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. 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.
c
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199 responses to “Join Us”
I read your blog everyday, to get my farming fix. I live in the burbs of Northern VA, commute to DC for work everyday. I have a lovely shady yard, and a garden plot at the local community garden. I like to eat local, and can and freeze all summer long. Learning lots from your blog!
I am not sure why I show up as anonymous! This is a wonderful farm community.
HI Everyone! I just found this site while looking for info on how to best care for my bum lamb. Wonderful site. I look forward to reading over coffee as well. I just went “back to the farm” about a year ago. What a journey from high heels and dresses to muck boots and Wranglers! Love it! I am at peace.
Hello. I’m Sarah from the north western part of the Waikato in New Zealand. When they changed the boundaries for Auckland they left us out, which is just as well as we are smack bang in the middle of dairy country on our 3 acre slice of paradise. I read this wonderful blog every day, because I always think that if Celi can achieve all she does in a day then surely I can do things from my meager list. You are an inspiration and a really hard worker. Just try not to burst a foo foo valve! Take care.
Cheers Sarah : o )
Seems like I have been following your blog forever! I’m more of a lurker than a commenter, but know I am always there. Your photos are inspiring as is your writing style. I feel as though we are sitting down to share a cup of coffee and a story together every morning. Thank you for being a constant in so many lives.
Lisa
Good morning, I’m Kat. I’ve just moved to Western Nebraska about 2 years ago. I’ve been reading your blog for a while (a year-ish) and seldom comment but very much enjoy reading. We have 25 acre chunk of property that we are so very slowly working to turn into a productive piece of property. It is a new-ish place as it is only about 18 years old. Newest house I think I’ve lived in during my married life. We’ve always tended toward old farm houses, even in town. The only major problem with a newer property is that I have no old outbuildings to work with. Then again, I have no old buildings to maintain either. It has its pluses and minuses. We have a garden that gets better each year, started our orchard this year, and are pasturing a friend’s grass-fed beeves for the summer. Right now we mostly have pets. Two dogs, two cats, and two chickens that are more pets than anything else.
I really enjoy seeing what your weather etc. is doing. You generally get our weather (or similar to) a day or so later and it seems to have time to re-build. It is interesting to me to learn about this area they call the Midwest through other peoples’ eyes. I grew up in the West and spent most of my time since school in the Pacific Northwest. This is familiar but different. The weather here is spectacular.
Someday I hope to get my fences in shape enough to maybe have some sheep. I spin wool and would like to have at least a small flock of my own. Although, I am not sure my heart can take the trials of having livestock. I had critters as a kid and I don’t miss the losing an animal part.
Keep up the lovely work. I do enjoy your writing and photos with my morning coffee. Thank you.
Absolutely love your blog!!!!! Love following all the animals and what beautiful pictures you take. I wish I had even half of your energy, I have a small farm in a little town in the Pacific Northwest. There is always so much that needs to be done. My husband works very long hours, so much of the work is left to me. I always think of you when I feel overwhelmed and all that you are able to accomplish!!
What motivation you are! Well my coffee is gone and my critters need to be fed, so I will put on my barn boots and head out to feed everyone. Thank you again for great, great posts.
Claudette
Greetings from Western Wisconsin! I LOVE to catch up with the Farmy news, drool over the stunning photography, and get inspired with Celi’s positivity and kindness. I am just now getting back into my homesteading groove, after diving head first into fulltime farming the past 5 years. I was shocked when this actually started to take the joy out of all the farmy things I love. Celi’s helping me relearn that joy, and as we finally start to make our farm business work, I can get back to doing and APPRECIATING the things I love. Thank you SOOO much!
I met Al the boar some time ago and didn’t like him at all. His name however stuck with me, reminding me of one of my selves (Al the Bore, around my family because I am always talking about things I find interesting), and your site is so fresh & free, so down in the earth where I’d like to be, and dreamed of being at the age of 11 when my dad almost moved us to a farm. Now, 60 yrs later, peacefully adrift in a community outside of St Louis MO, I can live out that dream through your wondrous photographs and lively commentary. I feel as though every being on your farm is a special person, and I so much enjoy visiting with them, and you, every day!
It´s such a gorgeous move to directly speak to your readers, of course I want so say “hi” to you now! I just started following you, my name is Sabine, I´m from Munich in the south of Germany. I´m really exited to learn about your farm life, so “see” you tomorrow, right? Have a great day! Sabine.
You milk a cow, you drive a tractor, you enjoy simplicity- you are speaking my language. So glad I found your beautiful blog.
welcome!! welcome.. c
Hello,I’m so glad that I found this wonderful blog,I’m a long way from you here in N/E Victoria ,Australia but life has it’s ups and downs wherever in the world we live and I am fascinated to read your posts,thank you for the chance to do so.
Cheers
Nigel
Not sure why but for some reason yours posts have not been arriving in my letter box. It did not take me long to realize that something wzs missing.
was it me or was there something I did not knowb about..some vital part of my daily life was missing.
one time I though t that I had solved the mystery but each day came a d wbent without a post. I have finally rejoined..
hopefully this will work and each day I shall received my letters from the farm y.
So sorry about Big Dog and Daisy..sending my love and hugs to you
I just discovered your blog via “My Little Bit of Heaven” blog. I live in a city in California and so enjoy all the animals on the farm and all the activity. I do have a large dog with a big yard ( big for Southern California standards) but the thought of her being able to enjoy farm life is so attractive. I will live it vicariously through your blog. Very much enjoyed today’s entry. Thank you
You are very welcome Delrene. Thank you for leaving a message on the Join Us page, I love to read about the people who are reading about the farm!.. c
I’m new to your farmy brood, but already a loyal fan. I come from Iowa–but was raised in town not on a farm. (My loss.) My mom is a fearless pioneer soul from Nebraska who has grown the largest most beautiful gardens, food and flowers, and taught me how to do the same. A couple of decades ago, I lived on a hill in northern England, across from the Bronte moors, for a year and feel a permanent attachment to that wild, windy, wonderful place. I don’t get back there as much as I used to, but I hope that changes. Now I live on a lake in Minnesota and work as a nonprofit consultant. In spare hours, I cook, garden, blog, make jewelry, hike, read, listen to all kinds of music, and travel whenever I can. Your morning posts are very grounding, reminding us all of what’s real and what’s important…and how to live with as much integrity toward the land, animals, and other humans as we can. I’m truly grateful.
I was the first generation of my family to move away from Upstate NY & become a transplant to the Pacific NW after living in the same area for almost 300 years. It was a cultural adjustment to say the least, butI now consider Oregon my home and would rather deal with rain than be feet deep in snow during winter. I worked in social services most of my career & am had to retire early when I was diagnosed with incurable heart disease. That was when I discovered atThe Kitchen Garden. It is unlike most other blogs I follow because it has a strong community of followers that is supportive of one another & of Celi as she works towards having a sustainable farm. It has opened a whole new world of ideas & alternate ways of living one’s life to me since I have no connections to farms of any kind, but I dp love learning & can relate to the amazing animals, the love of gardening and life in general. Cecilia’s photography is amazing as is her style of writing. Reading her post is a wonderful way to start my day off & has replaced the newspaper with my cup of coffee each day. I do not feel my day is complete without a dose of the farmy & seeing how Ms. C & the animals are doing as well as what the followers have to share You inspire me with the tremendous amount of work you accomplish each day, that you had the courage to leave your home in New Zealand & come to a place on the American Mid-West that could not be more different than you were used to. It as been eye opening to follow your progress as you work making a life for yourself as a farmer in progress & are learning as you live – one step at a time through people sharing knowledge & helping one another along the way. Your blog proves that people have more in common than they have differences & we all have years of experience & wisdom to share.
When I see others struggle & overcome adversity, it gives me the strength I need to live my life to the fullest I am capable of that day. What could be more filled with up & downs than life on a small farm? The times of adversity make you appreciate the things that are going well & the joyous times remind you that there are rewards for working through the rough patches. When you learn about a different way of life it expands your point of view & see tnghat there are many ways to achieve the same goal. That makes me more open to other people ideas & suggestions and less set in my ways, which I do not want to do. I had to retire early when I was diagnosed with incurable heart disease last year. It was very isolating experience to have to leave my career & be housebound much of the time. When I discovered The Farm Kitchen, it allowed me to still have an armchair adventure, learn interesting about someone living a very different lifestyle than I had, but I have also found many people with common interests like animals, gardening, good cooking & followers who have years of valuable experience. I discovered that as long as I could still learn new things & grow as a person, I would be able to get through whatever changes my life was going through. Where else can you get involved in writing part of a unique book, raise funds for a spinster pig named Shelia winter food supply or hope that the Bastard mink will never have a chance to eat another of Celi’s chooks? There are dogs that are nannies in fur coats who love kittens & unruly pigs who plot food thefts and cows with more drama than Downton Abby. I may have a lot of physical limitations now, but The Kitchen Garden & Ms. C have expanded my imagination and sense of humor many times over. Please do not be a lurker, joing the farmy community is easy & rewarding because followers actually support one another. Thank you Ceili for sharing your life, your animals & photos as you go live each day to the fullest. You don’t have to live on a farm or have a barn full of personality filled animals to learn something from every post of The Kitchen Garden. It is about life, learning & striving to do better done with a lot of humor, sometime tears & everything in between. There is no reason not to join the community & you will be welcomed in.