Bedlam Farm

Today, Maria begins a new daily report from the pasture—rain, cold, heat, snow, or wind.

Good morning.

Sarah’s requests for today: the Pantry is out of all three: Pasta Roni Shells &Cheese, and White Cheddar (12 Pack), $15.73.

As of 7 am on Day 2 of our GoFundMe campaign, we had raised $3,950.

Thank you to everyone who jumped in this morning to kick-start our GoFundMe and help us fuse our blogs.

Today brought the first hard frost; most outdoor flowers died quickly.

Our GoFundMe, seeking $7,000 to merge bedlamfarm.com and fullmoonfiberart, went live at 9 am this morning.

Cambridge Pantry Weekend Support.

This was a good and important day.

Our GoFundMe, seeking 7,000 to merge bedlamfarm.com and fullmoonfiberart, is live.

This weekend, Saturday, October 17, and Sunday, October 18, we’re back to basics: three of the most popular and easiest-to-prepare items.

From Linda: Jon – I would gladly contribute to the blog merge!

A cat lives the way a secret life lives, close, warm, distant, mystical, both sweet and ferocious.

______ Hydrangea The post Our Farm: Why We’ll Never Move To Florida: Leaves In The Wind. appeared first on Bedlam Farm.

Urgent Item of Today: Turkey Gravy Stuffing Mix, $ 0.92.

Every week is Spirit Week in Sue’s class; thanks so much for supporting her in this wonderful work to keep art alive in schools.

One thing I’ve always found interesting about liberals, progressives, and the mysterious “woke” is their dour and deep refusal to be optimistic in any way or even to believe their own numbers and ideas.

Nature can be grumpy and unpleasant, but when she chooses to gift us, she offers things like the collar in Fall, one of the many reasons we never forget the beauty given between the rain and the cold.

Foods that have become almost impossible to get.

No words needed; photos that speak for themselves. ______ ______ My assistant, when the sun came out.

I wanted to update blog readers on our progress fusing our two blogs, which has sparked a very positive response (thanks).

Today, we are continuing our Health Campaign: We’re Close.

The post Video: Sitting In The Wind Last Night.

Food for Thought: “The Devil believes that plelasure is practically unavoidable and that we humans have a natural tendency to do things that please us, from which he reasons that all of our naturel tendencies are evil and that our nature is evil in itself.

It feels like “B (“Braeden”)has been coming here for years; he and Maria are good friends now; he and I have a strong connection; he loves books, and I love giving them to people.

“It sometimes happens that men who preach most vehemently about evil and the punishment of evil, so that they seem to have practically nothing else on their minds except sin, are really unconscious haters of other men.

I am happy not to be writing much about politics; we are drowning in analysis, anxiety, confusion, and hysteria.

Message from the Army of Good To The Volunteers: My family thanks you for the love and concern you show people with less than we do.

Another beautiful Fall Day, sun in and out.

_______Indigo Scarf II 10″x70″ From Maria: “I have three Indigo Hankie Scarves for sale in my Etsy Shop.

Zip, napping while I work.

Maria put the first wave of Zip magnets on her Etsy page yesterday, and half are already gone.

Today’s requests: warm, healthy food, dignity, and family food that’s easy to make; favorite foods: _____ Chef Boyardee Mini Ravioli, 4-Pack, $5.24.

I have good news to share, always a precious thing in our rattled country.

“B” came today; he usually comes on Tuesdays, and he and Maria continue cutting and removing debris from the Apple limb that fell this summer.

_____ After his daily neck-scratching, Zip goes off into the marsh or the pasture.

I had to chuckle at this image of me falling asleep.

________ A special thank you from Nancy and Patricia Yarrish.

Last week, Maria and I both wrote about giving my older blog a new and brighter face – we are fusing our blogs into one while both taking care to retain our individuality.

Zip is checking his kingdom. ________ Last flowers. _________ The hens have a save hide out.

At the beginning of every cooling season, I get a message from Sam or someone like him suggesting I am abusing Zip by not inviting him into the house when it gets cold.

Today, Gladiolas lead a fall flower show – color and light. _____ ______ My assistant is posing for his refrigerator or car magnet.

The much-awaited Zip magnet has arrived, and Maria is deciding how much to charge for it and when to list it on her Etsy page, sometime in the next day or so.

Another needed and uplifting weekend for the Pantry, thanks to the Army of Good.

Maria just finished her new “Misfit” quilt, which is now on sale.

Jon And Me, Merging Our Blogs Into One, A Message From Maria Posted on October 4, 2026 ________ “Jon and I have been playing with the idea of merging our blogs for a while.

The post Our Farm, Monday Morning appeared first on Bedlam Farm.

It was a full and tiring day, also a beautiful and meaningful one.

Sunday Morning, our farm- the pictures speak for themselves.

Today, Maria and I went to ride and walk at Saratoga Battlefield, the largest of five parts that make up Saratoga National Historical Park, a beautiful preservation of the 1777 Battle of Saratoga, a major turning point of the American Revolution.