The Kitchens Garden and its farm and its blog have combined to become more than a blog  and a farm and a garden. We have become a community. We call that community the Fellowship of the Farmy and I would love you to join us and become part of our daily conversation.
In the age of social media and “sharing” there are a couple of ways you can join our movement towards clean food and strong bodies.
You can join the blog. I post every day at dawn telling you all about yesterday, then I return after milking the cow and doing the chores to talk to The Fellowship in the Lounge of Comments with my morning cup of coffee. This is my treat before I go back outside to get busy on the work of the day. So you, my dear reader, are very important to me and my day.
If you would like to join the Facebook page go here: FACEBOOK
If you would like to join me on Twitter (mostly I Tweet the blog) go here: TWITTER
If you would like to join me on Pinterest (where I try to post my favourite picture of the day  – and other weird stuff) go here: PINTEREST.
And now The Farmy is on INSTAGRAM – find me at cecilia_thekitchensgarden.
And most recently I have another INSTAGRAM page for my AirBnB studio apartment called Kitchens Garden Retreat. The instagram page is called kitchensgardenretreat. The retreat is open so if you would like a break on the farm just go ahead and find a date that suits.
Find The Kitchens Garden Retreat on airbnb – HERE.
Thank you so very much for joining me on my quest to grow good clean food and spread the word on how easy it really is to lead the best life you can lead and grow and eat the best food we can afford. Creating our own tiny food revolution. Â The epitome of grass roots!
Take care.
Your friend on the farmy,
celi
PS. When you sign up (or even if you have been signed up for ages) it might be fun for you to introduce yourself in the comments below. Only if you feel like it though… there is NO PRESSURE in the blog world. I would especially love to know where you come from (just the state or country) we have such a gorgeous range of peoples from different places.
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199 responses to “Join Us”
Gosh, I have come to ‘Join Us’ at least times and each time have gotten so involved in reading about the farmy fellowship that I didn’t have time to post a word about myself! Such an interesting group we are, and from all over the world! I was fortunate to have your blog recommended to me by a mutual friend, and have been reading for five years now, beginning when my husband and I bought land in the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas to also create a self sustaining small farm. We quickly found that this was not an easy plan, as we had to begin with growing the soil before we could get any delicious fruits or vegetables. We are doing well now, but still working toward sustainability. It’s been wonderful sharing succeses and challenges on the blog, and getting great ideas from others. The blog is a daily treat I look forward to first thing every morning! Celi, thank you for being a very special part of our lives!!!
I just recently found your blog through the WordPress Discover feature. I grew up in Germany on a farm (small farm, mostly to have food for the family, though grandma did sell eggs to locals) and I miss it so much at times. I now live in a small but thriving city in the US with no farm life, but a pack of dogs and one stubborn cat, pursuing my passions in science. I am an avid reader and knitter and sometimes I even rock climb or run. Most of the time I eat. I own a small house with some land and I try to at least grow some veggies ever year. I have several berry bushes and some grape vines, which remind me so much of careless summers back home. I am looking forward to getting to know everyone on here. I do dabble a bit in blogging about the books I read. Feel free to check my site out.
I haven’t signed into this page before, but will do it now after your mention in today’s blog, Celi. I’ve been reading for some years, not long after your beginning & have commented a few times, & been moved to tears & laughter out loud many times. I love animals & have since receiving 2 kittens for my first birthday in my hometown of Harrodsburg, Ky. It’s the oldest permanent white settlement west of the Allegheny Mtns. in the heart of the beautiful Bluegrass region. I never lived on a farm but could visit & stay & play on several in my childhood, where I experienced the magic of the countryside & the inside of barns. I am an artist living in Asheville, North Carolina. I’ve lived in South Florida, Near North & Old Town Chicago & North Shore suburbs, & one year in Paris. I lived in an old cabin in the Blue Ridge Mtns for a dozen years with goats, chickens, geese & guineas, & many cats & dogs, an unforgettable experience. Some of my paintings from those days are posted on my facebook page: Judith Cheney Artist. I have a part time job at The Colburn Earth Science Museum, soon to become The Asheville Museum of Science, when we move to a larger location later this summer. I have a small garden, a dear old dog & two chubby cats. I read Celi’s blog first thing every morning with my Darjeeling. The Farmy & it’s creatures & inhabitants are very real to me, as are members of The Fellowship some of whose blogs I also read & enjoy regularly. Thank you one & all for sharing.
Hello Miss C. I never did introduce myself here and with your recent invite I will. 🙂
Most of the internet calls me Mouse. I live in Northeast Ohio, not very far from Lake Erie. I have a quarter acre property in a fairly nice middle class suburb. Most of the houses in the area are small, and the lawns tend more towards postage stamps. Most livestock would be illegal in my area, but my property is large enough for me to keep rabbits and chickens, including a rooster. (And even, perhaps, someday a VERY small goat?) It’s not the type of area most people think of for farming.
I grow a pretty big garden and it’s been expanding each year. I have a huge knack for animals but gardening is something I’m still learning. I’m slowly turning my thumb from black to green.
I’m also working on a rather large project to found an Ecovillage with several other people. It’s a huge undertaking. But we’re hoping to make the world a bit more sustainable in the process.
Thanks for writing Miss C. Your photos and words are always inspiring to me. Someday I hope to be able to feed as many people as you do!
Former farm boy from western Illinois. Now in Iowa. Taught high school physics 38 yrs. Still teach online at How I See It. Can’t get it out of my system. That’s ok. Proud to be a teacher.
I’ve been reading your blog for four plus years but somehow missed this page. I live in Northern California on a small (8 acre) ranch. I have a small garden and orchard (still working full-time as a contract negotiator so don’t have the time I’d like to devote to both of those). We have horses, donkeys, goats, chickens, a dog and a barn cat. I love to cook and prefer to buy local, organic produce and meats whenever possible. I’m a regular at the local farmers market. I enjoy your unvarnished portrayal of farm life and I admire your approach to raising animals; they have a good life (short as it may be). I also enjoy your photography and your outlook on life. I’m in my late 50s and much of what you write about resonates with me. I have a blog, focused on the horses primarily, http://aspenmeadows.blogspot.com/.
I just started following your blog. I live in the Cleveland area of Ohio. Right now I am in an apartment saving for a house and I have two cats, a dog and a sugar glider. My dream and my boyfriend’s dream is to eventually own a small farm where we rescue all types of animals and adopt all the old shelter dogs that no one wants because of their age so they can live out the rest of their life in happiness. 🙂 I don’t know if I will EVER have the money to even purchase the land, but I can dream. 🙂
I live in Cape Town, South Africa, and have been following you for a few years now. As soon as I get to my desk in the morning I read your blog while I sip on a cup of hot rooibos tea. I love all the characters and never fail to learn something new. Yours is my favourite blog and the one I never miss catching up on. Also really love your photos but wouldn’t be able to choose a favourite between the cats, dogs, pigs and cows. I love them all.
Dear cecilia,
I read your blog and I am very impressed on how naturally you wrote, and also how you feed animals
I would like to join you and fight again poverty and hanger in the world, but I am limited because I do not have any training to experiment it in Africa (Cameroon).
Could you please give me some advices or redirect me to someone who could help me?
I am also passionate about food processing as there are a lot of row foods that can be transformed going to trash being everyday in Africa.
Thank you.
Hi, Tropicanaenjoy!
We used to live in Liberia in the rain forests. So beautiful and lush, but we had so much trouble with the bug-a-bugs, there was a lot we couldn’t grow, so I understand your plight and frustration. Something needs to be done quick quick! I know there are projects, so it is coming, but soon enough? Good luck, my friend!
I’ve been following and occasionally commenting for quite a while now – a couple of years? – but I don’t think I’ve introduced myself before. I am a lone woman with a tiny shack in the rural center of Massachusetts, where I raise cashmere goats, and hens that lay organic eggs. And I try every year to raise more vegetables than the year before. It’s not easy; my land is mostly rocks with little bits of rusty soil in between. But I try!
Hi Celi
I’m happy to have found your blog, I think I stumbled upon it when I was searching the topic sustainability. I’m enjoying your posts and the animals and your photos are quite nice too.
I’m Aimee and also blog about my everyday life except I live in the suburbs, although the first ten years of my life we had a tiny farm. I have great memories of it and your blog helps me relive some of those. Happy to meet you!
Hi my name is Cheryl I am from San Antonio Texas ,Thank you for letting me follow your blog
I love reading this blog every morning. I’m from Massachusetts but I just moved to Louisiana, where my husband grew up. We’re currently living in Baton Rouge so I’m satisfying myself as best I can with a city yard. We’re allowed 3 chickens so I’d like to get those eventually. But before too long, we want to move back out to the country and I’d like to have a farm. So I just love reading about the adventures and experiences on your farm – and I love to look at the pictures!
Hi! New follower here, all the way from England. Looking forward to reading your blog every day 🙂
I myself have just started a blog focussing on cooking (mostly baking) throughout history 🙂
Hi, Celi! I’m delighted to have found your blog. My husband and I have a five acre farmlet in Eastern Washington. We have beef cattle, egg chickens, two lazy horses and way too many dogs. I so, so, SO much want to develop our home as a place where we can be more self-reliant – at least as regards food! But my word it’s hard work getting everything in place! I’m looking forward to following your adventures and, I hope, learning from you.