Category: Life on the Farmlet

Word of the day: tenacious

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Why is the whole lawn mowed except for that little island out there?

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I will tell you.

Today I mowed the wild garden down because we plan to sell the house, and no matter how much I like it, to most people it just looks like a lotta weeds.

Needs must…

However, there was a good reason for leaving that one spot unmowed.

Look!

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAYou can see from the other picture that I had mowed right up to the edge of this stand of Goldenrod.  She never moved, nor did she even appear to flinch, and I call that

Tenacious

What’a Weechoo Mama!

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NOTE:  She is sitting on roughly 30 eggs.  (It seems that they all do this, though I have found no explanation for their egg hording behavior.)  I know they won’t all hatch, but hope that at least a few will make it.  The days to hatch for Guinea Fowl eggs is 26 to 28 days.  I estimate she has been at it for a week which means that she sat it out in the torrential rains this past week, and will have to sit it out for any further rains we may get.  So where was the Weechoo Papa while all this mowing was going on?  Hiding in the neighbors pasture!  

I told him he was a big chicken!

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Definitions:

Merriam Webster defines tenacious as:  persistent in maintaining, adhering to, or seeking something valued or desired.

Weechoo :  My pet name for my Guinea foul.  It is my best attempt at the sound they make when they communicate, to me and each other, here on the Farmlet.  😉

And finally, I recommend this read from The Natural Poultry Farming Guide

This and That

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Well, Friday was the big day! 

We signed our paperwork and paid for the Mountain Farmlet.  We were so excited that we wore ourselves out with it all.  We had planned to take ourselves out to dinner, but then didn’t have the energy to go!  But dinner at home was good.  😉

Tucker is getting better!  It is painfully slow progress, but we don’t have to let him out every hour on the hour now.  In fact, we found out on Friday that he can hold it for over three hours now, and that is a milestone.  However, we will be waiting a lot longer for his fur to grow back.  😦

Now begins the hopefully not too long process of prepping this house and selling it.  We considered renting, but in the end we decided we just don’t want the hassle that goes along with being rental owners.

ANYBODY WANT TO BUY A NICE FARMLET IN HAZEL GREEN?

As for the Mountain Farmlet, well we still have one more week to go.  The Octogenarian is having her estate sale and then will be moved out by the 10th.  I was feeling sad for her to have to go, but then she told us she has plans to go traveling over the next year!  I think this is wonderful, and I hope she has a wonderful journey wherever she goes!

In the meantime  I have been busy making cuttings, and potting up plants I want to take with me to the Mountain Farmlet.  Roses, herbs, bulbs and more.  I started the roses by air layering and it is working FAST and FABULOUSLY!  I already have big, fat root callouses growing in under all that sphagnum moss and tinfoil!   I am taking more than one of each item to ensure that I get at least ONE OF EACH ITEM!  😀

Oh yes, and when I am not puttering and such in the gardens, I have been quietly packing and sorting for the moving sale.

So much to do!

And so, back to work I go!

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OH YES!!!

And today is Bob’s Birthday!

So you simply must wish him a Happy Birthday!

little kids blowing out birthday cake by Foxtongue at flickr(I just love this picture!)

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Photo Friday: a back porch view

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I have been busy, and neglecting the folks I follow out there in the Blogosphere.

I’m sorry!

And because I have been neglectful, I missed Cecilia, from over at The Kitchen Garden,  and her photo challenge to share:

“What do you see from your Back Porch or Back Doorstep?”

The post that began it is HERE,  and the views from the world over are not to be missed!

And so, even if I am too late to share this with her there, I of course want to share the view [of] our (or rather, soon to be ours) back porch.   😉

The back porchIf you click to view closer, you will see the old smoke house on your right, and the verandah of the two room cabin on your left.  The little depression in front of the trees is part of the pond.

The porch? 

Well, that would be the lattice petticoat you see peeking out from under the trees in the center of this photo.  😉

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We have our final inspection on Wednesday, and sign the legal stuff on Friday!

It makes me giddy just to think about it. 

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A phone call and an invitation…

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Last night the *Octogenarian called with an invitation to visit the new property on Friday!  She said she wanted to show me around the gardens before all their spring loveliness was bloomed out!

Isn’t she lovely to think of that?

She also said she had some photographs of the old place for me too.

Is it Friday yet?

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*NOTE:  For those who wonder why I call her the Octogenarian.  I do it to protect her anonymity.   I didn’t want to put her name out there on the net, lest she run into it and not appreciate my bandying it about!