What a great day I had today! Marvin is in the midst of planting our first veggie crop. He went to Gilroy the other day and purchased a few thousand "plugs" (little bitty plants) of broccoli, artichokes, romaine lettuce, leaf lettuce and red cabbage. Today, my sister Colleen and I took a "road trip" to Salinas and picked up a few more thousand including green cabbage and cauliflower. Even though we had rain off and on, it was such a beautiful drive. The Salinas Valley is known as the "Salad Bowl of the World" because they grow so much of the produce that we all consume.
We have fellows planting our new babies and they are really kicking it! They were able to plant between 2 and 3 thousand today. Some of our crops will be planted by seed, but this first bunch will be plugs.
When we returned from Salinas, we jumped in the Kabota to view the fields. The sheep were up near the chickens, just below the fruit orchard. Marvin wanted them back in a different field for the night. I know it sounds odd, but he called them and they just trotted back where they were supposed to be. I call him Dr. Doolittle. After collecting the eggs (around 75 today), we rode up on top and spotted a herd of about 10 bull elk. The elk are without their horns right now - they shed them and regrow them each year. We only know that they are bulls because that is the bunch that hangs out on this property.
It is Valentine's Day and our 35th wedding anniversary, so our daughter Meghan and her fiance Travis took us to The Loading Chute in Creston for dinner. Amazing food! check them out at www.myspace.com/loadingchute.
Back home to play with Ben and Angel, then to retire for the night and begin this wonderful lifestyle again tomorrow.
I'll leave you today with my favorite quote by Epictetus who was a Greek Stoic philosopher that lived between AD55 and AD 135: "Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants".
We have fellows planting our new babies and they are really kicking it! They were able to plant between 2 and 3 thousand today. Some of our crops will be planted by seed, but this first bunch will be plugs.
When we returned from Salinas, we jumped in the Kabota to view the fields. The sheep were up near the chickens, just below the fruit orchard. Marvin wanted them back in a different field for the night. I know it sounds odd, but he called them and they just trotted back where they were supposed to be. I call him Dr. Doolittle. After collecting the eggs (around 75 today), we rode up on top and spotted a herd of about 10 bull elk. The elk are without their horns right now - they shed them and regrow them each year. We only know that they are bulls because that is the bunch that hangs out on this property.
It is Valentine's Day and our 35th wedding anniversary, so our daughter Meghan and her fiance Travis took us to The Loading Chute in Creston for dinner. Amazing food! check them out at www.myspace.com/loadingchute.
Back home to play with Ben and Angel, then to retire for the night and begin this wonderful lifestyle again tomorrow.
I'll leave you today with my favorite quote by Epictetus who was a Greek Stoic philosopher that lived between AD55 and AD 135: "Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants".
-Kathy
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