Good Moring....today I thought it was about time I write and update you all on my journey to freedom. What have I accomplished in the past couple weeks?

Well...I have my seeds, they arrived in the mail yesterday and I can't wait to get started planting them! They are all heirloom varieties so I can save the seeds for next year too...EXCITING!

I have also gotten my chick order ready and found a local business that will order them and if I am at my other job and cannot pick them up right away they will take them out and feed them and keep them warm for me until I can pick them up. I chose varieties that were good for both egg laying and meat production. I also chose the varieties considered to be heritage breeds, breeds that are becoming harder to find as the years go by thanks to all the commercial selection for mass production. I made sure some are good mothers as I plan to keep a rooster or two and let them make babies for next year! I really can't wait to see little chicks following mama around...so cute. The breeds I am getting are: Domonique, Araucana, Speckled Sussex, Partridge Rock and Buff Orpingtons.

I have also picked up my breeding trio of meat rabbits. I chose a mix of Giant Chinchilla/Flemish Giant and I am going to try for keeping them colony style rather than in cages. I thought to let my grandson name them as they will be around for awhile and he says the boys name is Candyman ....what a hoot, my daughters and I looked at each other and laughed so hard. He is three though and so his thought process is the Easter Bunny brings him candy...hence Candyman.... The girls names are Cookie and Lollipop, lol! I told him he couldn't name the babies when they are born and he says why Mammy? Well, because we won't be keeping them....that is my story for now, he is only three after all and I don't think he'd understand why mammy is going to eat the cute fuzzy bunnies :)

As for Chantelle's Green Cleaning Service? I have brochures made up and about half of them handed out so far, I've updated my website and FB pages and I may have one job but it's only once a month but hey....it's a start! If I could just land that one cleaning contract with a doctor's office or something similar...a place that needs at least a once a week cleaning....I know it'd take off after that! This would give me more time to devote to farming, Five Rivers and my family!

Well...that's all for now...next steps? Planting my seeds, breeding those rabbits (the girls will be old enough at the end of March) and trying to land that first big contract! Wish me luck :)