beds this fall and winter and re-do the back garden this spring. We are moving forward with the hoop green houses in the front which should keep us fairly well supplied through out the winter and early spring.

We are readying for the Sparta Mountain Heritage Festival on September 23rd. I will be demonstrating hand sewing techniques and some hand piecing and quilting techinques as well as having a small vendor's booth. It promises to be a wonderful day for the whole family. We are hoping that Daddy will be up to going with us, it is his birthday after all. He has had a slight relapse, but is ok, he should be discharged from the hospital tomorrow or Monday.

We are going to start getting the rabbits ready for cooler weather, which includes re-doing some of the cages so they are on their own legs and free standing. We have now what we refer to as rabbit row. They are outside once again but under our bedroom window. Nice large cages and everyone is very happy. We are going to concentrate on our Rex breeds and re-start our white new zealand venture as well. Of the 2 lop girls, Claire has chosen Pretty to remain and Georgette is now for sale. We are also going to concentrate on having 2 breeding pairs of rex's for now so we have 3 breeding pairs set and ready to go to new homes.

As for the promised website it should still be up by the end of the holiday weekend. We have all had a touch of some kind of kid germ virus and my computer had issues which have been resolved. Just need to re-load dreamweaver and front page and we will be set and ready to go. The new Menagerie Farm website is www.menagerie-farm.com. I will let everyone know when it is actually got something to look at.

I cannot remember if I announced it or not but we are officially members of the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association and proud sponsors of Local Harvest. We will be opening a store with Local Harvest in the near future as well as maintaining our home farm stand and possibly a new eBay store.

Well that is all the news for now. I will hopefully have more to post tonight. But it is lunch time here and need to get moving on that.  :)

This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever. Sigmund Freud (about the Irish)

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