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
The Kitchen's Garden 
199 responses to “Join Us”
Hello from the UK. I’ve been reading your blog with an afternoon cuppa for a little while now, though not yet stopped by to comment. I’m a programmer by day, but the husband and I often fill our free time with working on our house, cooking, growing veg and stopping our two hens squawking at passing cats and annoying our neighbours. We sometimes dream of a small holding in the country. Maybe one day….
Hello! I’m embarrassed to just now discover this lovely introduction to The Fellowship. So fascinating to discover Cecilia has half the world covered–from Bulgaria to Australia.
I am an arm-chair farmer and have been reading this blog for at least two, maybe three years. I wouldn’t miss it for the world.
I’m a retired English teacher. Taught in Chicago’s inner city and Washington D.C.’s, but my obsession is animals, especially dogs and cats. This blog has expanded my love of animals to include farm animals. Very strange to love learning about animal husbandry when I have absolutely no hope of ever putting it to use. But there you are. I simply admire and adore Cecilia.
Hi there fellow Fellowship-ers and C. I’ve only just now learned of this intro page but have been reading for awhile and commenting for a little while. I grew up in the Pacific Northwest of the USA in both towns and in the country (with sheep and then vineyards.) I now live in Central Texas suburbs and grow food organically as best I can in my spare time (which isn’t very plentiful.)
I thought the map covered in pins sounded like a lot of fun! I started an online map, if anyone wants to pin themselves. Just go here: http://j.mp/1OjwptE and go to “Additions” and “Add Marker.” You don’t have to login or anything and can add as little or as much detail as you’d like about yourself.
Such a good Idea. Thank you for doing this. I’ve marked myself in.
Me too!
Hello from the Coromandel Peninsula in the North Island of NZ. I live in the smallish town of Thames, but come from farming families (my father was brought up on a farm and made sure we always kept our links with the land). I don’t think I could ever do what Miss C is doing, but I love the idea and I love reading about it! I can be an armchair farmer.
I am Kristin from Nebraska. I’ve been reading for about a year and a half, but am not much of a commenter. The first post I read was about Boo and Marmalade when Marmalade was a baby. With that post about a dog and his kitten, I was hooked. This blog is such a great place to spend a little time every day. I am only a gardener for now, but I dream of having a little farmy of my own. I don’t think I could do what Miss C does, but I would like some more farmy things in my life. For now I will watch along with all of the others and cheer on all in the farmy.
Hello Cecilia! This is Stacey from Michigan – I had the pleasure of sitting next to you on the airplane a month ago! And as much as I would love my life to be slower and simpler, I am just now getting around to your website and saying hello. Meeting you was such a blessing. Beginning to browse through your blog has been another! I look forward to reading your daily posts and sharing with my farm enthusiast 9-year-old daughter. I am sure she will be requesting pictures of pigs. We will try to arrange a visit to your farm NEXT year for sure!
I’ve been following your wonderful blog for awhile now, but didn’t introduce myself by joining. I’m a 63 year old grandma settled in Arkansas by way of several states. My Daddy was a road construction worker and we moved a lot, which I absolutely loved, but think I’ve finally gotten the wanderlust out of my system.
I do have a garden but no farm animals, just my cats. We are blessed to have friends providing housing for us in our retirement years in exchange for us helping out with lawn mowing and upkeep of their property. We get to enjoy their horses. Living way out in the country is so peaceful and beautiful. I love it.
Thank you for the posts that start my day off every morning. The beautiful photos of your place are such a joy. And, of course, I feel like I personally know each and every one of the farm animals, as well as you yourself.
Can’t wait to follow your awesome life!
Good morning! I have been reading your blog now for some time, but never realized til today that I should introduce myself! Born in Brooklyn, moved at the age of 10 to the Bay Area of California only to move to Oregon when I went to college. I lived in the Portland Oregon metro area where I raised my children, as I was a single mom for awhile, worked for the phone company for over 20 years and after living there for almost 50 years my lovely husband and I moved to the very small town of Weed California. We are just 70 miles south of Oregon, but it is definitely different here. It was a huge adjustment for me, but my sweetie adapted immediately as he jumped feet first into one building/remodeling etc project after another. Now after a bit more than 3 years we have found our niche and have lovely new friends and are busier than ever with hiking, our local library, gardening, enjoying our home and just being on top of our 10 acres that the deer and all the other animals share with us. I so enjoy reading your blog every morning and your photographs are exquisite.
Good morning!
As I sit here on this blessedly dark and rainy morning, I am being introduced to your blog through a link on ‘Down to Earth.’ I am entertained by your stories, intrigued by the week’s opportunity to retreat from the world (I’ve long needed it), and reminded that the dream you are living was once my dream – before illness and the tedium of life swerved in front of me. Now on the road to recovered health, dreams are reawakening and nudging at the back of my mind once again. My husband and I know that we are not where we’re meant to be, and so we plan, talk, gather information, work the numbers, and set goals. Thank you for reminding me of dreams I once held dear, and I look forward to getting to know you.
Have a lovely, rain-soaked day. I intend to enjoy every drop after this long, dusty dry spell.
Shani
Illinois (mid-state)
Hi! Sunny from Oakhurst, CA (originally from Portland, OR) Love your descriptions, Celi! We have a smaller but just as riotous a farm between our chickens, kittens, the neighbor’s horse, another neighbor’s alpacas, another’s goats, and the multinational variety of wildlife that tromps through our yard! I’ve been trying to figure out how to comment and how to order your book. Nice to meet you and the other ladies on your blog!
Submitted on Dec 06, 2015 from chris John.
Just discovered your great blog and had to join. I am originally from Cape Town, South Africa now living in rural Dordogne, south west France in a beautiful 18th century farm house. I have lived in Paris, Copenhagen and 17 years in Los Angeles. My husband, Stuart, and I moved here 6 months ago after we fell in love with the house on the internet. We took very early retirement and here we are, in the depth of the French countryside, loving every minute of it. I am and always have been a passionate cook and teach cookery lessons from my kitchen.
Do look at my blog: http://www.maisontravers.wordpress.com
Nadia – Welcome. i will come across and look at your blog right now! Anything to keep me closer to the fire just a little bit longer. Have a gorgeous day! c
My son, Aaron will be joining you on your farm in a few weeks when you return from your trip. I have enjoyed following your blog for the past several weeks and I am so excited for Aaron’s adventure. I wish I could come along too. 🙂
Welcome Aarons mother! how wonderful that you are reading! I am looking forward to meeting your son – we will have lots of work to do when i get back.. c
I’ve journeyed here via one of my new followers, the Turtle. I live in New England at the southern end of Rhode Island (the Ocean State). But in my mind I live on a farm in the Berkshire Hills with my feral kitten, ZuZu. I created the farm in a book I wrote called A Berkshire Tale. But now I find I can come to visit a real farm. Ceci’s Farm and that had made me quite happy. I’ll be getting to know the cast, both past and present, in the following weeks. That is, when I’m not editing my newest book , a murder mystery, which is set in my own home town. What a pleasant surprise. Hello, Ceci and thank you Turtle! Clare Oh, my blog is called Around ZuZu’s Barn http://aroundzuzusbarn@wordpress.com
I need to correct my site http://aroundzuzusbarn.wordpress.com ( I placed the @ sign in by mistake Sorry! Clare)