My Mom's birthday was Saturday and we had a " Sunflower Princess " party for her on Sunday. So I was busy baking , cooking and decorating this past weekend.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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 ......................................
" Living Green " was a way of life for our ancestors.
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
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 ........................................
Hey , there's a new kid in town (LOL).
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 ..........................................
Saturday morning after we came from the garden , Little Froggy had to check-out the garden bench. I thought I had posted this photo on my last post , but after I published it , realized I didn't show this pic. So here's the garden bench that Dh finally finished , I'll probably paint the seating board brown. He also sprayed a coating on the bed to seal the rust (LOL) , I like it natural.
Saturday I made 2 loaves of pineapple-zucchini bread , they were gifts for a birthday celebration we attended Saturday afternoon for my niece and her Dad. I also gave each of them a dozen of fresh eggs and a few heads of garlic.
My niece and all of my grandsons had a fun time in the pool at the party. Little Missy accidentally fell in and she wasn't to thrilled about getting in the pool after that.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Future Farmer ?
Saturday morning , Little Froggy and I ventured out to let the chickens out of the coop and feed all the critters. Little Geronimo was strutting his stuff and I got the photo to prove it (LOL).
Gathering the tomatoes was next on the agenda , but we discovered that Ms. Crew was being slack on her job again.
Little Froggy tried to help her up , but she was out , so we just let her be.
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.
Here's one Nana !
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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