Greenjeans Farm

Went to the grocery store today to buy a couple of things for dinner.I got in line in the ten items or less linefeeling good that my purchase was less than ten items and bruised that that I only had 20 dollars to spend.January is a tough time for our farm and our bank account!

There was a woman in front of me that I noticed had two frozen pot pies, a loaf of bread, and envelope and a newspaper.She was waiting for her daughter to come back into line that she had sent for something else.The ten or less line is always very urgent and I actually enjoy going through it, because some people are so weird about fast, and I like to make comments that screw around with their heads.Her daughter came back with a gallon of non fat milk and she was looking at it like it wasa twelve pack of coke to one of my kids.The clerk rang it up and she was two dollars short.I could feel her fear and her pain as she paid her cash, (like 15 dollars and then told the clerk to put the 2 dollars on her ATM, I know she was sweating whether it would go through or not. I know that she knew how much a gallon of milk meant to her daughter at that point.It worked for her, but I tell ya I was ready to give her my 20 and walk out of the store with nothing.I actually regret I did not give her one of our cards.Andhope that I see her again sometime.

I pruned the orchards last week.I picked up most of it, but left some in my wake.It has been an extremely nice January this year.Warm afternoons and sunny skies.The grass is growing and Jeff decided to mow last week.

He picked up a few of my stray trimmings to get them out of the way and stuck them in the metal arbor in back.I noticed them this morning and went AHA! Soon the arbor in the rose garden was covered and shored up with cherry branches and the finch sock was full and the finches were happy with plenty of perching places.I had a yellow and black arbor and it was great!