
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Party Time .................................................

Monday, August 30, 2010
Giveaway Monday: Wooden Dragonfly

Click here ~ Giveaway Monday: Wooden Dragonfly ~ for your chance to win this cute little dragonfly made by Mamaroots !
~ Blessings~
JoyceAnn
Sunday, August 29, 2010
~ Rhythm of the Drumbeat ~
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Share with Me Saturday ......................................
I enjoyed reading " A Food Ladder " over @
http://lizzylanefarm.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/a-food-ladder/ , I believe we need to practice " living green " just as our ancestors did , if we want to change our environmental woes.
Peggy over at @ http://hiddenhavenhomestead.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-house-on-homestead.html ~ shared a wonderful " trash to treasure idea , I think you will enjoy.
And ........................
Check-out the wonderful redo of a vintage pillowcase over @ http://notdabblinginnormal.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/pillowcase-purse/.
Hope you enjoy the links !!
Have you recycled , reduced , reused or upcycled any items lately ?
~ Green Blessings ~
JoyceAnn
Friday, August 27, 2010
Around the Farmette ........................................


Wet guineas , aren't happy guineas.

Keeping watch !!

We have a second broody guinea hen , so we put the little holding pen over her nest. I close the door at night and leave it open during the day. Hopefully it will keep the predators at bay.

I thought the problems with the guineas and chickens had worked out , but sometimes the guineas won't let the chickens in the coop to the nesting box. So they've found an alternative.

Dh bought the plastic piping so we could run a waterline to the chicken and goat pens. It's been so dry that he hasn't attempted to lay the waterline yet , so I put the pipe on top of the hay to keep the chickens off the hay.
That didn't work so well , it's actually made the perfect nest , so they've been using it when the guineas are on the warpath and won't let them in to lay.

And ........ look at this old beauty that hubby brought home , he's planning to sell the parts. But , I've taken a liken to that old truck and it's nostalgic look , so we may fix it up in the future. It would make a beautiful old farm truck , don't you think ?
Hope you have a " Wonderful " weekend !!
~ Be Blessed ~
JoyceAnn
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Yesterday's Barter ..........................................
A dozen of fresh eggs .................................
Have you did any bartering lately ?
~ Simplest Blessings ~
JoyceAnn
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Saturday Afternoon ..........................................



Monday, August 23, 2010
Future Farmer ?




Then he found his first orange mato , as he calls them and the gathering was on ...........................................

after he checked his first tomato carefully (LOL).

He wanted to pick the baby green tomatoes , but Nana told him he needed to pick the orange tomatoes.

until ...............................
As we started back , we found Ms. Fern checking out the tractor.
He gathered 2 small cucumbers and the salad tomatoes in his basket. We've got so tickled at him lately , all summer he has been trying to eat the salad tomatoes. He doesn't like them , he'll bite into one and spit it out , but he keeps trying to eat them (LOL). He loves fresh salsa and anything made with tomatoes , so I'm not sure why he doesn't like the fresh tomatoes. It maybe the texture. I'm sure he'll like them as he gets older and he may just be a " future farmer ".


Hope you had a wonderful weekend !
~ Simple Blessings ~
JoyceAnn
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
~ Share with Me Saturday ~

~ Using Herbs ~
100 Meter Diet Plus More @ http://100mdiet.blogspot.com/2010/08/buddys-in-dog-house.html shares a fresh baked herb snack cracker recipe , using goat butter and goat milk , look for the recipe in the comment section on the post above. I'll be baking snack crackers next week for sure. I found this blog last week and have enjoyed reading about his challenge of doing a 100 meter diet for 1 year , you may enjoy reading about "Peskychickens" diet too.
Backyard Farming has a great post about making herbal sachets to use in the dryer , you can read about them here ~ http://backyardfarming.blogspot.com/2010/08/dryer-sachets-diy.html ~ I'll be making some soon , for the upcoming winter months , when I use the dryer a little more.
Flassies's Fil'a @ http://wwwflassiesfila.blogspot.com/2010/07/mosquito-repellant.html ~ shares a link on how to make lemon balm mosquito repellent. I made catnip repellent last year , it's works well , we're still using it this year. My catnip died this year due to the drought , but I have lemon balm and plan to start a concoction of lemon balm repellent right away. Thanks for sharing Flassie !
~ Learning Something New Each Day ~
Comfrey Cottages @ http://comfreycottages.blogspot.com/2010/08/not-everything-is-pretty-about.html ~ has an interesting post about butterflies. I love learning something new each day and I did learn something new about butterflies this week. Although I could have lived without this knowledge , it's just the way nature's food chain works (LOL).
* Eat ~ Pray ~ Love ~ Giveaway *
Mother Moon is having a wonderful giveaway. Click here ~ http://mothermoonsmessage.blogspot.com/2010/08/eat-pray-love-giveaway.html ~
and leave a comment on her blog post for a chance to win.
And Last but not Least...........
Share with Me Saturday
Blog world is filled with so much wonderful information, recipes and tips , so let's share some of our favorites each Saturday. Here's how ~ Each Saturday , blog about your favorite blog post you've been inspired by during the week , add links to those blog post so we can visit , use " Share with Me Saturday " as your title. You can share about animal care , animal stories , art , crafts , giveaways , herbs , hobbies , nature , photography , poems , quotes , recipes or other interest. Leave a comment here saying " I'm Sharing ". Readers can click on your name to visit and see what you're sharing for the week. I may add a linky later on if we continue this each Saturday , but I don't have time today. Hope you'll share some of your favorite finds from this week today.
~ Be Blessed ~
JoyceAnn
Friday, August 20, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Natural Beauty .........................

The sunflowers are blooming , yesterday afternoon , Little Missy and I found this swallowtail butterfly enjoying the largest bloom.

Most of the blooms are small , they're suppose to be mammoth sunflowers. Since we haven't had much rain , they aren't so mammoth but they're still beautiful.

The chickens followed us as we were walking , they're nosey birds (LOL).

Little Missy helped water the herbs , she's a wonderful little helper.

As we were finishing the watering , we spotted another pretty yellow moth on the lemon balm. It was a wonderful evening , enjoyed sharing so much natural beauty with my little helper.
What natural beauty have you enjoyed lately ?
~ Be Blessed ~
JoyceAnn
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