Every morning when I head to the barn I pass the chicken coop and hear the chickens stirring inside. They go to bed early and wake up early ( I can relate to them). Most of the time I open their coop before I open the barn. For a while the chickens have been leaving […]
Two Fewer Goats
On Friday a nice family from Battleground Washington came down and bought Storm and Randy. It was really hard to see them go. I’m so grateful that they both went to the same home. I don’t think I would have sold them to two different homes. Because they are boys most farms don’t keep them. […]
Zucchini Fries
If you grow zucchini or have ever grown zucchini you know how prolific a producer the plant is. A couple of years ago I ran across a great way to use zucchini. Even those big ones that grow to a large size seemingly overnight. The recipe comes from a very popular blog called “Chocolate Covered […]
Harvest
Last year I had a hard time harvesting the garden on a daily basis. As a result, I wound up with HUGE pickling cucumbers and zucchini. This year I am more successful at getting out there each day. Hopefully first thing after barn chores so I can get it done before the heat of the […]
How Does Our Garden Grow 2015 Edition
We have had very unusual weather this year. Not a lot of rain over the winter and spring. No freezing temperatures last winter to kill off bugs. Very hot temperatures since the beginning of June. Thankfully my husband put in a new soaker hose system. It is really great. Rather than having one hose with […]
My Kitchen Adventures
I thought I would take some pictures of a few of the things going on in my kitchen. In the photo above, I wanted to make “Triple Berry Scones” from my latest issue of Cooks Country. I was measuring my ingredients when my boys came in and announced that they too wanted to make their […]
Michael and His Girls
One morning I took some great pictures of Michael with the goats. We both go out to get the barn chores done and then some mornings we have time to sit and pet the goats. I thought I would share the photos. Show you just how much the goats love him. Jessie loves attention from […]
Basil Cubes
One of the things I needed to harvest this past week was basil. I have five pots of basil and it grows quickly. It was time to preserve it. Long before I ever had anything that could be called a garden (even by city standards) I’ve grown basil. Fresh basil adds so much flavor to […]
Birds
We have so many beautiful birds around our home. Above is an Osprey in a tree by the pond. It is fun to notice the cycle of birds as some migrate through and others are here all year long. Our first venture into science was using Apologia’s “Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day”. We bought […]
A Variety of Happenings
While Michael was in St. Louis we had a tree limb fall. Michael took care of it when he returned home. I was hoping the limb would have destroyed a small tree that it is next to. I want to put an Italian Plum tree in that spot. It missed the tree. Now I have […]
Simple PULSE Professional Home Milking S...
I wanted to tell you about a wonderfully, locally made milking system. Yes, we are no longer milking by hand. The week Michael was in St. Louis it became obvious that doing all the morning chores including milking two goats all before waking up the boys, making them breakfast and then beginning school wasn’t going […]
Honda TL125 restore update
So, its been a few months since the boys and I brought home the “Dirt Bike Project”, you can read about that story by clicking here, and we finally have it up and running! Cheers and Shouts. Here is what it looked like when we brought it home, pretty sad and worn out huh? When we […]