Do you ever feel like you have too much to do, and no time to do it. I know that happens to everyone all the time, but I’m in the midst of it, and am feeling overwhelmed. Mostly, I’m feeling this way because of things out of my control.
Rainy day … again
We’ve had weeks of rain. Rain is critical to a farm, and given a choice between too much rain or too little, we’d choose too much. That being said, we need a little reprieve. We have a ton of coffee to pick, and can’t get outside long enough to pick it. We’ve decided today, rain or not, we’re gearing up and picking what needs to be picked. Yesterday, we got to about 14 trees. We have 60 or so, so we still have a lot to do. From the 14 trees yesterday, I’d say we picked about 20 gallons. The trees are loaded, and we’re literally harvesting all the beans on some branches. Our dry racks are full of coffee as well.
It’s not just the coffee, we have lot other things on the farm that need attention. Asparagus needs picking; I’m hoping it hasn’t gone to fern yet. We have a lot of lilikoi on the ground that need picking up. Guavas are falling off the tree (I just see guava jelly rotting on the ground). Allspice needs to be picked and dried … the list could go on and on and on …
We need to build another sheep/donkey house on the property to keep the animals nice and dry during these rains. We do have areas for them, but they’re all being used or inaccessible at this time.
The grotto, which I spend three weekends cleaning out, needs to be weeded. I need to add more orchids and flowers, and some cute outdoor decorations I have.
My son is moving out, so we’re going to be converting his room back to our workout room/storage area and converting the current workout room back to our guest bedroom. It needs to be thoroughly cleaned and painted.
I haven’t finished Christmas shopping; I have NO decorations up at all. I need to mail the majority of the gifts to the mainland, so I must have them wrapped and packaged soon.
I’m going on a business trip for 5 days. I’m back on Friday night – just in time for the weekend! AND, I’d like to get this all done before family starts arriving in a little over 2 weeks.
I know I know, some are thinking, it’s not going to happen. But it will happen. It has to happen. So why I am sitting here blogging, I clearly I have a ton of things to do, and am running out of time. Because this is my life, this is what happens when you commit to living (or trying to live) a sustainable life on a small farm. There are always things that need to be done, and things out of your control always make it harder to get those things done. Because both my husband and I have full-time jobs, all these things have to get done after work and on the weekends.
So yes, the next few weeks will be very busy. This is okay because I’m taking time off during the holidays to enjoy the fruits of our labor this year and spend time with my family. I love having our little homestead, and while it’s hard at times, I wouldn’t change a thing (okay maybe a few tiny things).
Finally, during these heavy rains, we had an ‘io, a Hawaiian Hawk, take cover in our Royal Poinciana tree. He stayed there the better part of the day. I was a little apprehensive to get close to him, but my husband assured me he had no intention of attacking me, so I was able to get this nice shot. He was beautiful. There is a family that lives nearby, and we often see them flying above the house. This is the first time, we’ve had one visit.
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