Working on getting the garden going some more (putting many beans and peppers and flowers in, tilling and putting corn in a new stretch, settling on a hops fence which also shapes a new garlic bed and will get us to remake the white grape fencing by Fall), potting my tomatoes this year (I will have a year without hornworms!!!), and converting the chicken coop into a garden shed. I’m jealous of all the lovely sheds I’ve seen lately (living in the fantasy world of #shedlife) and having laying chickens again, as much as I miss them, is more work than I need to do (though I’m already planning on a batch of meat birds next year). We interrupted some daft little Song Sparrows nesting in the grass next to the garden the other day — little fledglings running for the trees!! I suppose that’s what they get for nesting there (ha!, no, I was worried all day after).
Also, working on the lovely board of the Good Life Center, the educational homestead of Scott & Helen Nearing, and feeling positive about getting them more visibility and support. As I write about the Nearings, I get to work directly with preserving their legacy, keeping it a living practice of social justice and simple living. I wish I could go to Harborside (I’ve only been once, and it’s quite lovely) more often. They have great workshops, a Summer speaker series, and a stewardship program — if you haven’t checked it out, you should. There are many ripples from their work you are likely familiar with.
We’ve got some Rhubarb Compote to whip up for the shop, new publisher partnerships to embark upon, events to schedule, pamphlets to create, and as always, not enough time to get it all together and feel like we have down time. Today is really our Friday (which we now call Fruesday, or something crazy like that) so as we get to our weekend, we get to all of the things we don’t get to do while we’re at work.
Rock Bottom Homestead 