Aug 26 2010
Sunshine – what a blessing
We’ve waited all summer for the sun to shine and warm up the ground, the garden, the chickens and the children. It seemed to take forever, until this week where we’ve felt the warmth of the sunshine on our backs as we complete the daily chores around the homestead. My busy days are spent hanging laundry every day, ironing, harvesting the garden, cooking, canning, tending to the needs of the children, and now this week beginning homeschooling again. This is the life for me and I can’t imagine doing anything different – it’s what I’ve been longing for, for many years now, and the Lord has answered many prayers.
It has been a very dreary summer, with little to no sunshine. My garden is dying quickly because of the lack of sun. My tomato plants produced about 12 tomatoes, but the vines are dying, as well as the tomatoes are turning brown. The beans are just beginning to flower as well as the butternut squash. Our corn hasn’t progressed past the 4 feet level and the ears are about 6 inches in length. We did however, have an abundance of carrots, lettuce, broccolli, parsley, cabbage, spinach and onions. I am constantly reminded that God is in control of everything here on the farm – even the weather and how much the garden grows. It was a good learning year for me and I’ve learned several things to make next year even better. A greenhouse is in our plans for next summer. The General Manager’s (my hubby’s new nickname) “honey do” list continues to grow because of me.
The sunflowers are beginning to bloom in the warm weather we’ve had this week. The girls are looking forward to a large supply of sunflower seeds to eat during the winter months (if the sunflower seeds last through the fall).
Even our chickens are enjoying the extra sun and we are watching them to see if we’ll get more eggs because of the warmer weather. We think Hawk might actually be fertilizing some eggs at this point.
Our egg stand is by far the talk of the town and for the last several weeks we have been sold out more than not.
I am just amazed at how blessed we have been- so many in our little community have been supportive of our little farm by purchasing our eggs – here I was worried and doubtful that with 28 hens laying every day, we’d be stuck with about 6 dozen extra eggs each week and instead we are short on supply for the demand. Instead I need to remember, Matthew 21:22 “And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.” God continues to bless our endeavors ten fold. Our egg money is going towards preparations to add some rabbits to our homestead and perhaps a goat this fall when Anne starts 4 -H.
My beautiful flowers finally think that it is summer – blooming in all their glory. I pray that we will have a long Fall filled with warmth for them to shine God’s glory. The children have been playing on the new tire swing that the General Manager put up for them last weekend. When mom gets new tires on her truck – the kids get a new tire swing out of the deal. It is such a joy to watch them swing on it for hours at a time. They each attempt to rush outside early in the morning so to be the first on the swing. When not on the swing, you’ll find Tractor Boy and Abby riding the gator around the yard – just be sure to watch out for the swinging tire! I don’t seem to be getting any comments because of homestead blogger’s new format, but I so appreciate each of my readers as I watch the counter go up each day. I feel so blessed that you keep up with our family. May God bless yours today.


































