I’m back on the farm and exhausted.
But it was a successful trip. In California I consulted on a bakery set up then decluttered, packed, repacked and unpacked an entire house. Mostly alone. Mostly 10 – 11 hour days. Completed in 5 days. With one day off to take kids swimming. It was a stunning exercise in designing a simple, minimal, uncluttered yet sustainable lifestyle – fast!
Too much stuff weighs on a person.
The social media black out was excellent. My phone was only used for work pictures. I went so deep that I even lost my phone a number of times which is not a good idea amidst the fantastic first mess a person makes lining everything another person owns along the floors, in preparation for declutter, like a garage sale on steroids.
But I missed you all and I am glad to be back in touch.
Now I am going to get going and check all my animals. Then grind more feed – evidently there is none left. And then I will lock the cows out of the big vege garden (their housekeeping is finished) and work on the garlic bed again. The soil needs to be loosened as deeply as I can go which will mean some hand digging with a good fork.
Because look what arrived for me while I was away.
Yum! I hope to plant 300 cloves.
How can a person get so excited about garlic!
Have a great day.
I will be in tomorrow.
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The forecast:
With these lovely temps I will be outside – thank you! Though the wind might be a bit wild! And it might rain!
Have a gorgeous day!
Celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
35 responses to “Back on the Farm: Exhausted but Moving Fast”
Only you could accomplish that! Glad you are back on the farmy. I am enjoying my last day in Umbria. Tomorrow we drive to Rome and then I fly home. Home! I’ve been gone nearly the whole month and I can’t wait to see my family.
Rome! I loved Rome. A month is a long time away – all those kids will be excited to see you!
Alas, I will have only one night there, in a hotel near the airport. But I’ve loved Sanremo, Perugia, and being in the Umbrian countryside near Montone. Italy is fantastic. Wonderful people.
Good to see you are home again. Sounds like you have been busy, to say the least. We are finally getting some welcome rain here, complements of the hurricane down in Florida and Alabama. It’s an ill wind that blows no good….
I am glad you are getting rain! I think they got a little here while I was as away! Hopefully more on the way!
So glad you are back! Of course we in the Fellowship have been missing you! It sounds like it was a whirlwind of a time, no doubt every minute so appreciated out there. Decluttering, packing, repacking, unpacking, all very exhausting work! Welcome Home!!!
Exhausting but very satisfying! It appeals to my organized side!
Welcome back C! Sounds like a whirlwind driven by a determined mom/grandma so no doubt you accomplished it all spectacularly 🙂 Is garlic a new crop for the farmy? I don’t remember you talking about it much prior to this summer planning. Excited to catch up with pictures this weekend.
I have a small garlic bed but never at this volume. Hopefully our deep loamy soil gives me a good enough crop to sell. We need to get back to baking some money off the land.
Welcome back!
I’m excited about planting garlic, which I will be doing soon too. It was very sucessful this year and I get through about 3 bulbs per week. I wish I could grow that much!
Yes!! 😂 and onions! I need to grow piles of them to keep up with my onion demand. I hope to sell the scapes to a local restaurant and later garlic at the farmers market. Make a little wine money!
Me too for onions! I hope your garlic does well – they sell the fresh stuff here for quite a high price at the farmer’s markets.
to be honest I am not sure how it will sell down here – but anything that doesn’t sell the families will eat!
i am also planting a good lot of potatoes in the spring – they are expensive to buy. And I love my spuds.
Sell it as organic wet garlic – they for for £2 each in London!
huh! I personally love uncured garlic too!
It seems to be very popular 😉
Glad you made it home safely. I totally agree that “Too much stuff weighs on a person.” And I get excited about garlic, too!
These are lovely bulbs – so if I get it planted in the right week we should have a good harvest next year!
Welcome back! I was wondering how you were doing in the Sunshine State. Busy, it sounds! Your blog is such a regular fixture in my WordPress Reader. Always lovely to see you back! 🙂
Thank you Grace! It was busy with early morning starts so feeling confident in taking a little time from the blog was a bonus.
Glad you’re back! Rest well as you recover and regroup. Patti
I will go to bed early for a few nights. Sleep being my superpower!
Sounds like there was more than one ‘her -I-cane on the loose down there!
That hurricane. Sounds dreadful.
Always good to return home….sounds like you have had quite a trip. Time to rest….
Nope! Now I play catch up on the farm! I go to bed early though.
Sweet dreams:)
I got anxiety just reading what you’d accomplished in the short time you were away. Bravo for the achievement, endurance and ability to look back with good humour. Your forking activities sound equally arduous. Are you doing it with a simple garden fork, or do you have a good 7 tine broadfork to make the work go faster? You can get them from Amazon but I’d be amazed if your local farm supply store didn’t sell them.
I don’t have a special fork – money is a little short at the moment – medical bills in the US are horrendous!
If I had the money, I’d get you one… Wish I’d had one back when I had a huge vegie garden.
We are all living sensibly within our budgets!
Good on ya
Thank you!
you are a whirlwind, whether on or off the fam! good to see you back again, and get into your farm routines, with a little rest as needed
I think I rest while I write! When ever I am away I have a lot to achieve on my return. Sadly my husband is not a farmer!