The odour of ammonia floats through the air as my next-door neighbor (by that, I mean across the road and up the street a little ways) sprays his field with who knows what, but I think something that smells like ammonia can't be good for something like dirt, let alone the things you're growing in it. That's just my take on the matter.
Welcome to the farm (she doesn't have a name yet. that's probably something we should activiely work on...soon. however, a few other things have taken precidence such as starting vegetable transplants, mulching the garden, tilling the garden, finishing the chicken coop that the chickens are already living in, hosting guests...well, you get the picture). I think I was expecting this to be more stress-free/care-free than it actually is, but I suppose the things you carry in your Being go with you and interact with the world regardless of what it is you're doing. Add to the personal list of things to work on. Along with that, I do want to be playing music more. That's in the plans for summer. Musical instrument count: 4 guitars, 1 ukulele, 1 didgeridoo, 1 djembe, 1 flute, 1 harmonica. It's hard to play music after a long day of work, and only having candlelight, but I think it's a little of just trying to settle into a regular schedule.
Speaking of candlelight, that's what we use. Do we have electricity? Yes. Do we use it? As needed (i.e. to run the refridgerator, the grow light, the water pump). Why? 1. We don't really need it. The sun provides plenty of light in the day to get done what we need to get done in daylight. 2. Sleeping with the natural cycles of the sun. I realize this isn't extremely long yet, but when you're working in the garden at 6.30 in the morning (we're on central time), you really don't feel the need to keep working hard after dinner time. 3. It gets rid of the need to keep doing. Somehow it has been distilled into American thinking (perhaps thinking in general) that if there is light, natural or not, we have to be working. Working on 'doing' less and 'being' more. (this is something I didn't realize until we were using candles as our light source after dark)
Side note: I'm learning a lot about what it means to be a homeowner. Taking out storm windows and putting in screens just isn't very fun. And the septic backing up? (though there is a slightly entertaining story there, at least). I'm also curious as to where the idea of landscaping and how ridiculous it is sometimes if you think about it. I can understand wanting a place to look nice but, the amount of time and energy (and money!) people put into yards just seem a little ridiculous as I'm trying to clean out the winter brush so the flowerbeds (at the visible ones) look presentable. Crazy if you ask me.
No comments:
Post a Comment