Govinda's Farm


Wood Chip Gardening

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 08:28 AM PDT

2014-06-23+08.24.22.jpg
Beginning of a MOObile for my new grand-daughter. Made with upcycled cotton and stuffed with merino wool.


Dear Readers;

2014-06-23+07.41.40.jpg

I walk by a human and they will undoubtedly get this bewildered look and  say..."Hmmmm....all of a sudden I feel hungry for some fries!"  In the mood of making what we use....we make our own shampoo bar and for a hair conditioner I rinse my hair with two cups of apple cider vinegar and just leave it in. The ACV smell usually leaves after my hair is dried.This minty scented shampoo bar is a minimalists dream because you can shampoo your hair...wash your bod and brush your teeth with it. Of course I recommend you cut a bit of the bar off ...for your toothpaste...other wise...that would just be gross:)

I'll write the weekly blog post while my hair dries and besides I look like a wild woman with my hair down...and I hate having anyone see me like that! Once upon a time as I was typing my post and drying my long hair...a man...won't say who....said out loud...instead of wisely just thinking those thoughts said......"AHHHH!!!! YOU LOOK LIKE AN OLD INDIAN GRANDMOTHER!!!!".........thus began WW3 at Govindas' Farm!

Moving on to the present day....all is peaceful and mostly well. Most of the 600 tomato plants are doing well...some better than others. We observed that  the tomato plants that were sunk deeper into the soil are recovering much quicker than the ones that were planted nearer to the surface.

2014-06-22+07.16.41.jpg

My heritage hollyhocks are beginning to thrive but not the morning glories.

2014-06-22+07.26.39.jpg

Bhakta David has been planting up a storm. He now knows what a strawberry plant looks like....but not before he beheaded all of the strawberry patch with the weed wacker:(

2014-06-22+07.29.28.jpg

On Sundays I cook up a prasadam feast using as much as I can find from around the property.

2014-06-22+08.10.03.jpg

2014-06-22+08.11.15.jpg

Dandelion greens in the pudhas and rhubarb for desert...along with chamomile and mint tea...to name just a few of the preps.

2014-06-22+07.21.52.jpg

2014-06-22+07.24.36.jpg

After lunch and a little cat nap the men went back to the garden to plant carrot seeds and fix fences for the cows. I on the other hand did the dishes

2014-06-20+07.40.45.jpg
I collect vintage plates from second hand shops and purify them with homa ash.

and spend the rest of the afternoon sewing a mooooobile for my brand new grand-daughter....until it was chanting time.

2014-06-22+07.07.21.jpg

2014-06-22+07.09.21.jpg

2014-06-22+07.20.54.jpg

Until next time.
Hare Krsna.
Lal

Votes: 0
E-mail me when people leave their comments –

You need to be a member of puredevoteeseva to add comments!

Join puredevoteeseva