My dream for Kenny Ray

"make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody."

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

School lessons and onion plants

I was finally able to get some of my garden in the ground last night. Although the weather has been good most of my ground has a lot of clay in it and tends to hold a lot of moisture, which is good when it's dry but it makes spring planting tough. Usually I plant some the early stuff down at the farm but this year I am just going to be planting in the backyard and over at the ground I
use over by the shop where I work and keep my chickens. It is much easier for me to take care
of and requires much less fuel there by reducing my cost. They are calling for thunder storms
here this afternoon so I decided to try and till last , it was a little wet but I was able to do enough
to plant a 100 onions plants and plant some lettuce radish's and turnips. If it's not raining tonight
I will set some cabbage plants and plant some spinach. I should say Kenny Ray planted the onion's and will set the cabbage , as he will do more of the work this year as I plan on being the supervisor as he has to learn how to do it all. He has always helped me but real school begins this year, he can take care of the chickens as good or better than me. But he enjoys that and he loves driving the tractor and the plowing and discing part not so much the planting and weeding part.
This is one of the things I like about homeschooling I get to teach science, math in a practical real
life setting and it is year round school. He learns one of life's most needed skills responsibility and the ability to take care of himself and family and dependent on no one but God.
As of this morning we have lost no chicks or turkey poults.

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