There are many things about my life that right now, are not so good. I'm dealing w/an alcoholic husband. I have health issues. I have a ton of work that needs to be done-both inside and outside of my house and I'm the only one that does it. Plus, instead of having the farm that I want, I live on just over 1/2 acre and have to board my horses. But in spite of this, in many ways, I am truly blessed.
Yesterday morning, I left the house B4 8:00. I went to the local county park for a bird walk. Then after the bird walk, I sat down and talked w/the naturalist B4 having the groundskeeper unload my canoe and a group of us went kaynoeing. (Everyone else was in a kayak, I was in a canoe, hence, kaynoeing.) We had quite an enjoyable time and were out for about 2 hours.
From there, I headed to the farm. The majority of my ride was past fields and orchards, not thru a town. I do self care of my horses, and the owner doesn't care what I do in my field. So, one corner of my field has a chicken coop and a run in it. I am finally getting my flock the way I want it. Plus, I have enough room out there to store about 200 bales of hay. I shouldn't have to worry about hay over the winter. I also have a small shed out there. Not only does it give me room to store horse stuff, but it's big enough for me to sleep there if I need to or want to.
My drive home from the farm was past more fields. I go thru one small town, and even that isn't like what most people think of when they think of a town. My church is in the middle, and there's a horse field behind it. Plus, most of the yards have farm fields behind them.
I went home a slightly different way than normal and got a basket of soft peaches for $10.00 I'm not sure how many pounds it was, but it was so much cheaper than buying them in a store. These will probably be dehydrated. I can also get apples for a good price and will be doing so when I'm done w/the peaches.
When I got home, I made tomato sauce from tomatoes I grew. The majority of my dinner was from stuff I had raised myself. I live next to the woods, so I don't have neighbors on that side. Plus, my house is the last house on a dead end street, and this area is not heavily populated. And, I have a small lake right down the street from me. I both fish and canoe in this lake.
While they are only pets, I do have goats. They enjoy eating the weeds from my garden, any trees I cut down or vines that I cut off. In turn, they provide me w/manure for the garden and any hay that they don't eat gets put around plants or on top of potatoes. Plus I will be bringing some of my older hens home to help w/bug control. I have a garden that's large enough to grow enough food for the winter and will be planting a small orchard.
So while my life is not 100% the way I want it, I am not stuck in the middle of a town w/people all around, and, other than having the amount of land that I want, and goats in milk, I have the animals I want. I grow my own vegetables. I have my own chickens for meat and eggs. I have my horses and am able to care for them how I want. There are plenty of places in the area where I can canoe and fish. I also have plenty of places to go for nature walks and even hunt. Too often, I look at the negatives. Instead, I need to spend more time looking at the positives.
Yesterday morning, I left the house B4 8:00. I went to the local county park for a bird walk. Then after the bird walk, I sat down and talked w/the naturalist B4 having the groundskeeper unload my canoe and a group of us went kaynoeing. (Everyone else was in a kayak, I was in a canoe, hence, kaynoeing.) We had quite an enjoyable time and were out for about 2 hours.
From there, I headed to the farm. The majority of my ride was past fields and orchards, not thru a town. I do self care of my horses, and the owner doesn't care what I do in my field. So, one corner of my field has a chicken coop and a run in it. I am finally getting my flock the way I want it. Plus, I have enough room out there to store about 200 bales of hay. I shouldn't have to worry about hay over the winter. I also have a small shed out there. Not only does it give me room to store horse stuff, but it's big enough for me to sleep there if I need to or want to.
My drive home from the farm was past more fields. I go thru one small town, and even that isn't like what most people think of when they think of a town. My church is in the middle, and there's a horse field behind it. Plus, most of the yards have farm fields behind them.
I went home a slightly different way than normal and got a basket of soft peaches for $10.00 I'm not sure how many pounds it was, but it was so much cheaper than buying them in a store. These will probably be dehydrated. I can also get apples for a good price and will be doing so when I'm done w/the peaches.
When I got home, I made tomato sauce from tomatoes I grew. The majority of my dinner was from stuff I had raised myself. I live next to the woods, so I don't have neighbors on that side. Plus, my house is the last house on a dead end street, and this area is not heavily populated. And, I have a small lake right down the street from me. I both fish and canoe in this lake.
While they are only pets, I do have goats. They enjoy eating the weeds from my garden, any trees I cut down or vines that I cut off. In turn, they provide me w/manure for the garden and any hay that they don't eat gets put around plants or on top of potatoes. Plus I will be bringing some of my older hens home to help w/bug control. I have a garden that's large enough to grow enough food for the winter and will be planting a small orchard.
So while my life is not 100% the way I want it, I am not stuck in the middle of a town w/people all around, and, other than having the amount of land that I want, and goats in milk, I have the animals I want. I grow my own vegetables. I have my own chickens for meat and eggs. I have my horses and am able to care for them how I want. There are plenty of places in the area where I can canoe and fish. I also have plenty of places to go for nature walks and even hunt. Too often, I look at the negatives. Instead, I need to spend more time looking at the positives.
