Category: Holidays

Happy Labor Day

Good morning and Happy Labor Day!  I hope everyone is taking a break from their “real” jobs and enjoying some good weather, BBQ, and time with the fam.

We are doing just that over here, although a break from our “real” jobs means that we are just working at our own place and yet still farming, I don’t think we really ever get a true break from farming!  Matt’s been busy at our house, moving dirt, fine tuning some hillsides so we can plant them to grass.

2013-08-28_18-11-01_1382013-08-28_18-07-53_9632013-08-18_12-30-38_381I’ve been babysitting our irrigation (not much to fall rain here yet), trying to catch squirrels (key word here is trying…those are some tricky little buggars!)  Check out our bait choices so far….

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2013-08-31_09-41-38_18They are eating well, those are hazelnut shells!

And I’ve also had some time to enjoy making delicious things like Lemon cake!

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Overall it’s been a great weekend of working, so here’s Labor Day giving us more time to…well…work (good thing we love what we do!)

 

Happy Memorial Day!

My big plan today was to write about “March on Monsanto”  It was a movement that happened all over the US, to show their anti monsanto views.  To show how evil the company is, yada yada yada!  But then I read my good friend Marie’s Blog OregonGreen.  She actually attended one of the marches and had some great insight on what was going on, so you can check that out by clicking here.

For me though, I didn’t attend a rally and so without any great first hand experience, I thought today I’m going to just be thankful for all of our armed forces that allow us the freedom to do crazy things like “March on Monsanto” or have Marie be able to post pictures and show the irony of all that they stood for while marching.  I”m able to blog about the farm and this life that I love so much.  I can eat whatever food I want and buy plenty of healthy and affordable food.

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So today I just say thank you to all those who have given their lives so that I can be safe.  Thank you for your family’s sacrifice and thank you for all that you have done for my future here as a farmer and as an American.

Hope everyone has a great day off today and don’t forget why we’re all allowed these freedoms!

Happy Thanksgiving

A day early…but hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!

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