Grow Lettuce Grow: super cool backyard and a new dairy

i really should be working on the garden and sowing more seeds, but after a 1/2 day at work, a movie, a belly full of dinner, and trying to recover from either allergies or the creepy crud, all i feel like doing is sitting here and looking at garden blogs. this, of course, reminded me that i needed to pop up a little post on my own blog in order to show you my new favorite super cool backyard (which unfortunately is NOT mine). i've been reading through all my copies of organic gardening and mother earth news, and i came across this article about folks homesteading in an urban environment. ok, so it's not the first time i've read about this, however, until now, i have yet to be thoroughly awe struck and completely motivated to turn my plot into something beyond a cute little garden. here is their super cool blog and here is a picture of their super cool backyard. and even better than that, i showed ray the pictures and he is totally on board in trying to accomplish something similar at our house! now i just gotta drag out the thick, thick, super thick book of the neighborhood rules and restriction to see exactly how far i can take this without getting into a big heap of trouble. not to mention that i have started a little notebook about green lawn care and alternatives to a grass lawn for ray and he is all about it. but it's not like he has been using chemicals on the yard. no chemical here folks. boy does he ever like to hand pick his weeds. he'll do it for hours like some kind of weed meditation. (wow, now that i read that back, it sounds so...so....so dirty!!!) so soon i will be posting up pictures of the yard as it looks now and will keep posting as we progress on the new project.
till then i leave you with pictures of the new dairy where i am now getting my raw milk. not that there was anything wrong with the other dairy, but this new dairy has some definite benefits. for one you can go there and get milk at anytime day or night, and since they have a bigger production they are never out of the milk. also they have butter, buttermilk, and cream for purchase that is made with their raw milk, as well as, fresh pasture raised eggs. yummy!!

new dairy.

cows roaming freely in the pasture.

so the cows are on one side of the street and the milking parlor on the other side.

check that out!!!!
look at them crossing the street all orderly and such.
i'm sure the thrill of it is gone for the kelseys, but that was one of the coolest things i've seen in awhile.