Herbs, Baby Wearing, and Needle Work

Posted on 2008-May-26 at 07:57

It has been one of those weekends when you get to just putter from one homesteading activity to another.  I started my weekend with lots of bread baking - two whole wheat loaves, french bread, french rolls, and cinnamon rolls.  I did all the kids mending in my mending box and we tidied the house.  We watered the strawberries which have their little green berries already.  We weeded, worked on fencing, fed the vinegars, did the bookkeeping, cut the lawn, washed laundry and hung it on the line outside.  Today we are going to a BBQ.

This is the perfect time of year to do your herb harvesting.  Saturday we cut lavendar, sage, peppermint, lemon balm, rosemary, and thyme.  Some of these are medicinal, some for soap, and some for culinary purposes.  These are hung now in our multipurpose food storage room.  They will be dried in a month and we will store them for winter use.  We will continue to harvest and dry throughout the next month.  We have lots of lavendar to cut and dry to use for soap and satchets. 

Another good activity to be doing this time of year, while you wait on the garden for your first harvest, is knitting and crocheting.  I am working on the winter knitting needs like scarves and mittens.  I finished a pink scarf for my youngest and I have a purple chenille on the sticks right now for my 8 year old daughter.  My 10 year old will get a pink one, which will be the next project.  Then I will move on to mittens for all of the them and the boys.

My baby is 4 months old now.  He is doing so well.  We have struggled with an allergy to formula and it has taken awhile to get his rashes under control.  He is doing so much better now.  He is a very good baby - sleeping through the night for the last 3 months, smiling and cooing, and rarely fussy.  I am practicing baby wearing lately with him snuggled in a baby sling around my mid-section whenever practical.  I take him to the garden with me and as I work around the house.  It also works great during church when I need my hands to manage the other little ones.

Have a great week homesteading and enjoy all the activities which bring you closer to the Creator!

Greetings!

Posted by rildapeel1 on 2008-May-26 at 08:46 - Link

Just wanted to drop by and wish you God's best. May your desires come forth for you as you trust in the Lord with all your heart. It is a great day to be alive for our future is as bright as the promises of God. Hallelujah!! Lovingly, rilda *U*

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Posted by a1health on 2008-May-27 at 05:40 - Link

You're really organized! Good for you! Good job with all of your baking.
Blessings,
~Farrah

reading your posts

Posted by Anonymous on 2008-May-27 at 08:49 - Link

Reading your posts has encouraged me to get some projects started. I can only grow a few tomatoes and peppers in pots because we rent our home.

There are lots of other things I can be doing though.

God bless your garden!

Laura of Harvest Lane
http://lauraofharvestlane.wordpress.com