Jenna Woginrich Quotes

It’s okay to live a life others don’t understand.

You can put off your dreams, your desires, your careers, your farms. You can avoid your responsibilities, obligations, promises, and sovereign rights. But any person who wants to make music, and doesn't, is a goddamned fool.

Don't look at your current situation as a hindrance to living the way you want, because living the way you want has nothing to do with how much land you have or how much you can afford to spend on a new house. It has to do with the way you choose to live every day and how content you are with what you have.

I’m not brave at all. I’m just terrified of regret.

The truth is, money silently rips people apart. It’s never spoken of in public, but it’s strongly understood.

It's okay to live a life others don't understand.

You know what I think? I think wasted potential is a lot scarier than feeling overwhelmed. There is no monster greater than regret. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. Yes, I do too much. It’s what I do.

We’re all just trying to live the lives we aspire to.

I don’t see the point in waiting for things to happen to you or hoping the perfect circumstances arrive.

I might have been broke 99 percent of the time, but my money was being funneled into my experience and living the life I’d always wanted to live.

I THINK THE REAL TRICK to finding that sense of satisfaction is to realize you don’t need much to attain it. A window-box salad garden and a banjo hanging on the back of the door can be all the freedom you need. If it isn’t everything you want for the future, let it be enough for tonight. Don’t look at your current situation as a hindrance to living the way you want, because living the way you want has nothing to do with how much land you have or how much you can afford to spend on a new house. It has to do with the way you choose to live every day and how content you are with what you have. If a few things on your plate every season come from the work of your own hands, you are creating food for your body, and that is enough. If the hat on your head was knitted with your own hands, you’re providing warmth from string and that’s enough. If you rode your bike to work, trained your dog to pack, or just baked a loaf of bread, let it be enough. Accepting where you are today, and working toward what’s ahead, is the best you can do. You can take the projects in this book as far as your chosen road will take you. Maybe your gardens and coops will outgrow mine, and before you know it you’ll be trading in your Audi for a pickup. But the starting point is to take control of what you can and smile with how things are. Find your own happiness and dance with it.

My life revolved around my desk at work and my two dogs, who had become so adapted to my world that I no longer thought about their care as any sort of effort. Feeding and walking the dogs were as routine as brushing my teeth and starting up the car.

When your birds are three to six weeks old, place them on the kitchen floor and let them mill about for a minute or two. Then drop a hat in the middle of the floor. The hens will shrink down or run; the males usually lift their heads and look around. It’s their most basic protective instinct shining through.

Australorps are an Australian invention. Hailing from a heritage of Rhode Island Reds and Black Orpingtons, along with a few other high-production breeds, these black birds are serious about laying and have a reputation for high production and sweet temperaments.

You don’t want one cold night to be the end of the lovely chickens you call by name. So continue to harden them off in steps. When nights are chilly, leave them in their pen all day, and bring them indoors to a temperate brooder to sleep. Replace the old 250-watt heat lamp with a 75-watt bulb, and let them learn about cooler nights in stages.