*this is how meal time goes--we spend maybe like 30 or 40 minutes in the garden and then we have four kinds of unbelievably yummy, just out of the garden veggies and fruit for dinner. (everyone had a good laugh when I was found looking for green beans to pick in the tops of the potatoes. I am such a city girl.)
*you maybe think you understand Idaho potatoes because you have procured them in the grocery store, but trust me on this one--you don't understand how tasty they are until you've had one fresh out of the garden.
* we had cooked carrots for dinner toight and I could not believe there was no sugar on them. they were SO stinkin' sweet. In a good way.
* this afternoon I laid in the grass for an hour and just listened to the wind blow. I also spent a while trying to get the horse to let me pet him, but that didn't work.
* Saturday morning there was a big excitement because Grandpa caught a corn-stealing raccoon in a trap. It was an vicious fellow, or at least he seemed that way when he was being poked with a stick. We woman folk felt bad about it, but Ashley's brother had to drown it. That's how life is here on the farm.
* they have NINE boxes of fresh super yummy peaches. I'm allowed to eat as many as I want.
*today for dinner, in addition to four kinds of veggies from the garden we had beef that was raised on their farm. I couldn't even believe how tasty it was.
* the grasshoppers here are fascinating. there are SOO many of them and they fly a little and they look just like butterflies when they do it.
* if it's not too windy tomorrow, we're going water skiing.
I could go on, but I won't. After just one evening here, I told Ashley "I can see why you didn't want to stay in Manhattan, if this was your other option." I think that just about sums it up.
2 comments:
So fun! Other than the racoon, it sounds like an amazing adventure. Live it up, country girl!
Well Yee-Haw for farm life! Maybe you could just adopt her family and become a farmer too!
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