Well it is Friday and time to focus on chores. Over the past ten days or so I have snapped a few pictures of some things that have interested me. Here they are… One day I went outside and happened to look down at our door mat that is just before you step up to […]
The New Building (aka Man Cave)
This is Michael, making my first official post. Before we even moved to a new house, one of the “must-haves” on our list was a shop. This would be a place to store camping gear, work on our cars, build things, oh and of course retreat to some peace and quiet on this farm that […]
Canning Tomatoes
I’ve been waiting for what seems like an eternity for the tomatoes to ripen. My hope is always to get most of the canning done before the new school year begins. Tomatoes in Oregon are notorious for taking their own sweet time. Well finally, it was time to pick tomatoes. In my first haul of […]
What Boys Do
God has graciously provided a very productive garden for us this year. The winter squash are so productive that they hide other vegetables. Namely cucumbers. Yesterday I went in search of cucumbers after avoiding the garden for a few days. Although I do try to get out to the garden daily and search for produce […]
An Even Dozen
Buchanan Cellars called this morning to tell us that they received more Astralorp chicks and if we wanted more we could come by and get them. Here are our two new chicks. I’ve started calling the one on the left “precious”. She is just so cute! Our new chicks are exactly one week younger than […]
Chicks Rule
Finally. After nearly 15 years I am not the only female. Three months after getting married Michael and I brought home the most adorable BOY Beagle puppy. From then on every living thing added to our home has been a male. Moving to the farm added yet another male with the addition of Luke. I […]
A Monday of Ups and Downs and Ups and Do...
We had quite the roller coaster of a Monday. It started in the usual way of the boys and I doing school and Michael working. Then Michael left around lunch time to drive up to Sherwood to pick up our new dining room table that Wilson made for us. Who is Wilson? He is a […]
How Does Our Garden Grow– Update
I worked in the garden today for about seven hours and I thought you might like to see how it is coming along. Here is one of the pictures from July. Here is a similar shot from today. Here were our tomatillos in July. Here they are today. I have a ton of winter squash […]
Fire Pit
Last night we had a fire. It was more of a utilitarian fire than the sit by the fire, roast marshmallows and keep warm. After all, it was still well into the 80’s when we lit the fire. We had a ton of old base board/trim to burn. Over the past weeks Michael has replaced […]
The Good the Bad and the Downright Frigh...
There is a dark side to living in the country. No, it isn’t people turning old toilets into planters. It isn’t even the library that is smaller than my laundry room. It is the critters that live side by side with you and you don’t even know they are there until you run smack into […]
Another Rescued Bird and Two Dead Mice
While the lower field was being mowed Joshua found a fledgling bird hopping around. He worried that it wouldn’t survive on its own. He caught it and made a home for it in the cage previously occupied by the Mourning Dove. Cute little thing. It slept in the cage in Joshua’s room that night. It […]
Being Productive
We love all the work that we do here on the farm. Even the boys. They frequently mention how glad they are that we moved here. They even like the work. They think it’s fun. They helped their dad build a compost bin. It will be so nice to have compost for the garden. Nicholas […]