FUN! GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE!

It's MONDAY!  

I figured I'd check out Facebook, and one of my Sandgate friends posted:

just for fun, what day of the week were YOU born on?

Monday's child is fair of face,

Tuesday's child is full of grace,

Wednesday's child is full of woe,

Thursday's child has far to go.

Friday's child is loving and giving,

Saturday's child works hard for a living,

But the child born on the Sabbath Day,

Is fair and wise and good in every way.

here's a site to find out:

Day of the Week you were Born

www.mathsisfun.com

Ever wonder what day you were born on? Well, you can find out with this neat little script. Simply type your date of birth in the box below, and it will tell ya'...honest!

I guess you don't even need an almanac now that the internet is ubiquitous!

Catch you later with some farm news...

Thursday's Child has far to go

It's Thursday morning, the sixth of June 2013.

Remembering why thursday's child has so far to go?  (American Chants and Jingles)

Monday's child is fair of face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace,
Wednesday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go,
Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child has to work for a living,
But the child that is born on the Sabbath Day,
Is wise and fair and good and gay.

Here's how to find out which day you are.  Using any popular almanac's perpetual calendar, you can look up the year in which you were born and then find the actual day!
Quick Farm news:
The weatherman is promising 3 inches of rainfall for tomorrow and we just don't need any more!
Working on the premise that the weatherman could be right, we moved the hen house as well as dug a trench to route troublesome waters away from the planted field.

and there's still more to post!

Wednesday June 5th 2013 - milkingthebean is MORPHING INTO A FARM BLOG

The more time I spend watching our family farm grow, the more I seem to post about it.

So much has happened since I started this milking the bean blog in search of the HEALTHY!

I've learned a great deal about the soy bean, it's uses and mis-uses, as well as a whole lot more about food production.  I have also begun to experience what it means to do the physical labor involved in food production--not so easy--I'd almost rather milk my old Jersey, Secret Soldier Daisy, twice a day in the Cow Palace than hoe, fertilize, plant, watch, pick bugs, weed, weed, weed, weed, wait, pick, wash, process, and finally package--all done in the sunny heat of the day--almost, because all my dread comes from a drilled-in sense of cleanliness drummed into some lil girls in the old days.

From what I gather, it's less wise (globally-speaking) to raise cattle than to grow plants.  There are more and more of us humans, fewer of whom choose to grow their own food.

(It's already the next day--6/6--better say less-post more!)