#mini farm

[rose-honey-lemonade]

My and my dad's plot in the community garden is looking nice!

We have mini cilantro plants coming up (I can't eat them but my dad and brother and sister-in-law can), some lil radishes that we thinned out and I ate the greens off the ones we thinned like a little bunny rabbit, and some spinach and butter lettuce that we harvested half of as "baby greens" so the rest have room to get big.

We also planted three new rows. One each of more radishes, spinach, and butter lettuce.

Then we did a little anarchy gardening 🤭 I really want to grow strawberries and there was a bunch of strawberry plants growing in the path between plots which isn't any one gardener's property so we dug four of them up and planted them in our plot 🤭

I also ate a violet from the pathway. I might be a little bit bunny coded.

[marvel-redemption-omega]

Look I know normally I post about like fandoms and stuff but I saw these cute ass ducks (and chicks) at TSC (tractor supply Co for those who don't know) and I had to grab 2 each. We already have 4 others (2 Indian Runners and 2 Golden 300s) and 6 chickens (3 Barred Rock, 3 Cuckoos). The new ducks are supposed to be 2 Magpie Ducks and 2 Black Swedish! The grey chicks are Blue Plymouth Rock and the red ones are Rhode Island Reds! I'm super excited to have gotten them and I just love my little farm so much!

Look, I'm such a country bumpkin, y'all don't even understand. I sound like cornbread.

[onlyhappyvibes]

Mini farm display

[quitepossiblyfynn]

I've been thinking a lot about my dad lately. In some ways we're really different, he can struggle to relate to me, especially after transitioning. But as I grow into my adult life I'm understanding him more and more.

For context, my dad is a very southern outdoorsy guy. He spent his childhood in Charleston, SC before his family moved to a farm in rural Virginia. He really got along in that environment and stayed extremely involved in hunting and outdoor stuff as an adult, where he works as a civil engineer.

And I guess aesthetically we're very different but I'm also an engineer (though in software). I just bought a mini farm. We're looking into hunting for more sustainable meat. I'm into taxidermy and sustainable wetlands and native plants. So many of these things are at the core the same.

He doesn't really express his excitement for this convergence in conventional or spoken ways but he put us together a vintage all in one tractor. That's most definitely his way of saying he's glad too.

[blueandyellowdiamond]

Mini Zoo - Snina County

Part 4.

[s-l-hendricks-arts-crafts]

Cute little chestnut pony in the barn, munching on hay! 😁 He looks nice and cozy 😊

[kiviniik]

Today I FINALLY was able to hold a chicken!! It was a miniature breed (?) and so cute and she perched on my hands and I loved her so much

[bodhi-allen-herrison-blog]

More interested in some dirty grain he found than cooperating and getting in his pasture so he could spend the next few days out of his pen away from his mommy.

[artichokefartichoke]

Also, our garden is planted and the fence is up. Feels good to have such a big thing out of the way finally.

[quitepossiblyfynn]

My partner is finally settling back with me in the new house and I feel very properly excited to start developing/tending to our land and exploring Asheville together.

[roadkill-angel]

[blueandyellowdiamond]

Mini Zoo - Snina County

Part 3.

[theantiquefairy]

This is Halloween 🎃🎵🍂

[willowingends]

My carrots are flowering and I'm hoping to get some seeds from this batch!!!