Carrot Love

I am up before everyone else in my house right now, and so lately, one of my morning rituals has been a nice long walk in the garden. I water, I weed, I let the chickens out to see what kind of bugs they can find, and I see what is ready for harvest... and so far, all I was really getting was lettuce and peas with the occasional strawberry thrown in for flavor. This morning, I checked the carrot patch. The carrot seed tape worked even better here than I have ever had it work before. I am AMAZED at the results in the raised bed! Perfectly beautiful carrots... all in neat little rows.

I pulled the biggest carrots for a carrot cake (I think I may be able to eat that) and as I was looking at the rest my heart swelled with pride. I did it. I am feeding my family from my garden on my own land. I am feeding them things that normally I would buy, but I don't have to. I am not self sustainable yet by any means... but wow. I am proud of my little space this morning!

It takes years to build a tiny farm like the one I moved away from at the red house. But that wasn't our space. There was a limit to how much I could change the land, how many critters I could put on it, and exactly how much it would give me. Not this time! This time the sky is the limit and I am preparing for every year that we put time, effort, and love into this little space, it will give us that back. Carrots are just the beginning.

(PS BTW, this morning, I feel GREAT!)