Wishing You ......................................

A Beautiful Day !!

~ Be Blessed ~

JoyceAnn

Around the Farmette .....................................

There's not much going on around the farmette except for the extreme summer heat. Buddy has found him a cool spot though , he spends the early morning hours on the pool deck , then he moves to the concrete pad as the day heats up.


Dh finally dug the waterline and put the spigot up near the chicken coop and goat pen. That is a big help with taking care of the animals during the heatwave we're having.

The echinacea looks beautiful ............

and the first sunflower has bloomed.

I moved my milking wagon ( LOL ) to the shed were the garlic is drying. It's cooler there and less flies to deal with while milking. Hope we get some rain soon , the garden isn't doing so well with the hot and dry weather we're having.

~ Blessings ~

JoyceAnn

May Your Day Be ................................

Blissfully ..................

Blessed !!!

JoyceAnn

Do a Little Dance ..............................

~ Be Blessed ~

JoyceAnn

2011 Garlic Harvest ...............

We planted the garlic back in Oct. 2010 , by Mar it had sprouted and was around 6 inches tall.


We harvested the garlic the end of May .........

It's been curing for 2 weeks now , a few more weeks and it'll be ready clean , braid and hopefully sell some at our local " Grower's Market.

If we do well with sales at the " Grower's Market " , we plan to expand our garlic production this year.

~ Green Blessings ~

JoyceAnn

Ms. Red Fern ..........................

passed away yesterday. I'm going to miss her , she was the hen that followed me and was so nosy , she always got in my way each time I was working outside. She would jump up on whatever I was working with , be it the wheelbarrow , wagon or boards we have stacked under the shed ...... she had also been known to jump on my shoulder to check things out. She was very friendly and didn't mind being handled or petted. She was sick about a month ago , but had gotten better and had been free ranging and acting normal. But late yesterday afternoon I found her lying dead in the hen house , she's definitely going to be missed.

~ Blessings ~

JoyceAnn

Hope Your Day .....................................

is " Beautifully Blessed " !

JoyceAnn

She's Growing Up ............................

Little Joella isn't so little anymore .............

( 3 Months Old )

she's almost the size of her Mom !

~ Many Blessings ~
JoyceAnn

It's Harvest Time ..................................

The cabbage did fairly well although we have grown larger heads. We'll be eating alot of cooked cabbage and coleslaw this month.


The carrots didn't grow very long ..........


but they're sweet , delicious and Little Froggy and I love them.


I harvested all the lettuce and can't wait to grow more this Fall.

~ Garden Blessings ~

JoyceAnn

~ Blackberries and Honeysuckle ~

The blackberries and honeysuckle have bloomed ..........

the berries have emerged. Waiting and anticipating those delicious berries ripening and making the first fresh blackbery cobbler of the season !

~ Natural Blessings ~
JoyceAnn

Late Evening Fun ............

at Nana & Pa's !

~ True Blessings ~

JoyceAnn

Blessings ............................

of a Beautiful Day to You !!

JoyceAnn

Charlotte's Web ....................

Last Friday , Dh , Little Missy and I attended Curious J's school play.

They were a mighty cute cast.


A friend's son played the part of Wilbur the pig.

The ducks are talking to Charlotte about her writing in the web.

Curious J played one of the baby spiders .......................

they're talking to Wilbur about leaving the web.

The little girl on the right is my great niece , she was a baby spider also.

~ The End ~

It's been many a moon since we attended a school play , it was fun seeing all the kids dressed up and a bit nervous about their parts (LOL).

~ Many Blessings ~

JoyceAnn

~ Lemon Balm Bread ~

Since the lemon balm is doing so well I've been looking for recipes that contain lemon balm . Last week I tried this recipe for lemon balm bread I found on Cooks.com , click here for recipe ~
http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,194,149170-234203,00.html ~.

I highly recommend this recipe if you like a very lemony flavor , it's delicious , so I plan to make a few loaves to freeze soon.

What's your favorite Lemon Balm recipe ?

~ Happy Herbal Blessings ~
JoyceAnn