Why Don't He Write?

Here we started a lovely montage of a little lady's life. Here we started discussions of local food and a goal of eating within 250 miles of our home for a year. Here we expressed the private on-goings in the Voller life, the 401K, the possibility of losing our home, the stresses taking over our once peaceful lives... and then zap! Where'd they go? We left you hanging! We left you wondering! We left you.

Perhaps this may explain it all:

Yes, our computer was ZAPPED! But that's not really the culprit. The taker of time is... the garden and the farmer's market. Yes, we are still doing our best to feed ourselves completely locally. We are proud to say that as of January we have not purchased meat from more than 50 miles from our house. We know the farmer, we know the cows, and we know it's yummy!

We are proud to say that 75% of our vegetables and fruits have been 100% locally farmed within 30 miles of our home. The other 25% goes to the bananas, and avocados, and sweet potatoes and other organics for Celia that she needs.

And yes, as part of this goal, this means saving up all this spectacular food for the winter. It is our goal to feed ourselves from our storage for half of the winter... hmmmm... that takes some time... ALOT of time! Good times, though. Definitely good times!

Some grizzly murder scene? Oh no. It's cherry time, folks. Which means, stained fingers, juicy countertops, and yes, bowls full of what looks to be bloody eyeballs --



That's right. Don't mess with the cherry pitter in action.

And as a nod to Sunny and Holly whom I used to play Charlie's Angels with: Here it is: Charlie's Angels Go Garden.



And then this happened. This was the 3rd bucket of beans I had picked! OH NO!



All of a sudden the round zucchini seeds I purchased turned in to those huge suckers sitting like bowling balls waiting for some action on the counter top! I had 4 of these to shred. Not to mention, the cucumbers started to flow so fast you'd think we'd have to have cucumber cereal, cucumber sandwiches and cucumber soup three meals a day for a week.



And then our coop order came -- peaches, blueberries, and greens, oh my!



Luckily our daughter thinks playing in the kitchen is just the most fun thing she could do with her day. And speaking of our daughter yes!

GUESS WHO TURNED ONE!!

July 18th, Celia Scarlet Voller officially ended her first year of life and has bounded with unmitigated joy into a second year of exploration, wonder, and fantasy. This will have to be our next post, as we must move on to the garden.