Went to the big city this weekend for an anniversary party and to have lunch with Tanya and say hi to baby bump Stella. Saturday was packed with running around to pick up things you just can’t get in or around St Cloud. One thing you don't see around St Cloud is a Lincolin Zepher with spinners on it with two guys in it laid back, hats on crooked...... drinking Capri Sun.... the juice in the bag. You'll see guys walking down the street with Miller Lite in wife beaters and cut offs but never Capri Sun.
moving on
There was a trip to the “good” Target to pick up little things for Baby Paige’s birthday next weekend. There was a trip to the craft store to see if there was anything new that the local Evan’s doesn’t carry. (Evan’s is like the Ben Franklin on Monona just half the size!) I found everything I needed and some stuff I didn’t but it was a good trip down. The highlight was the anniversary dinner at TSO’s. Ken’s burgundy peppercorn steak, a pork griller, tons of wine, and great conversation. I miss my GE friends so much, I miss the access to anything I could possibly need at pretty much any time of day but really when it comes down to it, I’m exactly where I need to be. This backwards town of 506 people is starting to grow on me. The accessibility to my family is something I haven’t had for the last 16 years and it trumps having access to Chinese food and a Starbucks.
I do have to say though, I thought I would really miss my “good coffee” but there is a coffee system here at work that makes the most perfect cup of coffee and mocha that is better than Starbucks and Caribou combined. There is a coffee shop in the town I work in but the 2 times I’ve been there I’ve had poor service and gotten watered down bland coffee. I’ll take the mud from work, thanks!
Wednesday night we picked up our 22 bales of straw and put them in the top of the barn. Slowly but surely we are getting ready for the momma’s to come in late September. It will be nice to have animals again. I miss having my cows and it will be nice to get 2 that are already pregnant so in May we’ll have babies on the farm also.
I’ve started drawing plans for my chicken coop; I’m thinking a name of Henny Bunkport or Cluckingham Palace would be a great name for the future chicken shack. I also found an Amish gentleman to do the chicken dispatching for me. We have a pack of coyotes that lives in the back woods and they keep getting closer and closer to the house. I’m worried if we actually process chickens here on the farm that we’ll encourage them to come and hang out more than they already do, and that will mean a stressed out Erin and some stressed out chickens.
The garden is finally producing and I should have a bunch of purple beans to pick this afternoon and hopefully some ripe tomatoes! As far as I know there’s only been one ripe one so far. I’m guessing there has been more but someone has been getting to them before I am. My tomato trellis’ were an epic fail and we will have to revisit that plan again next year. I have more ideas from them and I’d like to get them perfected before the big market gardens go in. I’m still on track for my 5 year plan and hopefully maybe get the market part started within the next 2 years and the CSA started at year 5.
Pictures of the purple beans and garden tomorrow.
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