FREE 21 DAY FIX PREVIEW!!!!

FREE 21 DAY FIX PREVIEW!!!!

Your personal health and wellness is a big investment.  It takes time, energy, and focus.  Investing in a new exercise and eating plan is a big decision that requires some serious thinking!  Beachbody programs are a commitment, and not every program is right for everyone.  It is because of this that I am really excited to announce that I am currently taking applications for a FREE, 5-day 21 Day Fix preview group!  You have seen the infomercials, your friends talk about it, the hash-tags are all over the place... but is "The Fix" right for you?  Join me and find out!  During this 5 day preview, we will cover the following topics:

• What is the 21 Day Fix?
• What are these colored containers all about?!
• How to succeed at meal planning
• Workout Previews and Modifications
• What is Shakeology and why is it important?
• Success Sharing with REAL people who have had great results with 21 Day Fix!

If you would like to participate in this group to find out if the 21 Day Fix is something you should try to improve your eating and exercise habits, fill out the form found here .  

Pine Tree Trail

Pine Tree Trail

Hicks Run, Pennsylvania

"Pine Tree Trail"  The name seems so innocuous, doesn't it?  Like one should expect an easy jog, under the shade of old growth pines, while admiring the forest floor coming to life after a long, cold winter, with ferns and trillium flowers peeking up through the dead leaves of fall...                                                                                                                                 This, my friends is a half-truth.  Shade... check.  New wild plants emerging... check.  Easy jog... not so much!  This run kicked my butt!  I ran 1.5 miles to get to the trail head, then the first 3/4 of a mile were ALL UP HILL.  Like up the side of a mountain... about 800 vertical feet.  Once I made it up to the top of the hill, the area was relatively flat, so I could FLY!  Scooter and I had a blast hurdling logs, negotiating interspersed rocks, and dodging a few rain drops.  I ended up with a total for the day of 6.34 miles in 1 hour and 16 minutes, not too shabby!    

This beautiful and challenging trial is located in the heart of the Pennsylvania Wilds, more information can be found here if you would like to try out your mountain climbing muscles!

New Ferns!

Scooter and I after the hill climb!

Garlic Madness

Once upon a time,in the fall of 2014, my love and I took a litte detour from our normal route and ended up going a LITTLE crazy at the Garlic Festival in Cuba, NY,,,

While walking around rows and rows of booths in the mud and rain, we finally settled on two specific purchases... 10 pounds of white German seed garlic and 1 additional pound of Bulgarian (Rocombole) garlic! 

Let me just say that 11 pounds of garlic is OBSCENE!!!

My tendency to micromanage both processes and results manifested like this...with an  overwhelmingly obsessive tally of heads, cloves, and varieties,.. 

10 pounds of white German resulted in 68 heads of garlic, leaving 357 cloves to be planted.

1 pound of Rocombole garlic yielded 14 heads, leaving 127 cloves to be planted.

After the laborious process of breaking apart all the heads, separating the cloves for planting, the cloves were ready to be sown into the ground, where they would sleep for a long, frigid winter, When the seed sacks were empty and the spreadsheet was tallied, it what was revealed that should all these tenacious plants rise and SURVIVE the late fall and harsh Pennsylvania winter... that we should have no less than... 

484 heads of garlic, and the scapes to boot!

My question to you, my readers, is WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH 484 GARLIC SCAPES?  I have had them pickled, roasted and put in butter, sauteed with olive oil... what do YOU do with these crazy things????

The new babies are getting so BIG!

On March 16th we had several new additions to the farm... namely PEEPS!  We ordered 20 new babies from MyPetChicken.com, including a VARIETY pack!  Yes!  10 assorted "rare breeds" AND 5 assorted Silkies!!!!!!  They have been growing up too fast, here is a preview of the latest development!

No guesses about these pretty girls yet!

This lovely lady is appearing to be a buff polish!  I love her hair!

And what flock is complete without SILKIES!!!!!!  <3 <3 <3