Well, I guess it is harvest time. In the past two weeks I have stored up a few loads of dried apples, a couple ice cube trays of basil, keep adding pickling cucumbers to my refrigerator dill pickles, made a couple of apples pies, canned nine pints of sweet lime pickle chips and did a […]
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 […]
Cucumbers a Plenty
My cucumbers are growing splendidly. Not the pickling kind of course. The regular eating kind are going gang busters. I decided to try a refrigerator bread and butter pickle. I wasn’t sure that regular cucumbers would be good as pickles. Not wanting to waste time canning something that wouldn’t turn out I went with the […]
Dried Apples
One of our apple trees is called an Early Transparent. That is the only apple tree I’ve been able to identify so far. I have a list the previous owners gave me. It just doesn’t specify which tree is which apple. How did I know that this one was the Early Transparent? An avid lover […]
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 […]
Things Boys Do
The idea for this blog was to keep family and friends updated on our new life here at Salt Creek Farm. God always has even better plans. This blog has made me stop in my busyness and notice the things my boys are doing. Such as…… Finding garter snakes and playing with them . They […]
The Beauty of Nature
It was a beautiful sunset last night. And a magnificent misty morning. Have a wonderful Friday and an excellent weekend. Karen
A Man’s Got To Do What a Man’s Got To Do
Nicholas is always thinking. Thinking things up. Today he asked me if he could re-arrange the furniture in his room. He likes to do that. I told him yes with two requirements. 1) You don’t hurt yourself and 2) You don’t damage anything. He was in his room for a couple of hours. Here is […]
Mourning Dove Rescue
Monday morning I hear the dreaded thud on a front window. It happens more often than I would like. I guess you have to expect it since this house is full of large windows. I walked cautiously to the window and looked out with my eyes half closed. I hate seeing dead birds. There she […]
Dirt Bike
My brother-in-law Brian bought himself a nicely priced dirt bike. After visiting here he thought that we would enjoy using it for a while. Michael was on that thing as soon as it arrived. Of course he wanted company and there was no way I was getting on it. Joshua jumped at the chance. A […]