Would You Rather...

Go into the past and meet your ancestors 

or

Go into the future and meet your great-great grandchildren.

I'm gonna have to say go into my past and meet my ancestors for very specific reasons. I was adopted as a baby. All I know is that my parents were students in Seattle and were Philippino/Taiwanese. It would be nice to know if there are any medical things that I should be aware of - although being a brain tumor survivor makes every other disease/condition kind of pale in comparison. Who do I take after...which of my parents features are the most prominent? Did they even stay together? If they did do I have brothers or sisters? 

So many questions, BUT I'm at an age now that those questions don't really matter or relavant for that matter.

How Much Is A Gallon Of Milk?

That is an interesting question for this last day of August, but okay. I really don't know how much a gallon of milk costs because we buy good milk from a "local" dairy that is available at the newest grocery store to hit our area.

We have been buying Twin Brook Creamery milk which is located in Lynden, WA as far north as you can get from where we live in Clark County, WA.

I have never really been a milk drinker. The taste of what I am used to is just not so great. The first time I saw this milk at Chuck's it took a while before we started buying just plain ol' milk as I was buying the pint bottles of chocolate milk. Even the chocolate milk is the best I have had...EVER! It's not sweet, but very chocolatey. Not terrible rich either, just very, very tasty!

When you find milk in a bottle - buy it! You will not regret it.

What New TV Show Do You Refuse To Watch?

We don't really watch TV - so I don't even know what is new. However, I can say that I refuse to watch the Bachelor or the Bachelorette...both stupid TV show. Choosing a spouse from a group of men/women over a period of weeks is not realistic.

I can't even begin to say how much I don't like these two shows. 

That's it - I'm done.

What Would You Like To Learn More About?

Well, there's a question!

Chickens, permaculture, homesteading, bee keeping, fall gardening...CSA's, farm stands, market gardening...

and on and on and on.

To help me along this endeavor I got The Market Gardener by Jean Martin Fortier and Four Season Harvest by Eliot Coleman. I watch Justin Rhodes of Abundant Permaculture for inspiration and am in the process of experimenting with how things grow, when they grow best and whether plant starts or starting from seed is best. I want to learn how to extend the garden season and hope to get some seeds started in the next few days, weeks and the next month. All of this effort to feel satisfied with knowing where our food is coming from, that it is being grown without funky stuff and to know that there won't be waste - that's where the chickens come in handy.

I am not going into this expecting to be rich. What I want is to be tired at the end of the day because I'm doing more good for the earth and my potential customers.

This dream has been long in coming and I am ready.

Ready for a change.

Ready to make a difference.

What Can You Learn From Today?

Well, it's a Friday. So, I'm not sure what I can learn from today.

Friday here at the fire station is pretty quiet. More than half of the staff on the admin side of the building are off. With fewer people at work, there are fewer phone calls, fewer visits etc.

Maybe I should start researching how to get my hobby farm started and maybe doing a farm stand at our house next growing season. Which means I would need to figure out what to grow during the different times of the season...spring, late spring, summer, late summer and so on.

Yeah, well, I have learned that I REALLY want to start up a market garden biz...not just a lesson from today - it's a forever lesson...dream.