tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post797317121396647166..comments2024-01-21T21:41:49.449+11:00Comments on Foxs Lane: becoming a #flowerfarmerKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04234467488696653117noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-89138135993584553902018-01-10T18:50:18.087+11:002018-01-10T18:50:18.087+11:00Wow, these flowers are so beautiful! I moved to a ...Wow, these flowers are so beautiful! I moved to a house with a teeny-tiny garden last May and can't wait to plant some vegetables and flowers in the spring! I want to grow my own tomatoes (we have the perfect climate for vegetables here in Eastern Austria) and salad and some beautiful roses...Can't wait to have fresh flowers from my own garden at the dinner table! <br />I loved the first days of 2018, I'm spending my last days at my work and then I'm home because we're expecting our first baby girl in March! Exciting times ahead.<br />Love to read your blog!<br />Greetings from Austria<br />Emm.AEmm.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17981784992123443746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-22634415306401401242018-01-08T01:01:38.381+11:002018-01-08T01:01:38.381+11:00I really like your zinnias. I grew them as a child...I really like your zinnias. I grew them as a child and they flowered in spite of my neglect/overwatering at times. Yours look absolutely lovely. Good luck on your course, I hope it's really interesting.Veronikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07355072950243739240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-89107769389333766212018-01-07T11:10:36.018+11:002018-01-07T11:10:36.018+11:00You make me wish I could grow things, but I'm ...You make me wish I could grow things, but I'm so bad at it. But you know what? Maybe it's that bad attitude that's holding me back. So stuff it: I'm going to put dirt in pots and seeds in that dirt and see what happens with some regular application of water. Thanks for the inspiration.<br /><br />Katie @ <a href="http://katiewritesstuff.com" rel="nofollow">Katie Writes Stuff</a>Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17932069562588157361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-64055069406910386642018-01-07T08:38:48.047+11:002018-01-07T08:38:48.047+11:00Oh, zinnias! I grow them in my garden and I think ...Oh, zinnias! I grow them in my garden and I think they are the happiest flowers. I'd love to be a bee and wallow in among those brightly coloured petals a while. Lovely that you are flower farming! MegMeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573371198907761962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-79747969085106923832018-01-07T06:48:11.219+11:002018-01-07T06:48:11.219+11:00those blooms are stunning! im so happy and excited...those blooms are stunning! im so happy and excited for you to start your course. i think i feel a bit like your 2014 self, im just going to try the ole fake it til you make it and in the meantime live vicariously through you! those flowers!!! xLittle Bird, Big Chiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749323550715921737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-28048599301578704562018-01-07T06:39:00.403+11:002018-01-07T06:39:00.403+11:00Do you know what it is that really makes you happy...Do you know what it is that really makes you happy?<br />What a great question. I'm not sure I do but I have some idea and I'm planning to find out more.<br />Love your blog. It's really special. Congratulations on your first steps as a flower farmer!Megan Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15104139262347509955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-23146839157949639272018-01-06T23:31:38.871+11:002018-01-06T23:31:38.871+11:00Another lovely reflective post from you and so int...Another lovely reflective post from you and so interesting how you have looked back and compared your feelings from an earlier year. How lovely to branch out into flower farming. It seems to be an organic development for you (if you'll pardon the pun, and it feels so perfect to complement your food crops. For me, I have to have flowers in the veg patch. A row of purple, golden and green climbing beans interspersed with morning glories and sweet peas is now a permanent fixture in my veggie patch. Happy New Year to you and your Kate, wishing you a year of fulfilment and flower filled journeys xElainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831411538306216262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-30572936103297768462018-01-06T21:02:05.688+11:002018-01-06T21:02:05.688+11:00As a Mum of teen boys, one of which will be 18 yrs...As a Mum of teen boys, one of which will be 18 yrs in a few months I feel I can understand that part. It's tough, emotionally tough and really hard at times. Where did my obedient child go? He's still kind and thoughtful and reasonably helpful but refuses to keep his room 'to my exact standards' his words. So clean clothes are kicked into dirty etc, but we survive. I wish I had all the answers but with his stressing over all sorts and still in college, it's still the same as younger kids really, love him, tell him you love him (low esteem many have today), pick your battles and though I don't abide rudeness to parents, some things are just not worth fighting over. We try our best to eat dinner together in the evening before the teens disappear and encourage them to talk - after dinner if it's very important. And sometimes I just ask them (imdivually) to sit and chat about how they're feeling and ask them to 'think about' how I feel when eg the older one blasted me recently. Usually they understand and thinking about their emotional angry outburst they are calmer (later) and appologise and agree to talk more rather than bottle frustrations.<br />My youngest is 15 yrs but still likes childish type fun though he's very quiet.<br />All the best, it does get easier but growing into an adult is hard work for the parents. I've asked my son to write down one positive thimg about himself each day and read it a few times a day preferably out loud and particularly first thing in the morning before he thinks of a new one. It's helping already, a calm boy atm lol. Cx My Creative Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775981979710429788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-32506805464029711702018-01-05T20:56:56.390+11:002018-01-05T20:56:56.390+11:00Gosh those flowers look so beautiful. What a wonde...Gosh those flowers look so beautiful. What a wonderful job to have and a wonderful title for paperwork requiring your job title: flower farmer 😍.<br />I love reading how happy your renovations have made you. <br />My baby is 17 and I've noticed a huge decrease in the parenting required from me this year, that doesn't mean my emotions and brain space are having an easy time, just that it's so very very different parenting young adults. <br />Cheers Kate simplelifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397507005757292686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-23901296360803066312018-01-05T19:55:12.354+11:002018-01-05T19:55:12.354+11:005 days into 2018 and 5 days into a month long brea...5 days into 2018 and 5 days into a month long break from social media and I'm feeling good! Congrats on your first flower order, I've never grown flowers before but I think after seeing all your beautiful photos I might get some seeds and give it a go - there's some space among my veges. Its been raining all week here but its been a nice excuse to stay home and recover from the rush of Christmas.<br />Did you end up doing the Lightroom course you mentioned in your post four years ago? That's one of my goals this year while I work on learning to use my camera in manual mode!<br />It's nice to hear a reminder that things change even though I know it, I have a 1.5 year old and at times find myself quite overwhelmed by how much she needs of me and how much mischief she manages to get into!<br />I don't comment often but always look forward to your posts on a Friday xoRachaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05993005623986357054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-72786604116517137002018-01-05T17:32:21.447+11:002018-01-05T17:32:21.447+11:00I feel like I am in two very hard parenting stages...I feel like I am in two very hard parenting stages- teenagers, one who is very nearly an adult & im not sure how to parent an almost adult, coupled with little kids who still rarely sleep through the night & demand so much time & attention. I regularly question our sanity for having such a huge gap between kids. Would it have been better to have them all close together? Will I ever be patient again? When will I stop being tired? Am I doing an ok job raising them all? It’s been a hard few months ( years!) so whenever I read about mums coming through the other end it reminds me that I will too. <br />And it’s been stinking hot here but today is lovely & cool. Such relief. <br />I feel good right now. The year has kicked off slowly & nicely so that makes me happy. <br />Reannon https://www.blogger.com/profile/04215161182830545561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4573422992082776289.post-53225465469193405042018-01-05T17:12:01.309+11:002018-01-05T17:12:01.309+11:00Love your macrame pot hanger. So glad you feel you...Love your macrame pot hanger. So glad you feel you are in a happier space. Renovations look great as does the garden. Happy New Year. XLenorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04855438760544665303noreply@blogger.com