You wake up at the first sign of pink in the Eastern sky because your weiner dog is howling and obviously dying of starvation. Who needs roosters anyway?!?
When you live on an urban farm it is important to wear the correct "gear" for working the back 40.
Wearing chicken socks are of utmost importance.When you live on an urban farm your chores are never done...
... and things always break requiring repetitive use of a screwdriver and the phrase "righty, tighty...lefty, loosey". 
When you live on an urban farm irrigation water is vital for the success of your crops.
... and you spend the entire day dragging the hose around to flood your raised beds.While they flood you do crop work. Like deadheading roses and iris.
... and harvesting rose petals for your nieces wedding. 
When you live on an urban farm the views are amazing and everywhere is potential and promise of beauty and deliciousness to come.
When you live on an urban farm you feel a sense of accomplishment and wonder...The beauty, the lavish spectacle of nature, the sheer immensity of the sky...
When you live on an urban farm...
You take lots of advil at the end of the irrigation day and thank your lucky stars you only have a half acre...because, honestly, any more urban farm property would probably kill you.
OK. Urban farmer signing off now and heading for a hot bath. Yikes, how did I get so ridiculously out of shape?
Don't answer that. It was a rhetorical question.
Sigh...
I'm heading for the Advil bottle, too, but certainly not because I've been doing anything productive.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Your urban farm looks like a piece of Heaven!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tour! It was great to see your yard and your gorgeous flowers and future veggies. Your post made me glad we have a sprinkler system our urban farm.
ReplyDeleteUrban farms seem like too much work for me.
ReplyDeletePlus, I could never sport the socks like you do.
Too trendy for me!
Is it okay to just wear the socks 'n crocs sans the actual digging and watering?
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Good morning Jenny, Opps...Good afternoon Jenny. Farm life no matter if your 1/2 acre, my 4 acres or Terri's 30, it's always lots of work. But oh so worth all the time and efforts. Your garden looks beautiful. Ours, well it still freezes every night so nothing is out there yet, but in another month or so that we'll have plants.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing. Take care and God Bless!!!
Oh, how your garden grows! Couldn't I come live at your urban farmhouse? I cannot wait for my plants to look as lush as yours!
ReplyDeleteYes... farm work (no mater the size and location) is never done, beautiful rose petals BTW.
ReplyDeleteI love your urban farm...and I understand about dragging the waterhouse around...we only have one spicket outside and to water I drag a very long hose..actually it is a few hoses put together to water...those other 2 spickets are on my hubbies 10 year plan...too bad we're going on 11 years...
ReplyDeleteAwesome, I am an urban farmer also. You should see my farm. Maybe I will post pictures of my dachshund socks.
ReplyDeleteYou need dachshund socks.
Blessings,
Susan
I so hope that it worked well, the advil I mean! I love your yard!! I need to get on the ball and start reading your story! I saw that it was part two so I have ot go back and start at the beginning! Maybe tonight I can get started! So much fun to visit your blog!!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Lisa
I love your Urban farm! I can't even keep pansies alive so I'm guessing I won't ever have any type of farm.
ReplyDeleteMy little girl has the exact same light pink crocs! Only miniature size of course. So comfortable!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you are one busy woman on that farm of yours!
I was hoping I'd get to see the garden today! You're right, it is astonishing and WARM looking too! ; )
ReplyDelete~Andrea~
Your urban farm is a beauty, Jenny! It looks like you have a lot of crops coming in already! That big beautiful pool looks like the perfect place to float with a pina colada and rest your tired joints at the end of the day and admire the fruits of all your labors.
ReplyDeleteLife is good! Enjoy it all!
♥ Pat
I laughed and giggled through this post and I ask myself the same question every spring..."How in the world did I get so out of shape in one short winter?"
ReplyDeleteYour urban farm puts many gardens and lawns to shame!!
ReplyDeleteHow many pairs of crocs do you own? I own 14 or 15....
Your work is paying off. The farm looks great.
ReplyDeleteI think those chicken socks are awesomely cute!
ReplyDeleteAnd congratulations to our deer winner!
That was a good one, Jenny! Our little place is a LOT of work! I've just come in from refereeing a goat feeding frenzy - remember, Millie has horns, so it's a lot of work making sure that the others get to eat too!
ReplyDeleteCongrats Amy! Love your farm Jenny! I wear the same work shoes that you do but I need to find me a pair of those chicken socks!
ReplyDeleteThanks for reminding me that my 1/10 th acre needs watering too!
Love Di ♥
Loved the post ♥
ReplyDeleteWow, I can't believe the difference in our plants compared to yours. Our trees are just barely starting to bud and I have a couple flowers that are about and inch tall!
ReplyDeleteYour yard is beautiful...
Thank you for the lovely tour, Jenny. Your yard is such a pretty place to be in, sit in, work in, rest in... Enjoy!
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Hi Jenny,
ReplyDeleteWhat a lot you have done with Your URBAN farm! I am jealous of the bounty I see...things are just starting to really take off here in the northwest.
Once again, a complete pleasure to read your light, witty, downright hilarious post...I've yet to read one when I don't laugh out loud. Looking forward to tomorrow's post.
Smiles
Jenny, your urban farm is quiet something. How do you find time to do all that you accomplish in a day. I'm amazed. We don't have an urban farm, but I spend most morning out in the garden tending to plants. I could use a few Advil my self.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Amy!
Believe it or not, I've finished my paper early for once. :-) See you for class tomorrow, Mrs. Matlock.
Sarah
Chicken socks! I love them!
ReplyDeleteAnd I thought of you the other day when I finally sat down and watched, "Food Inc." Wow.
Makes my back ache just to hear it! But I'll bet it is so lovely to sit out in in the evening and admire all that you have done! Come say hi :D
ReplyDeleteLunch is on you someday...
ReplyDeleteYou're amazing in dirt girl (o:
You and PJ can fight over the Croc's..I'm a bare foot country gal myself..
Love those chicky socks and shoes. You certainly know more about gardening than I do. I never heard of flooding the beds. I just know how to take care of grass and bushes and a few flowers. I wish I did have a garden. Too many deer here. We would have to put up an electric fence like our neighbors did. Too much work for me and hubby isn't going to help. Have fun with yours.
ReplyDeleteI like your tootsie attire. Chicken socks are the way to go!
ReplyDeleteUrban farm work looks too tough for me. I do good just to have a small front and back yard.
Love all your flower gardens. Beautiful.
hugs
Sissie
you hard worker you (o:
ReplyDeleteIt may snow tomorrow or the next day....
just a reality check for me about why it is so green there and you have raspberries...mine have a long way to go.
It does look like you have a lot of yard to take care of.
I love every single thing about this post. Crocs, weiner dog, rose petals and all. :)
ReplyDeleteI will be following you now.
Thanks for visiting my blog!
Is that your POOL? I love it!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I have heard the term "urban farm" before, but I love it! And I am now thinking of my yard that way. Your garden looks fantastic, I bet it does take lots of work (and advil) to keep it all up! At least you have proper foot attire to keep you motivated! :)
Your garden is beautiful! I used to live on a half acre and had a huge garden. I really miss being able to play in the dirt. Too bad you aren't close enough or else, I'd come over just to play in your dirt!
ReplyDeleteHI!!!
ReplyDeleteWe also have a 1/2 acre, so I hear you!!!I want a garden so bad, a salsa garden, but I do love my roses and flowers!!!!
You are one busy gardener!!!!I do not get up that early though!!!!
Have a great day
hugs,
jamie
Beautiful! My urban farm is probably closer to 0.1 acre and we frequently reach for the pain meds. I can't imagine working a whole half-acre!
ReplyDeleteI am QUITE impressed! Wow.. .that's a beautiful garden; you done good! I think if we are lucky we will put out 2 big plastic tubs with a spackling of whatever seeds we can find out of the 25 packets we bought. You actually look like you know what you're doing!
ReplyDeleteOh these urban farms are such a pain in the back!!! I can sooooo relate!!!! Just adore your urban farm....when the plants come to harvest, I will be right over to join on the bounty!!
ReplyDeleteWishing you a great day!! :-)
Oh, what a lovely urban farm you have there ;) Thank you for stopping by my blog and passing along my moss terrarium post to your daughter! We are TRYING (key word ;) to have an urban farm on our back deck, tee hee...but now we are getting ready to move to a bigger yard so I can maybe even have me a real little garden, yippeee! Have a relaxing evening after all that hard work.
ReplyDeleteJamie :)
I live deep in the heart of suburbia (much to my chagrin) and I totally say Lefty Loosey, Righty Tighty and sometimes I even have to look at my arms to get that one right. The Chicken socks are not part of my wardrobe but I do have Owl Shoes and Owl PJS!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous pictures!
ReplyDeleteYour farm looks great!!
ReplyDeleteI love the Crocs and chicken socks and, of course, the beautiful pics of the results of all your efforts. The closeline picture was a blast from the past for me.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great urban farm! You're quite the little farmer(ess)!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great place, you are one busy lady! Thanks for sharing, love your blog!
ReplyDeleteNancy
Your urban farm is lovely! We do a bit of it, but not on such a big scale. I'm hoping to change that. Oh, I've never had chicken socks, but I did have a flock of chickens. Does that count?
ReplyDeleteHi Jenny: Love your urban farm and that inground pool....mine is above ground...stop over to see my rural garden and flowers. peas and corn should be coming up in 7-14 days...planted last weekend...and wow did I need the advil afterwards. you want to get a great inner thigh workout?...just dig holes and put seeds in them and squat down over 50 times covering up the holes...what a workout! I slept so great that night! Our neighbors have roosters, chickens and a peacock...I want to get sheep so I can create with wool....
ReplyDeleteYou always crack me up. I am an urban farmer too...only I now wish I did NOT have the 2.5 acres, but I am thankful for Advil!!
ReplyDeleteI thought I was the only one who said: Lefty loosy..righty tighty? Do you say it out loud as well???
Scary.
Love your garden and raised beds.
ReplyDeleteOh, I just loved that stroll through your beautiful urban farm! It looks like you have created a little piece of paradise! Thanks for finding me - I'll be back often to visit here! :) Silke
ReplyDeleteI garden in my pink Crocs, too!!! Great minds, my friend, great minds!!! :-)
ReplyDeleteLet me guess, at the end of the day, right after the Advil, you do the chicken dance??
ReplyDeleteThanks for allowing us to tag along with you on your farm. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteNo stinking way!!!! I am so excited, you have no idea! Oooh, thank you.
ReplyDeleteAnd if those are pictures of your yard and not something googled off of the internet, I am insanely jealous of you. Seriously, that yard is gorgeous, and all the hard work will be so worth it when you curl up under one of those shade trees with a book and a raspberry lemonaide (raspberries from your garden, of course.) Wow! I admire your hard work and your dedication to your beautiful yard (that I am still assuming is not actually posted on your blog, because then I may be so jealous of you, only winning that adorable shadow box could make up for it). Wow!
I am thinking maybe I need me some chicken socks to get me in the farming mood. My garden could use some lovin' but I don't have enough money for the amount of Tylenol I would need to get the job done, LOL! Your little farm is very cute...now could you come on over and help me with mine. Mine is WAAAAYYYY smaller so we could be done sometime before FalL if we start sometime before Summer, HAHAHA!
ReplyDeleteI also live on a urban farm...smaller than yours. My job consists mostly of making iced tea and watching Mr. Farmer do the irrigating and dead-heading! I do offer up the Advil on a silver platter at the end of the day. After all, we bloggers love our silver.
ReplyDeleteMy goodness, your urban farm is gorgeous! xo Paulette
ReplyDeletenow that's the kinda farm I could live on!! being the country girl that i am! LOL
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