It's a beautiful day in Connecticut with a bright sun, cool weather, and birds chirping! The plants spend the day outside soaking up the sun and growing like wild in the night. We had our nephew help us to clean the yard and spread mulch and clean the goat pen last weekend. I love the spring, that is the time of the new year, when the asparagus starts to poke its head up from the dormant soil, the strawberries start to stretch their leaves out, the bulbs start to hatch their beautiful flowers. I love opening the windows to the fresh air and hanging the clothes in the sun and walking with the dogs in the woods again. So happy new year to all of you!
Be well!
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011
GRAND RE-OPENING!
Today, April 2, 2011, is the GRAND RE-OPENING! We will have taste testing and a kids activity and a free petting zoo! We can't wait to see you all again this year and we can't wait to show off our new offerings! Be here or be square!
Sunday, March 20, 2011
New artists have joined us!
We are really excited about all the new unique and wonderful pieces we have to offer at the Connecticut Country Store! And LOTS more plants and varieties! We are working our tails off and looking forward to showing off on April 2! Come and join us and see the Circle K Farm animals free petting zoo!
Check out this awesome Easter Beach Bag!
Your kids can customize these tote bags with some crayons and imagination! Machine washable!
These summer dresses are the cutest - all hand made! Custom orders available!
What is more awesome than mother/daughter aprons!?
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Spring has sprung on our little hobby farm!
By the time we got home from the store tonight the sun was long gone and the chilled air made my fingers ache. I walked down the road on the farm towards the goat barn and the ground pulled at my boots. You could smell the wet earth in the air and it made me smile. Spring is finally coming after a hard and long winter.
By the time I got to the pen the goats are yelling up a storm and climbing up the fence, they know I am late with dinner and they will not let that pass! I quickly throw the grain in the trough once I get through their greetings. As they quietly munch on their grain I unhook their door, fill their hay bin, and clean and fill their water. Once their bellies are full they are pleasant and nudge my hand for petting; stretching their heads high in the air for me. They are how I get through rough days in the office or sad events in my life. They try to follow me back out of their barn as I leave and I say goodnight.
Back at the house I visit the bunnies in the basement and change their litter and fill their food and give them treats and fresh water. They are a little out of sorts since all the plants moved in – around 18,000 plugs to start and more on the way in a few weeks. People are planting all day down there and they miss out on their normal sleep time. That and I forgot to dry apples last night for them. They throw apple sticks and toys at me in frustration. I pet them and they settle down, but I better not forget again.
Upstairs in the kitchen John is making pasta salad and veggie burgers with feta for dinner – a nice summery meal in celebration of the warm weather to come. The dogs and cat have been fed and it is quiet except for my fingers on the keyboard and the cutting of the celery.
This has been a good day. Be well.
By the time I got to the pen the goats are yelling up a storm and climbing up the fence, they know I am late with dinner and they will not let that pass! I quickly throw the grain in the trough once I get through their greetings. As they quietly munch on their grain I unhook their door, fill their hay bin, and clean and fill their water. Once their bellies are full they are pleasant and nudge my hand for petting; stretching their heads high in the air for me. They are how I get through rough days in the office or sad events in my life. They try to follow me back out of their barn as I leave and I say goodnight.
Back at the house I visit the bunnies in the basement and change their litter and fill their food and give them treats and fresh water. They are a little out of sorts since all the plants moved in – around 18,000 plugs to start and more on the way in a few weeks. People are planting all day down there and they miss out on their normal sleep time. That and I forgot to dry apples last night for them. They throw apple sticks and toys at me in frustration. I pet them and they settle down, but I better not forget again.
Upstairs in the kitchen John is making pasta salad and veggie burgers with feta for dinner – a nice summery meal in celebration of the warm weather to come. The dogs and cat have been fed and it is quiet except for my fingers on the keyboard and the cutting of the celery.
This has been a good day. Be well.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
GRAND OPENING APRIL 2, 2011!
Wow! OK, we are moving out of hibernation and running with the warm weather! 18,000 plugs and rooted cuttings to replant, the store to refill, the momentum has begun! John has done some awesome work to pretty up the greenhouse and the store, mom and I have been making fun stuff to display, our artists are hard at work and the farmers are shaking off the long winter. We will be re-opening April 2nd!!!! We can't wait to see everyone again and show off our wonderful plants, each hand dipped in Quantum growth and gently replanted into inviting soil. You don't need a green thumb, you need Connecticut Country Store plants - the key to success!
Sunday, January 23, 2011
It is cold in New England, but we are already getting ready for the heat!
This morning John swore he saw the goats shivering! He warmed up chopping wood with a friend and I stayed warm baking bread inside. Spring is in the air, though, the plant plugs and seeds are on their way, just another week before we are buried in soil and pots and plants :) Right now we are looking forward to it, in a few weeks we might be feeling differently.....
Meanwhile, I am taking this quiet winter time to read up on farming and sustainable practices and making this life we are building work. The newest book I started reading tonight is "The road to my Farm" and I already see this paralell of wanting to do it all. This is a mistake I think I am making. Doing too much can lead to mediocre work. I think what I would like to try to do this year is really focus on what I can do now with what I have and the knowledge base I have started. I'm not sure my personallity will let me do this, but I'm going to try. I'll let you know how it goes.....
Be well!
Meanwhile, I am taking this quiet winter time to read up on farming and sustainable practices and making this life we are building work. The newest book I started reading tonight is "The road to my Farm" and I already see this paralell of wanting to do it all. This is a mistake I think I am making. Doing too much can lead to mediocre work. I think what I would like to try to do this year is really focus on what I can do now with what I have and the knowledge base I have started. I'm not sure my personallity will let me do this, but I'm going to try. I'll let you know how it goes.....
Be well!
My Interview is now on the internet :)
In December I did an interview on Charter Public Television to discuss my pottery. If you go to this link and select 'Watch' at the lower left hand corner you will come to a page where you can select Artists Authors from a drop down menu. I'm the first one. It was a lot of fun and a great group to work with. Hopefully it will inspire me to get more work done in the studio so I have more pieces in the store!
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