getting started

Well here it goes- my first blog entry. I'm excited to get this started. I guess I'll start by telling about the farm. We have 30 acres in a rural area of Georgia we're about 45 minutes southeast of Atlanta. We have lived here about 6 years. My husband, Allen has a full time job as a heating and air subcontractor. We have 3 boys-
Logan 8, Evan 6 and Jared 4 who are homeschooled.
Since most of our land is wooded our main focus right now is clearing and planning. We do have a moderate size family garden that I have been adding leaves to amend the soil. I also hope to start some shiitake mushroom logs in the next couple of weeks. We also have chickens- 15 or so layers and lots of bantams (small chickens. I am getting close to 6 eggs a day now, this spring I hope to have enough eggs to start selling at a local market.
It has rained here the past 2 days so I haven't been able to rake. I did get to go fabric shopping yesterday without the boys. It was really nice. I also scored some fabric at the local Goodwill. Have a look...

fabric for Jared's pj's

fabric for gifts