Spring Time Once Again \ Farm Life

The weather starts perking up and no one blogs anymore. Figures. Then again, it's not like I've sat down to write a blog recently, either. Since my last inspirational writing, we've had a couple cookouts, late nights on the porch and ideas on how we want to spend our warm weather months. I forgot exactly how much I like Summer. I feel more energetic and stoked to get some stuff done.

Lately I've been on a whim of starting a garden and having a few chickens, geese, lambs, whatever. Granted the animals would have to be kept at my parents, it sounds like a ton of fun and quite rewarding. Mom and Dad, it'd probably be another excuse to visit, right? I think I've been in this mood for two reasons. First and most obviously, I'm pumped about summer. Secondly, I like the idea of making my own food from the ground up. It's a lost art, if you think of it. A good organically produced meal you tended to from the ground up. It's been replaced with what? eighty-eight cent TV dinners? Have people honestly become too busy to enjoy the simplicity all around us? Though it takes work to support a garden and livestock, in the end, I believe it's cheaper, healthier and more efficient.

It's most likely a hobby at the moment. Ideally, I'd like it to see it be an established lifestyle; the art of frugal spending, utilizing the resources around me in a non-wasteful, healthy manner and living a simple life. A lot of this mentality stems from my upbringing, I think. As a kid I liked to build stuff from ground-up, Rockets, Legos, 400-in-1 electronic kits, etc. My Dad had a pretty "Do it yourself" mentality and would figure out how stuff works, which I admire greatly, Mom was a health nut and we'd generally try lots of weird food together. All of that wrapped in a frugal mind-setting, it makes sense in my mind why I like to do what I do. I like to "Build" what I have. It's easy to pay someone else to do it, but it's not always as beneficial and you definitely lose the great feeling that you did it yourself.

I'm glad I have Jacinda to back me up with this stuff, too. I'm really blessed to have found someone as awesome as her to share ideas and get excited with. I love you, dear!

Tags: Archive_Blogger, diy, Food, Health, organic, simplicity, spring, Urban Farming

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