Applegarth Farm: in bed all day

Thursday, January 27, 2011

in bed all day

I stayed in bed last night and all of today to let my eye heal. I feel like I had major trauma to it, and it's swollen a little, there is some pain and soreness behind my eye (a weird spot). I can still feel the retina(?) floating a little, but it seems much better this afternoon... big sigh of relief. My plan is to lay low for several days and let my eye heal. When I was telling my sister about it this morning, she said "in the blink of an eye everything can change" how true, I'm thankful my sight is clear, and the headache of last night is gone.

Late last night I had a strong cup of coffee to help the headache go away. I don't normally drink coffee at night, but it worked. Today as I lay in bed, sleeping, and reading Julie and Julia (a book about Julie Powell and Julia Child, remember the movie. I've been reading about all the different recipes (504 recipes in Mastering the Fine art of French Cooking ) She cooked all of them in a years time and wrote a blog about it, this was back in 2002, when hardly anyone even knew what a blog was.

Anyway I just wanted to update for my mom in case she reads my post small miracles, so she'll know I'm ok.
I feel like my eye is getting better.

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Our goal here at Applegarth Farm is to raise children that play in the woods and gardens, and know where their food comes from. To feed the animals and care for their young, to gather eggs, and milk goats, to eat fruit off of trees, and berries from the bushes that we grow, and to eat from the gardens. We are working towards, and teaching them to be as self sufficient as best we can.

With the economy in the state it is, our plan has become even more important. Being able to live on less is one of our goals. Working from home, or close to home is another goal, and growing and harvesting most of our food is a big goal we've been working towards.

We live in a handbuilt home, our heat comes from the firewood we cut, and cooking is often done right on our woodstove. We grow a lot of our own food, and are building our home slowly with cash for materials, and the time to work on it. All of the buildings have been built over the years by my husband from trees grown and milled right on our farm, or from salvaged lumber.

The beginning years started here with no electricity or running water, and were lived in a small cabin, slowy building and clearing land. We are still trying to live as self sufficiently as we can. I am a homemaker and work part time in the nursery (plants and trees) business. We are raising children, tending animals, gardening and cooking from scratch.

Some of the topics you will hear about are; gardening, cooking, beekeeping, chickens, rabbits, building and timberframing. Along with some of my adventures in soapmaking, candlemaking, animal husbandry, plus the everyday of what's going on around the farm. Future building projects include a goat barn, a root cellar, and a pizza/bread wood fired oven. Come learn along with us, and share homesteading skills you are learning. I'm looking forward to meeting others that share a similar path that we're on, or simply others who dream of homesteading.