Far from Farmer Girl

This weekend we bought the usual groceries and now the usual chicken feed, and while we were at the store I bought a new weeding hoe for the garden. This year we are slowly buying tools we will need for the larger and more unforgiving property slowly as we don’t have a big chunk of change to spend willy-nilly like we did last year when we sold the house and were remodeling. Each little purchase has to be determined if it is going to be worth it to make our lives easier or more enjoyable rather than a spur of the moment “throw it in” kind of attitude. My 9 year old and I took a silly photo shoot and he thought they turned out dope so I just have to share.

We also had the usual Ellensburg wind blowing so I’ve got some exceptional JLo hair going on in these photos as well.

Other than the plethora of tools Shane already had, some of the tools we have slowly added to our homestead in the recent year, or hope to add include:

Tractor with attachments
Extendable tree trimmer and saw
Muck boots (the boys currently have Bogs and they are great!)
Insulated and uninsulated work gloves
Garden hoe
Bulb planter
Row hoop
Two-wheeled wheelbarrow
Rake
Snow shovel
Trowels
Pointed shovel
New frost-free spigots
Galvanized garbage cans
Small animal carrier
Tin snips
Cordless electric drill
16’ adjustable ladder
Cordless leaf blower

And many many more. Having the right tool makes the job so much easier! Until then we will be making do and promise to keep trying new things.

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