Back from Baby

SJ with our neighbor's pumpkin harvest

Fell off the face of the earth with this blog for awhile. After marriage comes the baby in the baby carriage. AND HOW.

We got ourselves a youngin' on our little urban farm- Sonora Jane- and she is the reason for my prolonged hiatus (and my protruding tuckus, too, but I'm working on that).

I think I haven't written on this blog for a whole year, and here are my excuses:

• I was using all my creative energy to grow a baby. Or, pregnancy SUCKED, sapped my soul, and made me want to puke all the time- didn't want to risk getting vomit on the keyboard. 
• Once S.J. came along, sleep became my number one priority (I'm writing now in a sleep-deprived fog on Saturday afternoon- I should be taking a nap with the rest of the family). 
• Our little angel is ultimate farm animal- I vowed she is the last "pet" we'd get for a long while, yet we keep accumulating fish and chickens. Just. Cant. Stop.

In any case, we downsized the garden this year (in other words, we grew 7 crops instead of 25) and really worked to make things simple so we could concentrate on Babykins. I'm happy to say that I spent this morning in the garden, planting buckwheat/clover combination cover crop for the winter, mulching with hay, and generally putting it to bed.

Scott and Casper with the same look on their faces

I'm very excited for planning the garden out for next year and continuing this blog.  And though we  haven't yet acquired any goats, it is still the dream. As a matter of fact, since hunting earlier this month with our brother-in-law, Scott is very interested in Llamas too. Now that we have a child, this begs the question, "Is YOUR Mama a Llama?"

Stay tuned for more soon...