NOTE: I do not have internet at all
anymore at the farm. There is no HOT SPOT nearby so my posts will be
delayed at least a day. I am not planning on going into town that
often.
***********
I am having troubles getting on the
internet. The signal is too weak at the farm to upload photos and at
times even check my mail. The DO NEWS may have to wait for the times
I can get into town to find a WIFI connection. Perhaps the library?
I met my farm hosts at a 4 H Jamboree
where Bruce was performing. Afterward we all went out for Mexican
food then headed to the farm. I got a tour around the grounds meeting
all the animals. There are two beautiful Tennessee Walker horses,
two cows for meat, several sheep, some goats (two for milking),
chickens, turkeys, a big pig, two herding dogs and four farm cats.
There's a lot of land here and I know sooner or later I will be in
the hollow digging holes for fence posts. I hear it is 40 feet down
and up and hard work. Well...it goes with the territory.
Today both Gwen and Bruce worked in
town at their regular jobs. I was left here to harvest chard and
kale. Almost all of it is beetle eaten so will go to the big pig.
After that I pulled up crazy overgrown spearmint. When Gwen showed
it to me this morning she said “I made a mistake and I planted...”
I jumped in with “SPEARMINT.” I had made that same mistake years
ago. That type of mint in seriously invasive. I have all of it
pulled except for one area that she wanted to keep but GOOD LUCK on
keeping this stuff back.. It likes to trail underground. It needs a
patch of its own far away from anything else. Tomorrow my muscles
might feel a bit of my DO NEW adventure but that is a good thing. I
was however glad when it started to rain.
I am taking a break and typing off line
for an upload later. In a couple of minutes I am starting with my
out-of-the-rain project peeling the paper off of garlic cloves to
freeze. I love garlic. I don't mind this job a bit. I will smell
Italian tonight but I am sure the goats and sheep won't care. Nor
will these amazing farm cats who have fully accepted me from moment
number one. And I am listening to the Eat, Pray, Love audiobook on my
MP3 player. Sorry but Liz was way too in her head. Muy
complicada. A product of a busy self-flagellating mind. A
symptom of the modern over-stimulated world. Italy and the handsome
young men that she turned down? Had I been her with her tactics I
would have gained several pounds too and exploded more ways than one.
Garlic and Italy, it makes a good
continuance into... nothing related and yet yes. It's beautiful here and
peaceful though I have been told to keep a fan going at night so the
sounds of the coyotes and turkeys don't wake me up. I am quite a
long distance away from hearing the sounds of Italian style Spanish
from the families above my terrace at dinner time and the chaotic and
vibrant street noise of Buenos Aires below. And for now that's just
fine. You don't have to go to Indonesia or India for internal peace.
Onward to peeling gobs of garlic. TO
BE CONTINUED...
(I milked another goat. But she put
her hoof in the bucket at the end so I had to give the milk to the
big pig. Boy, today was his lucky big pig day! Another DO NEW -
feeding a big pig.)
KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON WITH THOSE DO NEWS - YA'ALL HEAR NOW?
No comments:
Post a Comment