So this morning I thought I would ask you a few multi choice questions about your experience here. It will only take seconds. Even if you have never commented before I would love you to join in. It is a mix of a bit of fun and some real questions about the readers of thekitchensgarden.
The questions are the ones I woke up with in my head this morning. Nothing is terribly deep. If you have questions you think I should ask (or you would like to answer): pop them in the comments and I will include them in another poll.
Remember this is NOT A TEST! (laughter.) Just a few questions over a cup of tea.
Cats just generally sit about looking sweet don’t they.
Last question.
Thank you for joining in! It is raining this morning and warm still and I need more coffee. Usually my brain does not have to work this hard in the morning. Have a lovely day.
Love celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
87 responses to “Polling day –”
I read your blog every morning and miss it if I don’t have time. Since I live in the city, I love reading about the farm animals and how you manage them all. (But I love your rants, too.) More than anything, I love your natural, unedited voice that comes through so loud and clear. (So many writers I know would kill for such a distinct voice.) Because of this, it really is like spending a few minutes with a friend every day.
morning charotte – yes, unedited and early morning -that about sums it up! c
In reality i am a city girl and wouldn’t relish the smells of manure, but your blog is a place i go to to feel a soft warm spreading of comfort in this crazy world. To me you are the Woman Who Can Do Everything. Your writing is superb. Boo from the beginning enchants me. Sheila is a literary figure now. Your cooking superb. Your practicality and warmth having farm helpers, your appellations of beasts and people droll and thoughtful. It is a warm and real spot this virtual morning visit snd whether sad pr happy lights up my day. I am not a big fan of the birds tho. Dont know why. You are an incredible woman of great warmth and tslent. Your posts are a gift showing the nobility of the ordinary which is one of my favorite themes.
My daughter is like that too – she does not like the birds one tiny bit.. and of all the manure the birds are the worst i think. The eggs are good though! Thank you for your kind words. have a wonderful day.. c
Yes, like so many others here, I read your blog for all the reasons stated and each one is my favourite on the days they occur. It is what happens in real life’s ups and downs and it is that very reason that keeps it fresh and something I look forward to each morning as I fire this beast of a computer up. And I love all the comments in the lounge as well, ones that comment each day and others that jump in sporadically…. but Bacon always makes me smile, if not outright laugh. ~ Mame 😉
Bacon is a DELIGHT! I love that naughty pig.. c
I said I read for something else…and that’s you and your voice which come through so clearly, love it!
That is a good something else!! c
I like to come here because you are so real. Real is a good thing. I also read because I feel like you are a friend…friendship is also a good thing.
Farming certainly brings the real out in a person… c
I read your blog every day, and have loved it from day one. I came across you through Viv in France, who sadly is not with us any more.
Your blog is very special and warm, and I love reading the comments too, and that in it’s self is nice recognising people in the comments.
Ah – Viv – she did keep is on the straight and narrow didn’t she.. I miss her.. c
I read you every day, but the time of day depends on the Husband’s shift. If he’s on days, I’m up at 1.30am to get him away, and read you with the cup of coffee that pries my eyelids open. I come back later to have another read and catch up with the comments. If he’s on nights, I read you later, and am often one of the last to read and comment, at around 9.30am our time. On off shift, I read you whenever we wake up, and again later in the day. I do love to follow up and get a second dose of Farmy at the end of the day if I can. I live in a very small country town of 500 or so, 3 km south of Mackay, which has a population of about 80,000.
That husband of yours keeps some interesting hours.. c
Four day shifts (3.30am to 4.30pm), four night shifts (4.30pm to 3.30am), four days off. It’s hard to establish regular sleep patterns, but we get by, and the four day weekends are great!
I enjoy the collective likemindedness of The Fellowship… we are A Tribe, there is comfort in recognising our sameness, and interest garnered from our diversity ♡
A tribe is an excellent way to describe it !
Just so you know, I’m running late today heading to quilt group in the pouring rain but I have to stop and read your post before I can do anything else. Having my first cuppa and this is what I need with it. I learn so much from you and your readers. I live in a mid sized town just at the perimeters of Portland. A good 20 miles out and still lots of farm land that I wish I could have afforded. I’m in a trailer park with leased land and not that much of it. Not even chickens allowed. 😦 But I’m older and taking care of all that would not be so easy for me alone. I live vicariously through you here. You make my day here.
Do you have a cat? I have always thought you might have a cat.
No animals at all anymore.
I’ve probably just skewed your statistics … I came back to see how the poll was doing but in order to do that I had to vote again
Same here – hopefully C will publish the poll results tomorrow, I would be interested to see!
Oh don’t worry about skewing the statistics – it will make sense in the end. If you click in results you will see the percentages immediately. I might leave this up for a few more days so everyone gets the chance then I will collate the results.. c
Your blog is part of my “morning coffee” collection that I start each day with : ) It’s like having coffee with a friend each morning, only I don’t have to comb my hair and look presentable.
Me too! My hair is a birds-nest!
Your blog is the only one I read every day, even when I am due to go out, and shouldn’t have a spare moment! I had become rather sceptical about blogs, and probably don’t spend enough time on my own. But yours is compelling – a link with my country youth and with the English animals and farms I still see regularly. The everyday, and sometimes painful events of your farm are enthralling. I also very much value your insights into farming practices, such as dangerous animal substances in animal feed, and into highly mechanised contract farming. These are international issues in farming… Please do keep blogging, and very best of luck with those would-be Houdinis, the Pigs! Very warm wishes to you and your loyal readers, Alison (Brackenbury) http://www.alisonbrackenbury.co.uk
Houdinis indeed – I have one who got out Three times today – she wanted to be with the steers.
I enjoy the variety on your blog — I get great ideas for recipes (lavender cake & no-knead bread are two favorites); when I feel like our ranch is a lot of work I remind myself that you have pigs and cattle and we just have horses (and goats and chickens) and I don’t feel so overwhelmed; I love your rants and I love your summer workers. Oh, and I can’t forget the bastard mink (I think it was a mink) — it made me feel a kinship when the bobcat started raiding the coop. Its not a boring life, that’s for sure. (I also love your stories about your childhood and early motherhood days — not really rants, more like musings).
That bastard mink your that damn bobcat. Life gets hard for chickens! c
I learn so much and have acquired an even bigger appreciation for the hard working small farmer…..big hugs to you and ALL the animals!
Thank you Kathe
We love your Blog. Couldn’t pick just one category. Love them all. We are 75 & 80 years of age. Have raised everything. Meat, orchard and garden. Your ideal about your food source is our ideal. We live in northern CA, near Mt. Shasta. We enjoy hearing about your daily life. One thing I like is the way you can leave a comment I never mind that a blogger wants to edit or delete a comment. I don’t like signing into a google or other type of account. If I have to sign in that way I will not comment. That would be a bloggers loss. I am sure that is why some bloggers don’t get many comments. Love your pictures, all your topics, your travels, etc. Your trip to Milan was great. Love your guest bloggers. Some of your topics stir up much thought and the comments likewise. Your yearly book list is wonderful. So you are obviously doing much right! Thank you Celi. Hugs.
And thank you BEV for reading and commenting – it makes the blog greater with so many knowledgeable people involved. c