Tag answers

Oooh I was reading a new blog that I like called I'd Rather Be Milking a Cow and then realized she tagged me for this little survey!

1. Name one of your favorite flowering plants and any info you may have off the top of your head about it.

Lavender, grows without much care or water and smells lovely! I use it in sachets and lemonade and love it's purple color and relaxing scent.

2. Name one of your favorite farm animals or pets and explain why.

I genuinely like my chickens (all 4 of them) even though Betty wakes me up in the morning! I like watching them and how they interact with each other. They each have a "chicken friend" that they grew up with so they stick together usually. I love seeing them sunbathe on warm days! The first time I saw Lucy do this I thought she was dying but she was actually sunning her skinny pale chicken legs. When they take a dust bath sometimes they use a giant pot of soil outside and it's funny to see the tops of their heads sticking out and dirt flying everywhere.

3. Name one of your favorite vegetable/fruit/nut plant/tree to grow and show picture(s) of it.

I love peas and strawberries and our Asian pear tree. Ok that was three but still.

4. Name a plant or animal that you want to grow/raise in the near future.

More asparagus! I only have a few crowns and disturbed them this past year so they didn't all make it. I also want to grow watermelon though it's very tricky to do here and you need a hot, long summer.

5. Name a home remedy that you use for whatever ailment and share the recipe/technique.

I make a lot of teas (used to do cat's claw tea for my sore tummy before I got on a medication to get ride of it) and use chamomile tea in the evenings as well as with my daughter when she was little. I also use tea tree oil for cuts and scrapes and such. It works every time.

Comments

[Sacred Suzie]

I love using lemon balm tea to settle my tummy and relax at night. It's such a light tasting tea unlike a lot of herbals.

[seagrass]

i genuinely like my chickens, too. they are really growing on me. that's hilarious that you thought she was dying when she was sunbathing! haha... good thing you didn't decide to cook her... ugh, bad joke.. anyways i learned something new from you - i want to grow asparagus as well, i didn't know that they don't like to be disturbed! and, i also use tea tree oil for everything, i have several bottles of the stuff everywhere. i am actually going to make toothpaste using tea tree oil!

[Karmyn R]

What a fun tag.

My husband wants to grow chickens - because he grew up with them and remembers how good fresh eggs were....but since I have NO CLUE where to even begin, I keep telling him "no". Besides, I'm a bit afraid of their beaks and claws.