Lately we have had a great number of new arrivals to The Kitchens Garden pages.
So for you I will outline the three simple rules that govern my contribution to this blog. (Mine is only the first wave of this blog – the second wave of words is in the Lounge of Comments when you contribute). These are my rules for me and are the foundation of this blog. They have been in place since Day One almost five years ago.
The first rule is that everything you read and see here today: happened just yesterday. This blog is absolutely current. It is a diary of sorts. A daily journal. I am not here to teach you how to farm or live, I am just writing about what happened here yesterday. (Usually not much).
The second rule is that I will tell you the truth. I will not sugar-coat the tough bits and I will tell you all about the good bits. Of course I do not list everything that happened every day as that would bore you to bits. Just little slices of my life running a small sustainably managed farm that is striving for self sufficiency.
The third rule is that (unless I am travelling) all the images will be from my own little farm. This is my challenge to myself – finding something new and beautiful from my own small acres -right here – every day.
The Fellowship of the Farmy is you. You are the people who read and comment, or who read and like, or who read and Share, or who read.
You may steal any of my pictures anytime without permission. (Though when I have other contributing photographers that rule reverses).
The Lounge of Comments is a gentle and wonderful Lounge for us all. We support each other and feed in information for each other and exchange ideas. The comments section of this blog is a mine of information. But be gentle and kind with each other. Judge not.
I invite you to leave a small description of yourself in the page “Join me” . I love to learn about the readers of these pages. You do not need to leave a link to your blog, if you have one, that is already created when you sign in. Just where you are from and how you came to be here. Little things.
I hope you have a lovely day. I wish this for you every morning.
Love celi
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49 responses to “The Rules”
You could post picture of pigs everyday and I’d be suitably entertained 🙂
Me too!
you know it was this overalls thing, which brought me to your blog, and I keep following you because I really like your day to day down to earth story about life on a farm in US, which might not be that much different from the countryside here in Western Denmark, with a lot of wind and rain, but also nice soil to plants. We don’t have animals, but enjoy to weed, to plant, to make a new place to sit for the morning sun etc. small things, not expensive, but feels like treasures !
your readership is blossoming..just like the animals and the Farmy and you of course..I am so pleased that your blog has been such a success..it sure does make interesting reading, most times a smile and sometimes a tear….I dont like it when animals have to be slaughtered which as I have mentioned before..is why I would be absolutely useless as a farmer……lots of love and have a great day xxxx
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 at 1:27 PM
I’ve enjoyed seeing lots of new names commenting… testimony to your appeal, and reassuring that our need for authentic is undiminished by the efforts of the faceless corporates who would have us buy into their need for profit.
You know I am one of your biggest fans and it is mainly because you are real. No pretense here at all and of course the lovely animal pictures don’t hurt at all. I usually start my day reading The Kitchens Garden and it is the perfect way to start the day off right. Thank you for being so faithful in positing and int allowing us to all be a tiny part of your life.
Having been a member of the Fellowship almost since the start, I applaud your faithful adherence to your stated aims and rules. That is what makes this my number 1 favourite of all the blogs I read and/or follow.
love,
ViV xox
This is why we love visiting you so much. If only the world was run along the same lines as The Farmy and The Blog!
I love reading your blog and looking at your wonderful photos! I live in a city, and farm life seems such an idyllic way of life. Or it’s just different, but you know how that is, grass is greener and all that. I found your blog through Freshly Pressed.
It’s hard to imagine that finding images to share would be a challenge. Every day is new and beautiful.
Yours was the first blog I followed, when I started blogging, and would be the first blog I choose again if I had to start all over. You give us a gentle, generous, truthful yard to play in, where we can admire beauty, respect the power of nature, love our fellow creatures and talk to each other about the things that matter to us in harmony. Thank you, Celi. Good words. Be kind, respect each other, know the truth when you read it. Your gifts to us.
“You may steal any of my pictures anytime without permission” : You are probably the only person in the world who is generous enough to say that. I first read it as “You may not steal…” and had to go back and read a couple of times to get it right…
Love your life.
Hello from Auckland, I lived in Michigan until 5 months ago. I really miss the Mid West. I love the seasons and all the animals. I especially love the food. About 3 years ago a recipe search led me to the farmy. I have a backyard and the beginnings of a garden. At the moment we are harvesting feijoas. I would love to swap some for some warm frothy fresh milk!
I would swap feijoas for some milk in a second – I LOVE feijoa icecream.. c
Hello, I am new to your blog and feel as though I fill my lungs with a big breathe of country fresh air every time I visit. I live in the great mega-lopolis of central NJ. All my life I have longed to be a farm girl, and your blog gives me a sense of what that life is like from day to day; a life where you can appreciate the beauty of the world through animals and nature. Animals have much to teach us about the important things in life. I am a retired school librarian who has now started the last leg of her life in the art world. I am a full time icon painter and docent at a sculpture garden. Its great to meet you.
Oh your bio sounds like mine–right down to having been a librarian too–although mainly an English teacher. I live in Chicago and like you have been an arm-chair farmer all my life. But an honest-to-goodness animal lover. Happy to meet you, njacacia.
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I love your blog and look forward to reading it everyday. Of course holidays get in the way! 😀