A pretty cold Earth Day here in the Bluegrass
State…. however, we still managed to get a lot done in honor of Earth Day. We planted cotton (homeschool
project-supposed to grow well in our zone), weeded our strawberries, and set
fence posts for our climbing beans and the back part of our farm. Tammy and Robert also started building a new
kidding pen; as we have 3 more goats that will be kidding soon.
It amazes me to watch the kids learning as we do things, and
helps me to know that we have chosen the right path for our family and the
education of our children. Before we
moved to our farm, our kids were “city kids” and we lived right in the middle
of suburbia. They have been learning about farming, gardening, etc., as we go,
just like we have, but a conversation with our 7 year old made me realize just
how much they have to learn. We got the
cotton seeds out to plant, and at first she thought that they were seeds for
cotton candy. Then I explained that they
were cotton seeds, and I was telling her all of the things that are made of
cotton. About a minute later, she says “so
there will be T-shirts growing out of the ground?”
It really threw me off, but I was able to use it as a
learning moment for all 4 of the little ones.
It reminded me how much our society thinks that we just “go to the store
and buy stuff” and there is often not a regard of the work it took to create
the product that a person purchases, whether it be food, drink, clothing, or
anything else. And this is a definite
reason for a day to celebrate our earth.
And here is a question…do any of you do raw milk?
Is there any other way? ;)
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