Hi there, We had some fun stuff going on over the weekend. We decided that the chicks were big enough to roam the coop. We put them in the wire enclosed outside portion of their chicken coop while Joshua and Nicholas spread the pine shavings on the floor inside the coop and set up the […]
Various Things
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 […]
Roasting Tomatoes
Life is busy. Harvest. School. Chores. Appointments. Do you remember this picture? Well those ended up being two loads in the food dehydrator. I tried slicing them on the thick side by hand. Missed using my mandolin which makes things go lighting fast but we like the texture of the thicker slices. In the midst […]
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 […]
What’s Up
Hello everyone, I can’t believe it has been a week since my last post. I can believe I haven’t had any time to write a post. The last I reported we were headed to the beach to celebrate me and Joshua’s birthday. Do you think the boys had fun? You wouldn’t have guessed by this […]
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 […]
Such a Busy Time of Year
Some of you may be wondering why you haven’t been hearing from me. I’ve sent very few emails and made even fewer calls. Well, it’s been busy. August begins the harvest. The pickling cucumbers have been prolific and then there were the black berries to deal with. Besides the various ways previously described of making […]
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 […]