Being a Farmgirl is Many Things...Boring it is NOT!

This Pepe la Pugh decided to come right onto my porch and help himself to the cat food. He visited 3 nights, coming right up on the porch with the light on! I walked out on him twice and stood less than a foot from him before I saw him! I'm so lucky I didn't get sprayed! But really, he never even acted like he wanted to spray me...he just wanted the food! Skunks are kind of cute! I think it's funny how they have a huge tail and fat bodies and tiny little heads! We watched him help himself to a late night meal for a long while! He just tootled around checking things out! BUT as cute and harmless as he seems he still is a threat to my animals, kids and especially the chickens. He had to go...I'll save you the details!

Life has been busy around here. My chicken coop is in the finishing days. I don't want to post anymore pics until it's moving in day! That should be sometime this next week. I named the coop and will share more details about that on the moving in day post as well. I'm very happy with how it's turning out. I still stick by my recommendation of building the coop before you get chicks though! It has been very stressful having the chicks in the house not knowing when they will have an outdoor home! They are needing to move out soon! They are outgrowing the bigger box I put them in. They really need more room to move around, play and roost. I will be excited to move them into their permanent new coop! I think they will be happy and excited to spread out and be stable there too!

I got the garden planted! All I like is the bean patch...Sherman still needs to plow it up for me. Then once the pinto and black eyed peas get planted I'm all done! I planted the squash and zukes in one plot-- tomatoes, peppers, spinach and corn in another plot-- onions and herbs in their plot-- and the beans will have a little plot of their own! I'll be curious to see if I like it done this way or not. I've always just plowed up a big plot and planted everything in long rows. The chicken coop is in the way of what use to be my garden plot. So, I decided to spread things out a bit and make what kind of looks like raised beds...giving everything a little square of their own. I think it'll make harvesting easier. When the ground is wet it makes it hard to get in and out of a large plot and having everything smaller and more compact will make it easier to tend. I hope anyway! We will see!! I will post pics when things start to emerge from the ground! I don't think it would be as fun to look at pics of plowed squares! haha! It's just dirt!!

The coop, chicks, and garden have been taking up most of our time around here. The kids started T-Ball and Softball. That has us running! But, I did have time to teach my MOPS (mother's of preschoolers) group how to live simple, make home-made laundry detergent, and garden! I was glad to share how living a simple life has made me a better person. A girl closer to God! Saving money by making detergent, using a clothes line, and gardening...and eventually having farm fresh eggs is a wonderful way to bless my family and remember to be a good steward of what God as given me. The more simple I make my life and my families lives the happier we become. I've learned that I don't need or want all that this world has...I've found out what is important and can do without all the other fluff! I like SIMPLE! Simplicity, country, farm-life...that is for me! AND I love sharing with others what knowledge I've gleaned from doing it...I'm always impressed and encouraged at the response I get from girls that have their eyes opened to a new---OH, but SO old....way of doing things!! I love it!!

A FARMGIRL exudes kindness, grace, humility, gentleness, patience, and generosity, and loves the simple pleasures in life!

A FARMGIRL puts God first, believes in the strong arms of friendship, community, and the just plain fun of being together with the ones you love!