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Season 3 - Episode 227 -It’s time to let the chickens in! · Good Morning From The Chicken Coop!

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  Welcome to the Good Morning from the Chicken Coop podcast with
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  Kim Johnson, your creative strategist and mastermind set
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  coach. Filled with inspiration,
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  distinctions, perspectives, and possibilities, we help you to
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  cultivate a mindset that leads you to create the best version
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  of yourself you could ever imagine.
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  Join Kim every morning from one of her favorite happy places,
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  her chicken coop, along with all her chickens.
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  Hey everybody, good morning from the chicken coop.
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  So today's the day that I open up the garden and I let the
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  chickens go in. And I have to tell you, this is
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  always such a bittersweet day for me when these things come up
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  because it means that the garden is done for the season.
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  And after all the rain we've had and all the rain we've had and
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  all the rain we've had, things got out of hand very quickly
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  because we couldn't get in there to do anything.
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  And quite frankly, I'm spent with the amount of weeds that
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  have somehow permeated in there, which I know it's not as bad
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  once I get in there and start pulling them out, but I can't
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  because it's just so hot to go out there and work in it.
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  And the mosquitoes are now so bad out there.
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  It's just, it's too much. So today's the day I open the
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  garden up and I let the girls go in because they will go in and
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  start to do clean up duty and they will be beyond excited
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  about doing this. But it's always so bittersweet
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  for me because the moment I do it, it means OK, that season is
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  done, that summer is done. And it's it, it, it, it's topped
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  out. And I personally always have a
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  hard time with that because I always in that force of wanting
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  to grow, wanting to shift. Now, why is this important?
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  Well, it's important because everything has its cycles and
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  you have to follow along in the cycles and let nature have do
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  its course. Now, I can go out there and
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  plant a fall garden. I've never planted a fall
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  garden, which is insane that I've never planted a fall
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  garden. But I've always been so focused
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  on having the spring garden, the early things, the summer things,
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  and then letting the ground rest for fall and winter.
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  But this year I think I'm probably going to give it a shot
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  and do some simple things. But I won't be planting them
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  early like right now because it's still so blazing hot.
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  It's going to be further into the fall before I end up doing
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  it. But in any event, the the the
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  force that these girls will be when they get in there is insane
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  because they will go in and they will eradicate any of the grubs,
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  the bugs, leftover seeds. They will just clean this up.
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  Not to mention they will be ecstatic that they get to get in
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  there and do their job. They are like a little
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  rototillers and they can go in and they can make anything a
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  clean path. They'll eat down anything when
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  allowed to go into certain areas.
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  So I'm we're also going to let the bunnies in because the
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  bunnies love to go and just wipe things out and clean it up.
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  Now, this is a really great metaphor for us when we're
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  paying attention to in our lives when something is moving
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  through, coming to a conclusion and allowing something else to
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  come in and do what seemingly is like the end work.
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  But it's really a beginning when you focus on it like this is a
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  new beginning for the garden. This is where it's going to
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  start to make its turn, and then it's going to say, OK, I can
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  repopulate. Now, the whole time the chickens
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  are in there, they are definitely pooping.
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  So all that poop is put back into the ground and then before
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  you know it, everything is in this cycle.
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  And that poop actually turns into a force that helps things
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  grow. So as amazingly as it may seem,
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  that's what happens. So, you know, I've learned so
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  much from watching them grass that I can't stand, that
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  actually gives me a rash on my legs.
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  The little seeds on the end of it, they love it.
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  They love to eat it. I think to myself, holy cow, how
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  is that even possible? I can't stand this grass, but
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  yet for them it's amazing. They love it.
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  They'll seek it out and I try to keep some of it growing long in
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  their run area where they can go in and actually eat it because I
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  can't have it where I'm walking out to the coop all the time.
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  It's this weird funky grass that grows out in the middle of
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  nowhere. So we have this, we have this
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  need to try to put everything in this nice neat little box as
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  humans and say, OK, this is done.
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  This is this is finished, but or this is bad or this is good, but
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  putting things into the box doesn't always work.
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  If you want to put it in a box, think like I do and say, OK, I'm
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  going to leave the lid open because that makes room for
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  possibilities. That's going to make room for
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  new definitions. So as I end this season, this
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  summer season, and I go get ready to go into the next
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  season, I'll start saving seeds from the Zinnia like I do every
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  year. I'll start planting, planning,
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  not planting, planning for next year.
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  I will probably start planning for the fall and saying, OK, do
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  I want to grow, try to grow some broccoli?
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  Do I want to try to grow some things that grow in the cold
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  weather that we will have? Do I want to try to cultivate
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  something different? And the answer is yes.
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  It's just a matter of making sure that when you're doing
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  these things, you're aware of them so it doesn't become
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  haphazard. Because when you're aware,
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  that's where your power comes in.
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  So heighten your awareness. Look for that.
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  Keep the lid of the box open. Possibilities, my friends.
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  I hope you have a blessed day and I'll see you tomorrow.
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  Bye.