It is obviously a giving time of year. A very inspiring lady has shared another award with me. Melanie shares her enjoyment of Sonlight, a curriculum I'm also now learning to use, along with her creativity, lovely photos and obvious zeal for life with her children.
So, not too much unlike the previous award, I have to tell 6 things you may not know about me.
1. I believe I had an interest in gardening from quite a young age. I remember helping Dad with the weeding once, voluntarily. Not long ago I was discussing this with Dad. He remembered too; I would have been about four. I very unhelpfully pulled out all the rose cuttings he was trying strike (... and it took him all these years to tell me!!)
2. Mum conveyed many frugal tips throughout our childhood, mainly out of necessity. There were many occassions where we'd have the same meal night after night, and the most common thing on the plate was steamed cabbage. Yes, we lived through it, but I still can't eat steamed cabbage to this day.
3. As soon as I was married, I talked hubby into helping me make a no-dig garden. It supplied us really well with fresh greens and beans for 2 years in our rental. When it came time to leave, we just pulled all the mulch/straw back and let the grass grow back. You would never have known it was there.
4. Likewise, when we bought our first home (after the previous rental), the first thing I 'had' to do was the garden. All of the front yard was barren. Now there's no lawn at all; all garden beds. Mind you, it's taken a variety of trials and successes to find what grows best where. I'd planted potatoes in one place to help break up the soil. To this day, 13yrs later, we still have potatoes popping up there.
5. Although I've not seriously pursued it, I did get into a riflery team for a few weeks and enjoyed it. I'm a pretty good shot .. which will be useful if we ever get property and I need to got spotting for foxes. I enjoy archery also and had opportunity to do this whilst in Echuca last year.
6. In my teens, I spent a year doing a bushmanship course. I don't have all my notes now, but certainly have the relevant books. It was an older family friend who gave the lessons through our youth group, and I'm really sorry that he's no longer with us to pass on his love of the bush to my children. Actually I haven't had enough opportunity to exercise these skills, so I should practice! We covered axemanship, knot-tying, fire-making, bush-cooking, orienteering .... I think the bush is calling me now!!!
Now, I've noticed that this award has been doing the rounds, so I'll try and share it with those not nominated before.
- Debbie, if you don't mind sharing, I'd like you to have this award. (I'll send a private email).
- also Hearts and Hands
- Jean's Silk Purse Garden
4 comments:
I know getting a few of these at once can sometimes be a pain but it is a good challenge to try & think outside the box a bit, isn't it? ☺ I've shot a gun just once. lol Love archery. We did a bit of it a few years ago to fulfil Ditz's P.E requirement. I'm a Queen's Guide so I've done a fait bit of bushcraft though it is doubtful I could find my way out of a wet paper bag let alone any bush I got dumped in. Very interesting post.
It's a wonder that you lived long enough to like gardening after pulling out all of the rose cuttings that your father was trying to strike. :P
Seriously though, I love gardening, too.
Blessings,
Jillian
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Thanks Alecat! It's been delightful to learn some little snippets about your life. How wonderful that you got to learn so many bush skills. Those sort of skills are so much fun, and stay with you a lifetime. I'm so impressed that you tried (and liked) rifling. Archery too for that matter. I'm sure if we met we'd be friends in real life too!
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Naww Thank you alecat :)
Thank you also for sharing parts of your life too.
Goodness, now to think of some things many don't know about me :)
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