Full Steam Ahead, as my old Sailing Da used to say

Technology is not always predictable – especially for the Great Unwashed like me.

Yesterday and the day before were frightening days for the Kitchens Garden Farm Blog. I downgraded in preparation for the move (not wanting to pay another year of full price) and this made a nasty impact on the WordPress site. I lost you. Our string broke.

But WP customer service came in and rescued us and now we are back to smooth sailing. We will toddle along here until Duane and I have our new site ready – there is still a ton to do over there.

The Farmyard

The Grass is greening up fast and the ducks are eating it and chasing bugs as though they have never been fed in their lives, ever.

This means that their laying is stepping up too.

And no – these are not for human consumption.

I think the ducks sit on the sides of the puddle to think duck thoughts and lay their eggs as an afterthought. Then the eggs ROLL down into the water when they get up and waddle off.

I boil them up and mix them with sprouts (and veges from down the road) and they become the most wonderful pig food.

The Wheat Fields

As the end of the day began to descend I took a few minutes to sit on the Wheat Seats.

This is Soft Red Winter Wheat and it is literally growing centimetres a day. I am going to try and work out how to sell the flour, ground from the wheat from my own fields, at The Sustainable Home. We have Warthog in the other fields so I could sell that too! Working on that!

Imagine buying flour from a field of wheat you have watched grow. It is magic.

Often I feel like The Little Red Hen except I do have help!

Wear your hat

I got a couple of bricks and a 10 second delay, set my phone on the bricks and took a photo of myself sitting on a Wheat Seat.

My hat is back on my head.

I never work outside without my hat. This sun is mean to skin.

You should not go without a hat either. It is an olden days habit but a very good one.

They were not dying in droves from skin cancer in the olden days.

Comment or email me

When we were finally reunited on the blog yesterday I was ecstatic!

Commenting is the best way to stay in touch and add to the conversation. PLUS, if I lose you in the shift – which will be in a very few weeks – (now that we have WP firing again) – I can pop back to an old comment and send you a message.

All the posts and all the comments since 2011 are already in storage so we will still be able to look back over the years. But a recent comment will be easier for me to find if I lose you.

Comments are a beautiful thing! They make my day shine. So make sure to comment over the next few weeks even if you have never commented before. This way I can guarantee that you come with us. When the site went down yesterday I got lovely emails from a number of you saying you had been reading for years and though you do not comment you wanted to make sure I knew you were there.

This was great!

So If you cannot comment – and I know there are tons of you out there who cannot – email me– celima.g.7@gmail.com. Your email will stay with me. This is just between us.

We have an outstanding comment plug in for the next rendition of The Kitchens Garden. It is so intuitive and you should be able to comment from anywhere. This is one of the most important reasons for me shifting. Building our community.

And I do not want to lose you.

Technology fired a warning shot across our bows yesterday making sure we knew that this house of cards can easily come tumbling down and we might get separated.

I got a real fright.

Weather

Warming up!!

Have a lovely Easter Day!

Take Care, Talk Soon

Celi