My Monomyth

Family Values

2008-10-30T07:17:00.001-07:00

Family
Friends
Fun
Financial Security
Farm/Self sustainable life

Wookchuck Farms

2008-08-05T09:53:00.000-07:00

So last week a woodchuck got in to my garden and to say the least I was furious. Here this thing was raiding my winter squash, the portion of my produce that was doing better than everything else, my biggest source of garden pride. My dog Max had him cornered and I went after the thing with a shovel, the next thing I know it rushes Max and almost gets away. Max takes a few nips at him, the woodchuck hisses back and turns tail and runs back under my shed. Sheer and utter anger, unabashed frustration and raw emotions are all I had. I spent the night mad and frustrated destined to kill the woodchuck. So then I was faced with the dilemma do I fume and do nothing or take some action. The next morning I decided to go out and make a change to the garden, I put down chicken wire at the bottom of the fence so the woodchuck could not go under. This is where the lesson began. I sat back for a second and realized that all of the anger I had inside was really at myself. I had known that we had a woodchuck issue in years past, after all what self respecting animal would not want to eat our vegetables, free easy lunch with no chemical additives. I realized that the frustration was with myself, for not taking action earlier and putting in the extra fence like I knew I should. I knew the anger was because I had not prepped the rest of the garden with good compost, I had taken half measures and expected a bountiful harvest every where. To paraphrase Covey, I had expected to cram for the exam with out studying all term, to reap the harvest with out taking the time to tend to my crop. So I concentrated on my breathing, put in the fence and even added some nice lattice to give the squash a place to trellis and to add some more recycled beauty to my garden. (perhaps my wonderful wifey will take a picture of my handy work for me and I can paste in it here, she takes amazing photos). So from this practice of my Yoga in the day to day has been born Woodchuck Farms. An organic farm, dairy and aviary (planning or future expansion here). Where we take a proactive approach concentrating on prevention, preparation and preservation to produce high quality food that is nutritional and worth eating.

Pennsic Improvement List

2008-08-05T09:40:00.000-07:00

Some things that would be fun for Pennsic:

2 break down tables (1 inside and 1 outside), benches, 1 folding table with mirror and hole for wash basin, 1 stool for vanity, 2 more hanging rack solutions, 3 hanging baskets (sweater type), 1 or 2 more accessory tables, 1 painted floor cloth for entire pavilion, new cooler, new bag chair. Workable solution for shade fly, inventory SCA room, paint pavilion, battery operated coffee pot, solar power????

One of my inner demons (Aside from the fact that I am a horrible speller)

2008-07-28T09:52:00.000-07:00

I have always battled with worrying more about what others will say than what I want to say. I worry more about pleasing others than I do myself, and the consequence has been to turn me in to a social chameleon. So when my Lobster asked me if I was going to make this blog public this was my answer:

nope, I would like to keep it to us right now without the worry of having to edit what I say. I want to get in to the habit of saying what I want before I get worried about how to phrase things for others. That is a battle that I have had for a long time and one I want to overcome.

Threads

2008-07-28T08:52:00.000-07:00

I keep on trying to figure out how to craft the page and what I want out here for public consumption. So I am going to look at it as a bulletin board. I am going to throw up ideas as I have them and then go back and revisit them as I choose. The sticky notes may be moved and rearranged from time to time as I see themes but hey, isn't that what life is about?