I grew up a city girl, small city, but a city none the less. Farming was for people in the Midwest with overalls and plaid, right?! Yes, very naive. Then I moved to bigger cities, Seattle & Phoenix, even more removed from the idea of any kind of farming. Then there came this urban farming movement. I finally escaped PHX for SJI and moved into a small beginning of a homestead. We had chickens, a large garden, we bought what we did not produce from local producers/farmers. This is an awesome lifestyle, I don't want to go back! I started asking questions, getting books from the library, wanting to be a farmer. I've learned about chickens, I have friends whom I am going to make cheese with, I live for the Saturday farmers market!! Who is this girl?! Me, full of new amazing knowledge and very happy.
I do still long for London & shoe schooling. I have tracked down the local markets but will have to become an urbanite who shops at Marks & Spencer every night for individual meals to sustain me.
So... Claire, Suzanne, & I went to two local farms yesterday. Not your typical farms. Alpaca's & Lavender farms right here on SJI. Here are the pics of our sunshiny day off adventures!
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| One hot stud with a pompadour after being clipped! So cool! |
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| Mama's n' their babes! awwww.... |
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| I have awesome furry ears!! |
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| Alpaca fur creations at their cutest! |
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| Award winning Alpaca's!!! |
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| It's SOOOOO fluffy!!!! I'm gonna die!!! |
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| Lavender is of course harvested by purple tonka trucks.... |
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| Suzanne wants an aromatherapy Orca. |
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| Pets love lavender too, apparently. |
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| Lavender everything.... You name it, it was most likely here! |
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