Eleven Pumpkin Wheelbarrows

Altogether I have collected 11 wheelbarrows with pumpkins from my garden. Nice crop :).
It is the first year when I grow pumpkins. I may add - succesful growing :) I was just about to remove all pumpkin plants, because they weren't haveing flowers for a long time and I thought they are GMO and will not give me any fruits. Luckily I was too busy with other things, and after a few days first flowers appeared and now I have lots of pumpkins :)

Besides I have written my first Polish rebel song. Now I need a musician to compose music to it and record it :)

My Pumpkins And My Radio

Today I am collecting the last pumpkins and building my new radio :)
I have collected 8 wheelbarrows with pumpkins so far and collected tens of great songs which I am going to listen in the coming months... :) I will share with you the radio when it will be completed :)

Crazy

Recently I did something crazy. Now I think what to do with it. Should I continue the crazy thing, or should I stop? I have no idea. It’s autumn. Time for hugging. I have no-one to hug. Nearly no one. I am hungry for love. But I don’t want to make a mistake. I don’t want to hug not appropriate person ;)

I am in a such mood, that I could easily fall in love with someone who seems to be nice and good. But if the person appears to be egoistic bastard who just wants to use me? What then? I hate egoistic bastards. Oh, gosh... I don’t know what to do... What should I do? I think I should stop thinking... ;))) Lets go with a flow ;)))

NO. I started to think. Less feeling – more thinking. Less emotions – more thinking. The damage has been done. I will cut the crazy thing. Pity. It could have been a nice romance... :)

But he is Capricorn Dragon – the worst possible personality for me. It cannot work. For sure not in a long term... And I would prefer a long term relationship... But he is nice... I a sort of like him... But it cannot work. I am totally confused... I don’t know what to do... What to do???

Nasty Cold Day

Today cold, wet and nasty day. No trace of yesterday beauty autumn. Today ugly autumn. Weather discourages me from going outside and working there. Lucky me I did work yesterday in the orchard. Today I have no will to go there. Too cold in my hands. I just did basic animal maintenance and went to see if I can find any mushrooms. I didn’t find many mushrooms, yet I don’t know if they are edible. So I returned home and think what to do here. Good day for papers. I planned to do today papers. Yes, it would be good to engage in it. But I need to go to check something outside.

Papers?

Well, today I spent all day outside. The weather was fine, so I worked in the orchard. I was cutting branches and putting on new tree protectors which just have arrived. I have been working until darkness.
Now I am at home. Already after dinnero-supper :)
It’s late, but I moved in my study and started doing papers. Papers are already very late, but I couldn’t help it.
I have too much work in the farm to deal with papers on time. I hope it will be possible to repair the damage.
I mean – crossing the deadlines.  Tomorrow I am going to spend some time in my study working on papers. Today I decided at least to start it. I have already completed and printed agriculture tasks register.
Now I need to make here some order with papers and clean the study since floor got dirty. I need clean place to work in.

Recently I have bought 2000 paper sheets, over 100 envelopes, some post stamps – so I am ready to fight with the official correspondence which is ahead of me. I have so many problems... that I don’t know with which case to start first...

I need money! I have to invest money into my farm! Local authorities do not want to help at all. They are only eager to cause any possible damage to me. They advise me to sell the farm instead of giving any help to me.
Now they are hunting for my beautiful, noble horses.
Of course – it is cheeky and even more. It is ill usage of the administrative law. But I have to deal with it wisely. They are very eager to overuse their powers. I am not going to let them for that. My horses are beautiful, healthy, well fed and happy here. This is me, who brought them here. They were born here. They are MY GREAT breeding success.
But evil, jealous people are eager to rob them from me with ill usage of the law. NO WAY! NEVER.

So now I need to tackle with all these problems... Lots of writing in front of me!

Besides I have lots of houseworks and farming tasks around. I don’t have enough time for all these duties.
Need to organise myself much better. Lucky me I feel good recently. Just I had a few days of pain because of menstruation, but now it is gone. Also my herbs helped to tackle with the menstruation. They are really working... :)

So, to warm up my fingers – I have written this post. My fingers play fast and light with the keyboard.
I have switched on energetic, fast music. I need speed now! The music helps to work faster :)
I am ready to start massive paper work :)

My Polish Radio - Moje Polskie Radio

I have found out another Polish radio - this time the website cotains also spoken word, not only music :)
http://moje.polskieradio.pl/

Twenty Two Jam Jars

I have made another 22 jam jars and I am proud of myself :)

Another empty 50 jars are waiting for filling them with delicious jam of mine :) Because my jam is of course delicious ;)

Paper Day

Today I finally am doing papers. I have written several official letters and then took a stroll to orchard to give oats for horses and bring closer to the house some goats. I also cut some more fruit branches. Cat has eaten pancake and drunk milk. I have eaten also a pancake. I fed poultry as well. Need to give them more water and feed the dog. I am tired now. I woke up at 5 today. Goats were fighting outside and I needed to go out and part them. 

I feel I need a rest and then I would like to do some more papers and also finish making jam. I was waiting today for ordered goods delivery, but nothing arrived. I have written emails to the suppliers. Most of them replied. Two parcels were sent, one not yet. Anyway – none of them will arrive today. It’s too late for it. So probably on Monday or the following days.

I think I should save my powers. I work too much and too long. All day long. I should stop that. To try work only 8 hours a day. Like city people. But is so much work in front of me...

Not A Paper Day

For today I have planned to do papers. I have some urgent correspondence to which I have to answer fast. I am glad that there are no city whores under my roof who would comment in this way: “She spends all day in front of computer instead of farming”. Some city idiots have too small brains to imagine that farming includes also doing papers. Specially since we joined EU which produces lots of paper requirements.

But first part of the day I spent mainly outside. I milked goats and took them back to the orchard to let them graze on weeds. Horses are in another orchard. I brought them some oat there. They love it. Also geese love oat. 
I have given them as well. My Cat and dog were given milk.

I also collected some vegetables. I don’t have them a lot, but enough for me and eventual guests. For winter may come 3 men. A Greek, an American and a Jude maybe. We’ll see. The American is nice. The Greek too fussy I think so I hesitate whether to host him or not? 

I have cut some fruit trees branches and brought them to the yard. But now I don’t have time to remove all leaves from them and cut them into small pieces and plant them. I need to take care of the documents. I have two deadlines. I also need to make dinner and take a bath since I am sweat.

I switched my current on in the electric fence and it is quite strong which is good. The horses should stay in the orchard without any problem. They have there enough food. But I need to check the west fence there. Maybe was broken by deer or boars. 

Today for dinner I am going to cook pumpkin, eggs, potatoes... and maybe beetroot’s leaves soup for tomorrow? I will see. I am a bit tired now. 

Today finally I have found cheap enough fruit tree protectors, but unfortunately I don’t have money to buy them now. Anyway – I have bought by now 30 protectors. Maybe it will be enough for now. I don’t have so many trees like before. Unfortunately... ;(

Unfortunately after long day work I was too tired to take care of papers... I took bath and went to bed to collect seeds from pumpkin.

Online Shopping

I have made some essential farm shopping online. 30 tree protectors, 500 bags for grain which I am going to use as a tree protectors because they are much cheaper than original tree protectors, besides they enable straw application which is needed for winter time. By the way I bought gloves for roses. And I bought also new scales, because my previous one got broken during weighting. 

A Big Shopping

I am very glad :) I have bought lots of oat, wheat, potatoes and some bailey :) I have bought: 800kg of oat, 500kg of wheat, 700kg of potatoes, 100kg of bailey. Huge shopping :D A bulk shopping :) My house is full of grain and potatoes :) I hardly can move here ;))). But my animals and I are secured for the winter and even for all year :) Well, still I need some hay and straw. But I have already made an appointment with my new supplier... :) He is great... A farmer from Podlasie :) He was very nice to me :) I think, I like him :)

A Small Shopping

I went to nearby village to bring there plastic rubbish (there are special containers for segregated garbage), to buy chicken, plums and to chat with one local gardener about gardening. He is an experienced gardener and has lots of plants in his garden. A shop assistant was surprisingly very chatty about gardening as well, so I stood there patiently for 20 minutes until she finished talking. Nice girl. Maybe I will swap some plants with her. 

She told me something interesting. Local villagers – these ones who live in Sokółki in block of flats or  houses – they usually grow their own vegetables in their little gardens. Big farmers, who own lots of land and cows – every second of them doesn’t have a garden and he prefers to buy vegetables in the village shop. It’s surprise to me, since they have got so many modern agricultural machines, that they could easily make a garden for themselves. But they don’t. Probably busy with mass production of milk or meat have no time for it. Or maybe they are too lazy to work in their own gardens after working all day with their animals and fields. 
Anyway – I didn’t know the local market structure looks like that. I was rather thinking that it’s opposite. I thought that the villagers from block of flats don’t have their own vegetables and buy in the shop. Well, I thought that, because I saw some of them buying vegetables in the shop. But maybe it changed recently? Or maybe not all of them have gardens or are eager to grow there their own vegetables?

Then I visited a local gardener and bought from him plums for seeds. I need lots of seeds.

My plantation is destroyed and I have no money to buy new trees, so at least I try to grow fruit trees from seeds and branches. I also collect young wild fruit trees. But digging them up is very time consuming.

The seedlings I have made are okay. Looks okay. I hope, they will survive until spring and willl grow well. Some of them I have planted around month ago, some just recently. They need at least a month - a warm month to develop roots. I am not sure if I should leave them outside or bring them inside. I have decided to bring them inside and keep them in basement. I need over 600 fruit trees. If my seedlings grow, I will save lots of money and will have very various, local species. Local species are proof to frost much more then these ones from the south of Poland. 

It’s cold today. Not very cold, but much colder than a couple of days ago. I think I should start burn wood in the oven. Also I don’t have gas to cook fast some dishes. I need to start the oven which is annoying, since it doesn’t work properly. Before it starts work – I will have clouds of smoke everywhere. 

I brought from the village a chicken. I think I will back it in a special prodiż together with potatoes. It would be much faster than waiting for oven to be hot enough for cooking dinner. I need to start the oven anyway, but maybe I will do it tomorrow morning after cutting some apples and plums for the jam. 

While coming back from the village this time I was walking instead of driving a bike and I was collecting seeds and branches for seedlings. Now the branches are here, in the yard, but it’s already very dark and cold, so I will make seedlings from them tomorrow. Tomorrow I cannot move anyway, since I am waiting for potatoes and oat delivery. I have to be at my yard, so I will take care of the branches tomorrow. 

Mistake?

I am all in tears. They took away one of my dogs. It’s because of that two bloody lesbians. The enemies. Traitors. Dog Satja gave birth today and was very thin after that. Vet inspectors who suddenly came today asked me what I am going to do with the puppies. I didn’t know. I cannot afford buying so much food for so many dogs. They assured me that the dog and her babies will have great care and lots of food in the shelter. I have enough food for two dogs, but not for nearly 10. Vet visit was surprise to me. I was so confused. I agreed first to give away the dog because of her numerous puppies. Before she was taken I gave her a big bowl of milk, fresh bread and a pot of jam because gas is over and I couldn’t cook rise today.

The car from shelter came. There was nothing inside for puppies transportation. I was afraid that they will die during the transport. The dog started to bring babies outside the car. She didn’t want to go! :( Suddenly I felt sorry for her. She didn’t want to go! Here is her home! I started to cry. But I had signed the papers. I had agreed to give them away. I had to give them away now... The men who came to take the dogs said, that she will be adopted for sure, because she is lovely. I know she is lovely. I told them that I want her back after she will feed babies. In two months. She is in Giżycko now. In the shelter. I don’t have a car. It will be problem for me to go there and bring her back. Maybe I shouldn’t give her away? Maybe I should keep her here while she is feeding puppies? But what with the puppies after two months when they grow big and bigger? This all happened too quick. I didn’t have time to think it over. The vets, exactly one female vet who was enchanted by my horses urges very much on issuing papers for my youngest horses. They will be described and will get passports soon. Horses, goats, poultry, the other dog and cat are fine. Very fine. The vet inspectors have written this in their protocol. Satja also was fine, but after giving the birth was very thing. I didn’t know that she was pregnant. She should get twice as much food than the other dog. And she should eat medicine against worms. Now I have just one dog. The most aggressive one. Very good defending dog. Satja was too mild. Too calm. Maybe let her be adopted by someone from a city? She would have good, warm place to live and lots of good food. Here she had freedom. Here was her home. But my dogs were fighting with each other. Maybe let her be adopted by someone from a city? If she will be missing me, maybe she will run away and come back to me? If she will, I will not let her to be taken away never again. 

I am still in emotional shock. I am still confused. I don’t know if they did right thing taking her away from me. I am not sure if I did right thing letting them to do it. I am totally confused. Now I think that I have 3 litre of milk everyday, rise supplies for next couple of months – enough to feed the dog mum and even her babies. But what later to do with the puppies when they became dogs? At shelter at least they have shelter and lots of food. The shelter is financed by county or state and they can afford to feed all dogs very well. But I feel I did mistake. I shouldn’t let them take her away :((( I am so sorry now... :((( I am shaking now...

Voices

Since some days, I don’t know exactly from when because I didn’t pay much attention to it – I hear new voices.
I thought it was a bird singing. But recently I have learnt that beavers also make such birdlike noises. They whistle. So this sound which I am hearing maybe is just beaver’s whistling? I could see many beaver’s traces in the grass. It looks like my beavers are very active and are able to come very near my settlement. 
Right now I am also hearing a whistling... Very close to the house... It looks like they are everywhere...
I feel a little bit like surrounded by zombies :) Beavers come up only at night. And it’s night. Very late night.
The biggest beaver can have even up to 140cm length. It would be scary to meet such one in my yard at night ;)

Reading Evening

I am spending the evening reading funny short stories about travel traffic in Australia. Well written – and very interesting. So I can learn much about travellers without travelling and meeting them personally... The stories also taught me to be more careful with people. You never know to what they are really up to... ;)
Well, I have some my own experiences with travelling people.
I think the most important in this travel traffic is to remain yourself and don’t let others to fool you up. My farm, my house – my rules. Take it or leave it. It’s also important to express clearly basic rules before people come here. Other hosts have no problems with assertive expression what they expect from others. I also shouldn’t. Maybe I was sometimes too soft or shy. We have now generation alpha. Generation alpha rules. I should be more assertive and tough and clarify things before people come. Then such meetings should be okay and go smoothly. 

Poles

I had to take back horses from a meadow to which they got broken into. It is my meadow, but I want them to graze in orchard first. I have cut some poles for the fruit trees. Not many, because the chainsaw stopped working. But several. Anyway, now need to bring them to the orchard. Okay. Basement. Need to make space there for potatoes. And need to make a gate for the tractor coming across a field. A new cat is visiting my settlement since two days. It is wild, but I hope to tame it. I brought out some milk for him/her. I found more eggs today. Today I will eat pancake because I have already ready pastry for it, but at supper I will eat scrambled eggs.

I think I need to replant these plants to other spots. But rather next year - I have too much other tasks to do now.

Another Active Day

I think I am run out from titles for my posts ;))) 
Today I had another active day which I spent outside. The morning and noon was sunny and warm. I love it. I made some more seedlings, fed poultry dogs and cat, milked goats. I made some order in the stable. I took two goats closer to the house and installed them in the orchard to let them graze on the weeds which horses don’t like to eat. I collected some meant. Horses have eaten most grass in the apple and plum orchard. Only some places are left for goats now.

I wanted to go today to buy potatoes, but first need to make space for them in the basement and also make a gate for the tractor which is to come here through the field with the potatoes. First part of the day was so nice, that I preferred to spend it making seedlings outside in front of the house. The seedlings which I made before looks good. But those which were planted a day later after cutting branches don’t look so good, so next seedlings I will make after preparing containers or pots for them first. They should be planted instantly after cutting them. 
And I think it’s better to remove all leaves, but not always it is disturbing. Some seedlings which have leafs still look good. Maybe leafs help them to start grow roots? Maybe. I need to ask about it at a garden forum.

Now it’s raining and I can use this time for indoor activities. Just I am already tired and need to rest a bit. I also want to listen to some new novel taken from http://www.free-ebooks.net/

I have found a very interesting readings on the Internet which are opening my eyes for many social things and are reading them since hours... until the pain in my back :) I wish I could lie down and listen to it, but the thing is, I can understand better while reading by my eyes than listening to the text spoken by a native speaker. Specially automatic native speaker... ;)

An Active Day

I spent all day outside doing something active. I cut fruit branches and made seedlings from them.
I milked goats. I fed poultry, dogs and cat. I brought some more bricks and pots to make another raised vegetable bed. I moved an electric fence a bit. I made some order with branches lying next to the road. I checked meadows and one part of the river. I took some photos of beavers work. I made some arrangements with some people. Unfortunately I couldn’t buy hay and straw. The men with whom I was talking before didn’t call this time or were not present at home. I don’t like to loose my time. So tomorrow I am going to buy potatoes and make new windows to the stable. A friend of mine is to do the windows. I will need to pay for it to him. 
I could do the windows myself, but I am busy with other things and he is more experienced in such kind of tasks. Days go so quickly... I managed to read a bit about growing fruit bushes. I am using this knowledge in my orchard now. My young trees, these which survived looked decent now. I need to buy for them plastic protectors in order to protect them against hares and deer. It’s late now. I am a bit tired, but not so much. I need to read mail which was delivered to me by postman recently, but I don’t feel like doing this. Maybe tomorrow... but tomorrow is another busy day... hmmm... I am sleepy anyway and want to lie down :) I need to rest.

Some more seedlings.

My Beloved Beavers!

Since a year beavers nest at my land. They build dams at my inner river. Today I discovered another dam. It’s close to my garden, so fantastic – I will have good spot for taking water and bathing... Beloved beavers...

I cannot afford making my own fish pond, I mean deep enough to breed fish, but they did it for me!
I love my animals. They are the best my friends... The pond they created is deep enough for breeding fish...

A friend of mine visited me. Maybe he will move into my house for the winter... We’ll see...

Today I am reading about beavers. I prefer to know how to deal with them and what expect from them. They don't eat fish and even help to fish to survive in winter, because they make wholes in the ice, so fish can breath and survive. That's good. 

I found also an interesting fishermen forum. The men gathered there have amazing experience and  can be much help to me. I would like to learn how to fish... :)

Making more space

Today day is warm. Even very warm. I milked the goats, washed a pot, pour some boiling water in it and left it to rest. I went to one of the stables to see if there is enough room for hay and started to make more space. While being there, I discovered that Jeff left their rubbish. I got angry. The rubbish lay around in the stable. I told him not to bring there rubbish but he didn’t listen to me and did it against my will. Some helpers are really irritating. Now I have extra work with cleaning all the stable from the garbage. I got tired and sweat and returned home to rest a while and eat some plums. Now I am going to goats meadow to change position of some goats who need fresh spots to graze. I need to make new seedlings as well.

I have changed goats position and watered them. Now need to finish cleaning in the stable. I have taken most garbage, but there are some more lying around. I need one more bag for it.