As opposed to dirty pillows of course. All the cows have clean pillows now.
Yesterday I changed your Point Of View so you could see what we see from the Loft windows. The attic of this small house has been changed into a loft with two sleeping spaces. This is where many of my workers sleep so this is a favourite Point of View.
The main image is to the East. You can see the hay field. 
We are in the midst of a cold and rainy spell and in the shot below you can see the storm rolling back out to the North. The weather is grim. It is hard not to be affected by this lack of sun. 
Out to the South are a couple of the vegetable gardens. Altogether there are five. My objective is to show that I can feed my family plus all my visitors from these small plots. You don’t need enormous gardens to grow enough food to keep between four and six people (plus the pigs and milking cows) in vegetables all summer long with some left over to put into jars for the winter. It is seasonal eating of course – luckily I like Kale which grows all season!
The trick is this. Dig a little garden in a sunny spot and put a plant in it. Water. Weed. Eat. Compost is good. Fertiliser is good. Nice sturdy tools are great. But mostly you need water. When I was younger with too many glorious children and not much money at all, I was a solo mother living in a rented house in the city, I used to literally garden with a fork. Not a garden fork, a fork from the kitchen. I dug the holes, tilled the ground and weeded with my little fork. Collecting grass clippings and kitchen waste for the compost. Putting cabbages in amongst the flowers. Watering with a child’s sandpit watering can. My fork in my back pocket. My garden was tiny, but tasty.
Now look at me. My gardens are huge in comparison! And only two people living here full time. But this summer I have more helpers than ever coming. All the corners will be filled. Beds tucked into store rooms and even some boys in tents. The table will be heaving. I am SO looking forward to some warmth and some growth in the gardens for all my guest workers. I feel like we are still marking time a little – waiting for spring to really SPRING.
I hope you have a lovely day.
Love celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
24 responses to “Through Dirty Windows”
Despite having gardening tools on hand I often grab something from the cutlery drawer when planting… I like a butter knife for seed holes. Farms, gardens and kitchens and the people they feed via their own efforts heartens me as Big Food works to convince us otherwise. You not only feed your visitors bodily but their souls as well, I think.
Thanks for the varied views. Always fun to see!
What views! I think it’s flat where we live, but your landscape makes ours positively rolling. I wish everyone could be encouraged to grow something to eat, even if just means putting the end of a bought lettuce plant into a glass of water instead of throwing it away and then eating the tiny leaves that will sprout.
I love these landscape shots, which look like my native southwestern Minnesota prairie.
It does look cold and damp. You can’t beat homegrown ..
I like the idea of preparing for company. My son has kale in BC. Still green. Who knew? Best of luck with your garden.