Ooo, free Helleborus (genus of the species Lenten Rose)! They are so beautiful but be careful, many species are poisonous. As always I loved your post and can’t wait to hear about the menagerie you will acquire at the pond, it will be wonderful!

How awesome you have been very busy and the rewards are paying off. The pond is going to be so beautiful when it gets all filled in. I have a pond on my property as well. It was all dried up but we did a bit of work to it and it is filling back up too. Like you I worry about snakes (they are my nightmare) but the pond is going to be so beautiful. I need to find some farming classes in my area too thanks again for allowing us to live vicariously through you and your farm girl life come true.

I too have recently left a city and moved to a 5 acre farm. So much to learn! but I’m digging it! I’ve been introducted to a farming ethic entitled “Permaculture”. It embrasses good land stewartship and in my opinion a very healthy dose of common sense. I’m so glad that the conclusion of your drainage problems was to work with it and not against it. Such serrendipity has left you with a beautiful oasis for you and wildlife in the very near future. Enjoy!

Ooo, free Helleborus (genus of the species Lenten Rose)! They are so beautiful but be careful, many species are poisonous. As always I loved your post and can’t wait to hear about the menagerie you will acquire at the pond, it will be wonderful!

How awesome you have been very busy and the rewards are paying off. The pond is going to be so beautiful when it gets all filled in. I have a pond on my property as well. It was all dried up but we did a bit of work to it and it is filling back up too. Like you I worry about snakes (they are my nightmare) but the pond is going to be so beautiful. I need to find some farming classes in my area too thanks again for allowing us to live vicariously through you and your farm girl life come true.

I too have recently left a city and moved to a 5 acre farm. So much to learn! but I’m digging it! I’ve been introducted to a farming ethic entitled “Permaculture”. It embrasses good land stewartship and in my opinion a very healthy dose of common sense. I’m so glad that the conclusion of your drainage problems was to work with it and not against it. Such serrendipity has left you with a beautiful oasis for you and wildlife in the very near future. Enjoy!

Oh how fun to see your wonderful soul-horse up close and personal, yes his look is like ‘really did you have too?’ Ahhhh love both of your last kitchens, there are parts of both I’d have — off white cabinets, some with wavy glass – maybe not all the way but at the top, a pantry big enough to walk into, with everything having a place, a large island in red or green, nothing on it except some pretties that are useful, I have a small island now with the rolling pins, small utensils in a quaint jar, makes it so handy to not be opening drawers, I have used and AGA, loved it but it does put off heat all the time and summer makes for steam, just my opinion, so gas it would be – counter top with storage of pans below, no hanging, I’m too short to reach them when they are high enough that others don’t hit their heads – at least a double oven, one a convection and also a small micro wave – the baking center would have a low/marble top, the mixer would be on a pop up shelf coming out from under the cupboard next to the marble top, along with all the baking needs stored under the low marble top, oh WINDOWS there must be a bank, if not a bay at the kitchen sink, which is large/long with a drain board at each end – had this on the farm growing up – loved it, the eating area a fun banquet is nice but I’d probably go with a round farm table and chairs that can expand, with a Tiffany style light above – oh the POP of color would be yellow, actually that is the pop that I am going to paint in my kitchen this summer – have the red n green and am looking at painting the cupboards and warm white too. Oh my Rebekah you have done it this time, my mind is a whirl and I love it!! The winter, of which we are to get more snow tonight, has been a long one and now I am ready to MOVE. Good luck with your project. Thanks for the fun.

Wow Rebekah your dream kitchen is described so perfectly; I can see the horses playing out the windows, smell the cookies baking in the oven, feel the warmth of the fire, and mostly feel the love of friends and family as they gather there. I am sure this will all come true some time soon. I hope your dreams come true.

Gosh, love your horse, did see the lippy mark 🙂
Love love love your pic kitchen.
I’m renting, but I like a white kitchen, timber bench tops, a walk in pantry and loads of bench space. I love to cook, bake and have an open kitchen with an open plan dining living area so I’m not cut off from others when I’m cooking. I love cooking with gas, since it’s quicker to heat elements and cheaper too here. I like a splash of colour like a blue or red and stained bench tops. I’d love two ovens with nice wide shelves and I’d like my bench tops to be quite wide with plenty of power points. Most kitchens I’ve been in never seemed to have enough. I have a big heavy mixer too, so it lives on my kitchen bench too. I like to have room so my family and friends can gather in my kitchen to chat, cook with me, love and laugh. No matter what type of kitchen I’ve had over the years it’s always been the center of my home.