Thursday, July 31, 2008
NEW BLOG
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I am going to be making a new homestead blog. Due to a past "friend" and I will use that term VERY lightly........and harassment from her. I will be contacting my friends here on the list to let them know where I am at. Please look for me. And understand I wont be able to give you the new link because I dont want the negative energy that is being thrown at me her from her. Dont look for the negative posts. I wont give her the satisfaction. I deleted them! Thanks see you on the other blog! |
Friday, July 25, 2008
Obviously I have nothing to worry about....
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Obviously I have nothing to worry about. Many of you sweet people responded to my question, which tells me that my blog is being read. I dont know why I was even worried if anyone was reading it....silly me.... Thank you for responding. I do cherish the friendships I have made here on homesteadblogger! |
Thursday, July 24, 2008
just a question........
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I was wondering......Maybe I just dont understand things, but I got a blog counter and I dont have much traffic on my blog. I have also never been tagged....WHICH I REALLY DONT WANT TO BE.....but I noticed that I dont have much traffic. Is there something I am missing? |
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Beans.....Beans......
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I AM SO TIERD....................I did a crazy thing yesterday....I bought 60 lbs of green beans at a produce stand for 40 cents a pound. Today I made 20 qts of dilly beans, and when I am finished tonight there will be 75 qts of canned green beans! I will be doing about 14 more tommorrow morning. And......DH went out to our garden and came it with a big bucket of our own green beans! WE have enough for more than one jar a week! I started at like 8am and it is 938pm right now and I still have to pressure cook about 3 batches! I am hot, tierd and sore. Didnt think a little vegetable could do that to ya.........? |
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Tooth fairy coming around entirely too much!
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The tooth fairy has come around here entirely too much lately. About a week and half ago. My youngest lost her first tooth ( much to the shugrin of her older brother (by 16 months)He hadnt lost any at this point). About 5 days later, my middle son fell on a poll and lost the same bottom tooth. Then yesterday they youngest lost her tooth that was next to the one she previously lost......TODAY....her older brother lost the tooth that was next to the one he had lost! UGH! I guess we wont have to spend as much on toothpaste! heeheee!!! |
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Cherries.....
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A friends son was selling cherries to go on a trip to Australia, for $1.00 a pound. So I just bought 20 lbs worth!! Came home, immediately washed them. Took the stems off and put a gallon of them in the fridge to eat off of for the next few days!!heehee.... And I froze 8 qt bags of them. We love to pull them out of the freezer and suck on them. They are like little cherry popsicles! I have tried canning cherries in the past. The kids just dont like them that way. I will eat them that way, but prefer them frozen myself! Off to make dinner.... |
Thursday, June 26, 2008
YIPPEEE TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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My sweet hubby found us some wonderful trees to put on our homestead! We have none, besides the fruit trees that we planted in our orchard. I cant wait to have some shade. It will be a few years but we will have some. He bought 10 globe willow trees! I hear they grow like 10 feet a year! Isnt this great!!! |
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Strawberries here, strawberries there.......
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This weekend some people from church told us they would be disking in their field of strawberries. They were everbearing! Tristar is the name. They asked if we wanted to dig any starts out. My hubby said sure. They said take as many as you want!!!!!! Well DH dug the whole thing up! We planted about 1200-1500 starts! We gave DH sister about 500-600 and the mennonite family down the road about 800! It took about a day to dig them and then another day to prepare our ground and plant them. My legs are so sore! We have watered them for about 24 hours. I read that they really need water to transplant well! What a blessing to have been given so many starts! I now know what it means when it has been where much is given, much is required! Boy was that hard work! We should have so many strawberries next year! We planted them next to our orchard. This will make it easier to water both areas. |
Monday, June 16, 2008
STRAWBERRIES
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I am sitting here listening to that sound that every canner loves..... plink......plink......plink...... We got up early today and went to a U-pick strawberry farm near here and picked 2 flats of strawberries. For $12 a flat. Wish we had some. We just planted 150 plants this year so they arent producing much....Maybe next year. Anyway. Got them home and DH, kids and I went to work. We got 36 PINTS canned! Pretty good by 2pm!!!!! Very happy! |
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Fun with friends
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This last weekend we had fun with our friends. WE went to the drive in. The kids had fun. We saw Nim's Island...good. And IronMan...a waste of money....  Two of them ate lots of licorice......can you tell? The kids all set up chairs and stuff in front of the cars. They had a blast! It was chilly though!Before we went DS1 and Eve went for a walk around our place an played with a baby chick. They really enjoy spending time in nature together!  |
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
house and flower garden
 This is the front of our house. Last summer a dear friend let me snag some flower starts from her flower garden. This is what came from it!Isnt it gorgeous? Our herb garden is on the side of the house.     |
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
herb garden
  these wonderful shots are of our spearmint, and orange mint and chocolate mint.! This one is of two different kinds of oregano.We also have tarragon, basil, rosemary, lavender. |
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Some shots of the garden
 Here are a few shots of our growing garden. You can see the peas, carrots, and beans in this shot. this one shows beans and tomatoes. This is a good shot of our potatoes. We have watermelon to the right and to the left out of the shot is melons, squash and corn. Here is another of our baby tomatoes |
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Dads new tractor
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Sunday, June 8, 2008
OVERJOYED!
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I am overjoyed. My very best friends are moving back to IDAHO!!!!!!!! YIPPEE! They are here and staying with family for a period of time. They are so awesome. What righteous spirits to put their faith wholly in the Lord and to be lead where He wants them to be. This isnt the first time that they have let the Lord take the wheel. There family is starting a new adventure. Both spouses grew up in this area and have family that lives here but never felt this is where they needed to be. A (opportunity) was presented when his job no longer needed his services where they lived in Colorado and after much prayer, fasting and job searching the were lead to come back here. I am praying that it isnt just for a little visit, that this is where they are to be. Also that a job that will present itself to our friends that can provide much satisfaction and earned income. Last night they came out to our little place and visited. We made tin foil dinners and went to the drive in. We saw Nim's Island and Iron Man. Iron Man was a waste of time. But the kids and I enjoyed Nim's Island. We came home quite late......When I woke up (they stayed overnight)their middle child was quite sick and had been through the night. Running a fever. So they had to leave. They were going to stay the day and go to church with us.....sniff....sniff.....Hope the little guy gets better. Anyway, I am so excited to have so friends back in my life. They have more integrity and pure love in them than most people I know. What a blessing to have them in my life and such examples for my children. I know we are better people just by knowing and associating with them! |
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
DADDY GOT A TRACTOR!!!!!!
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DH was very excited today. He was looking on craigslist and found himself a tractor!!!!!!!!! We bought it for $1000 and a small airconditioner that we dont use!!!!!!!!! It is a Farmall Model H. He grew up using one very similar to this and is excited to have one to use her on our little homestead. |
Friday, May 30, 2008
Question posting by someone.......
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I had someone ask..... Posted by Anonymous
how much money did you need to put up front to start your garden? did you grow most from seed or did you also buy starters? Trying to get an idea for our own garden next year. Not a ton....we did us some of our tax return the first year. And each year. We buy most of our seed from a nursery/seed store here in our area. We started most of ours from seed. I would say we invest about $200.00 a year in our garden. Seeds/plants/new sprinklers or items like that. Our garden is about an acre. I know I couldnt get that kind of food for that amount of money! Also we dont use chemicals so I am getting an acre of organic food. If I had to buy that it would be tons of $$$$$$$$$. We also try to grow heirloom vegetables and save seeds from the vegetables to grow the next year. Learning new things each year that are saving us money for the next year! Hope this answers your questions! |
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
New job at church
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I just received a new calling at church. I am the new food storage specialist! Big responsibility! I am excited though. |
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Morning in the garden
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This morning we went out and planted more in our garden. Well first I will tell you what we already have and then what we planted today. ALREADY PLANTED 100 regular garlic plants 20 elephant garlic plants 2 rows of flat peas 3 rows of sugar peas (WE plan on putting in another 2 rows later this week) 2 rows of beets daikon radishes, watermelon radishes, regular radishes purple kolarabi brussel sprouts bok choy spinach purple cabbage green cabbage 17 green pepper plants (have about 16 more to plant on fri) 2 rows of carrots 16 jalepeno plants 2 tomatillo plants 16 cayenne pepper plants 2 rows of contender bush beans 2 grape tomatoes 15 sweet cherry tomatoes 29 Beefsteak tomatoes 15 Fantastic tomatoes 2 Sweet Million tomatoes 16 Big Boy Tomatoes 24 Early Girl Tomatoes 9 Brandywine Tomatoes 16 Ace Tomato Plants 11 Siletz Tomatoes 12 tomatoes that have no tags.....so we are calling them mystery tomatoes!!! Later this week we are planting corn, more peas, cantelope, watermelon, honeydew melon, banana squash, acorn squash, spagetti squash, zucchini, yellow crookneck squash, butternut squash, Also all of our cukes. We put in 5 90 foot rows of potatoes early. They are coming up great! |
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Wanted: Homeschool Teacher
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This originally appeared in the Homeschool View e~newsletter, an email publication of Alpha Omega Publications. I loved it and thought I would share it! Now Seeking Applications~ Family seeking fun-loving, Godly homeschool teacher. Applicants will be responsible for providing total educational development and daily personal care for children of multiple ages. Applicant will assume the following roles: cook, housemaid, nurse, taxi driver, administrative assistant, accountant, athletic coach, social director, computer technician, household and automotive repairman, gardener, course instructor, in multiple subjects areas and grade levels and various other responsibilities. This is a full-time position--approx. 120 hours or more a week! Qualified candidates must be able to work well under pressure, multi-task, and prioritize work loads while maintaining a friendly, enthusiastic attitude. Quick thinking, good memory, and a varied background in extensive subject matter are a must. Promising candidates will be resourceful, adjust easily to distractions,a nd display creative hardworking leadership abilities. Organizational and problem solving skills are a plus. Previous teaching experience and/or college preferred but not required. If you're interested in working in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment, this is a position for you! For more information on this exciting opportunity to earn fulfilling, one of a kind rewards, please apply in person today. After reading the above qualifications, no wonder many parents walk away from the employment opportunity. Who can measure up to these standards? Praise God, you can! As you step out in faith and yield your weaknesses to Gods strength, you'll not only get the job, you'll also successfully homeschool and discover the fantastic benefits of teaching your children at home! |
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