Fleur Farm

Friday, July 6, 2012

farm life update...

we are still waiting for the baby ducks to start laying eggs. based off the original girls, who started laying exactly 5 months after getting them, it should be on the 27th. that will be really exciting too! pictures of their first eggs shall be coming soon! it's amazing how fast time is going.

march 1, 2012

just the other day...

in the garden: i realized that i planted pumpkin to soon so now part of it is dying off, but new growth is coming so i like to think that we will still have some to pick come halloween time. that would be so awesome!- to go outside and pick our halloween pumpkin. i will probably harvest the other ones soon and make some pumpkin pie so they don't go to waste. the watermelon is now growing, farmer son 2 thought it was "huge" so that will be a great day when we eat our first home grown watermelon.

in school- our second week is now done. this week we made pictographs with cars, trucks and bikes. it was fun and something new and different.

farmer son 1 pictograph

farmer son 2 pictograph

math takes a lot of time, but i feel like they are learning a lot, really learning. i like it. reading is coming along too. a lot of new signs going on. farmer son 1 is picking up on it quickly and when he gets stuck farmer son 2 is more than willing to help him. sometimes he tells him to finger spell it because not all words have a sign. it's wonderful to see them communicating and helping each other. it's also mind blowing to see how fast they pick up on new things and it sticks.once they get it they get it. it's great! farmer son 2 is getting it also. that was a BIG concern of mine. how do you teach you hard of hearing/ deaf child how to read? i was told that I would have to use sight words and that he will never be able to learn phonetically. granted he isn't a complete reader yet and there is still a ton of progress to be made but those initial moments are done and it's a good start for what is to come. know what i mean? so to see him be able to sound out the word and then put it together really is awesome. i am looking forward to see how much progress they make. i love it at we are building this good, strong foundation for their future to build upon. i love sharing these moments with them.

farmer dad is good. he is in the middle of setting up this extensive rain barrel system. he got twelve, i think, 55 gallon drums that he is cleaning out and transforming it into rain barrels. he set up a gutter around part of the roof too to catch more water. when you think about it, we were wasting all this water. it's really nice how soon we will be able to use the water we catch to water a vast majority of our plants and trees. after they are all up, i'm going to paint them. that's very exciting too.

so that is what's going on here. i'd lik to share a cute farmer 1 moment... the other day we were in the front when i found a baby praying mantis. i showed the farmer sons. farmer son 1 took it and named it good hunter. the next thing you know he is calling for me all excited " good hunter knows how to sign. good hunter just signed eat!" i;m getting teary eyed just thinking about it. it was such a good moment. he is aware of signs and what they mean. not only that but he thought that good hunter was signing to him. how cute is that.

til next time,

farmer mom

Thursday, July 5, 2012

flowers...

so amongst the weeds in my flower bed, i finally have some flowers. way exciting! sunflowers are my favorite, but anything that blooms floats me boat. have you ever seen a may pop flower? they are absolutely amazing! they would be my second favorite anyway....i like to take pictures of the flowers as they grow and change.it's an almost daily ritual for me when they are in bloom. i appreciate those moments i really like that in the middle of a developing sunflower it looks like a bunch of other little flowers. just beautiful!

til next time,

farmer mom

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

eggs for sale..

eggs for sale...

so fleur farm is doing great! we made out second delivery to fresh pickins market on tuesday afternoon. it feels so great to see our product in their coolers. the 1/2 dozen cartons are $2.39 and the dozen is $4.79. so i'm all pumped about that! it feels good to be doing it. it's not a lot but it's doing it. know what i mean? plus, one of the cashiers asked about the hand signs on tuesday too as i was buying some banana's and then she signed thank you. it really make a difference. so thank you!

til next time,

farmer mom

Sunday, July 1, 2012

thank you...

thank you fresh pickins for trying our product and putting them on your shelves. thank you to all the people that bought fleur farm fresh duck eggs. thank you to all the people that were brave enough to try something new. thank you to all the people that i had a friendly conversation with. thank you to a friend for watching both farmer sons so i could focus. thank you people for helping us make our dream come try.

i was still so excited about yesterday that this morning that i woke up at 5:48 am... and it was my 1 day to sleep in. instead i got to lay in bed and reflect about yesterday experience. the lack of sleep was worth it. i have to say how great it felt to be standing behind the table with our product on it. something that i can stand behind in all aspects. i know how our girls are raised. i know how our girls are treated. i know where it comes from. i think that it is amazing that we have these beautiful creatures that make eggs daily. it's really incredible. it felt great to see people eat our eggs and see their positive reactions. it was awesome when someone would buy some eggs and then come back and tell me. it just felt great. i love it how we are living off the land in certain aspects. and i love it how now we can share that with other people. yesterday was a great day! it was awesome! i can hardly wait for future moments like that.

thank you again.
til next time,
farmer mom

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

pictures...

pictures...
if you know me, you know that i LOVE to take pictures! and if you don't know me and you visit here often you will probably soon learn that i love to take pictures. i love to take pictures of anything, i' not picky. but i really enjoy taking pictures of nature. something about it just speaks to me. so i thought i's share some of the latest that i captured around our farm. i hope you enjoy them as much as i enjoyed taking them.