You know the rule!
I have to write the first thing that comes to mind INTO the header.
And Hang In There was the first thing that came to mind.
I have engaged a very talented young man to clean up The Kitchens Garden (TKG) site AND join The Sustainable Home (TSH) with its workshops and newsletter and swag and all that good stuff) TO The Kitchens Garden.
So everything will be on one site. It is going to be WILD!
(The cows are getting too fat on John’s good hay so I am putting them on a crap-bale diet. The last thing I need is a cow too heavy to get up).
So, at some time in the very near future (by June I hope) we will all be dragged kicking and screaming into – well – a more streamlined look with TWO awesome sites working together.
I have neglected you all lately. Time to change all that and LET THE GAMES BEGIN! Get this show back on the road! All that stuff!
🦋 I really, really want to empower our people to make real resilient planet-friendly changes that they can sustain.
💦I really, really think that small changes to a complex organism (like our lives) can activate massive change. Especially if we work as a team to create a movement.
🎶 And I really, really love that you are along for the ride.
The Kitchens Garden is a fertile breeding ground of ideas and trials. The Sustainable Home will share that knowledge.
To do all this I have to be able to make a little money from TKG and SSH so I can go back to working on the farm and running the trials and workshops and blogging with you all more often. We need to get back to basics!
🌼I need to get back outside!
Duane (who will be building our new look TKG and adding The Sustainable Home (TSH) ) has told me that my pictures are way too big and not loading fast enough for you. Hmm.
Say Hi to Duane!
So can you tell me if you think TKG is loading faster for you today? They are too big still but at least I have optimized them a bit.
(The blog is going to load super fast after Duane is finished with it!)!
It won’t be long now. Soon we will be back in the barn full time.
And The Kitchens Garden meets The Sustainable Home will become my full time job.
God the relief after I made this decision!
Have a gorgeous day!
Cecilia
The Kitchen's Garden 
56 responses to “Hang In There”
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like well-mannered children.
I am so sorry – I did not see this comment until now – you were sent to comment purgatory! Pop in again! Thank you for the comment!
I’m sending the bunny picture to my friend Audrey in New Zealand – she has two house rabbits! I love the fact that he’s in front of the fire with the dogs.
She has just begun to do that. She creeps around the back of the fire place then just appears amongst the dogs.
They take no notice at all.
Ha ha – she feels safe …and they are such good dogs! Great picture.
Sometimes I come into the wash house by the glasshouse – where Nelson hangs out, and she has two dogs just sitting staring at her.
She seems blithely unaware!
Nanny Boo and the sage TonTon – bless them both!
Good luck with all the changes!
Thank you! Time to UP my game.
I blame it on Dry January! I have much too much energy now!!
good luck with all –
Thank you Beth.
Getting the sign up organized for the Sustainable Home newsletter will be a game changer. Then the farm blog can refocus on the farm and the TSH side can be where all that lands.
Great news ! And thanks for pulling us all together….I love your photos (I turned several of them into drawings & paintings, lordy, I hope that’s OK), so I’m happy they will still be a part of the blog. This is a all so exciting….wheeee !!… can hardly wait.
Oh YES!! You remember the rule about my images STEAL THEM!! If you publish them pop a credit in there but I don’t mind at all. It is a compliment! c
Glad to see that you are making headway! I look forward to seeing the new website(s).
Step Step Peck!!!
Yeah!! I too have gone back to basics and it does feel good. I have never had a problem with your photos. Chris
Oh that is great Chris! What are you basics? – I nee to pop over and see. c
Compared to the Home and Blog page links, this post loads much faster. C, are you saying that the Kitchens Garden will be behind a paywall/subscription in the future?
NOPE! The Kitchens Garden is just the same. I may add a few paid links here and there to pay for maintenance as this site is getting SO BIG things are falling over. But basically it is the same just MORE.
On The Sustainable Home site there will be an opportunity to sign up for the FREE newsletter and also a chance to buy workshops, consults, subscribe to the Deep Dive Newsletters, Speaking dates – stuff like that. The Amazon page will be cleaned up.
This way the farmy blog stays as the farmy blog. It will be prettier though! But familiar and good.
Brilliant.
The photo of the chickens would make a great jigsaw puzzle!
Oh yeah! I never thought of that. Hmm. That is a great idea!
In Chinese astrology, the rabbit is considered to be the luckiest of the 12 animals..and this being the year of the Rabbit..it should be a great one for you! 🙂
OH! Christine – I did not know it was the year of the rabbit! I like that! How is your day going?
Your Site seems to load the same as always. never had a problem with never had a problem loading your pictures.
Thanks for the feed back Skip! Hope all is well with you?!
I have little hope of this getting through. I wrote a long missive last week, so excited to see Boo and Mr. FSlowers and Wai and most of all Ton–in a wash basket. But it didn’t go thru.
I am so sorry – I did not see this comment until now – you were sent to comment purgatory! Talk soon!
I’ve never had a problem loading the photos. I make mine smaller to avoid storage with WP from becoming a problem. Good luck with the web site combining.
Yes. I think that is his worry too: there are just SO MANY!!
How are you doing in your little place?
As I finally get more organized, purge more and take time to decide what is really important for what’s left of my time, this little place is becoming a comfortable home. Have not had to turn on the heat this year. It stays warm on it’s own. Even all the LED lights, etc, keep my power bill quite low. I cooked for the week today. It will do nicely for my last address. Snow today, tomorrow and Tues. I love watching it. I have a safe place to walk inside during bad weather too. 🙂 Hugs to you my friend.
So hard to purge stuff out – but such a relief when it is gone! So glad to hear you are warm! Huge for you too! Talk soon.
Your photos/pictures are not too big! Your blog opens up immediately for me. I love the bleed edge you have your photos-
when I was working on my BFA thesis for Photography I was using film cameras and when I would hand print the photos whether in color
or black and white I always let the negative edge to be shown. As my work was about water it made the images seem to float on the paper.
Oh! Kathe! I bet they were beautiful!
Some of my fondest memories are of the rocking of trays in the darkroom.
Do you have some framed?
Yes I do- some are just matted with no frame as I ran out of room!. I would love to send you a few if you like- NO CHARGE!
That is so kind! Let’s talk about that soon. Maybe switch to email?
yes- email would be best! You have mine correct?
Yes. I can find it.
Great! I will be in touch!
Perfect!!!
I’ve never had a problem with any of your photos, Celi, on my ancient Mac computer (except missing them very much) or now on my brand new Christmas present large Mac desktop & I say Hooray! for all your happy sounding enthusiasm at last for new prospects & endeavors. I’m with Mad about the courageous brave Bunny & beloved Good Dogs. Bless all their dear hearts & you & your John for his care of all the Farmy Creatures Huge & Small in this New Year! I’m looking forward with you, Judith