Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Picking Pears and preparing the Farm
Hello Friends!
The Wood family was richly blessed to join friends yesterday for a morning of picking pears. The children had a delightful time sharing with friends and eating yummy organic pears! I believe we came home with eight 10 gallon buckets full of pears that we will be processing today. The wind made the morning air quite crisp so I enjoyed much time in the warm car, with all the babies from both families, handing out animal cookies. After picking pears, we packed up the car and headed out to our new home for Joe to get some barn measurements and make a list of projects he wants to get started on. We stayed out there for hours enjoying a picnic as a family and sharing our thankfulness of all the Father is doing in our lives. He has done an amazing heart work in each of us- how blessed I am to be His child!
The children(yes! Joe and I included!) are excited as we look for and find the animals we need. We have our sheep picked out; we will be getting four bred Katahdin Ewes at the end of Nov. and then a Katahdin ram from another blood line come Spring. We have also found our goats. Kinder does that are bred and waiting for the results of their CAE test to come back. We hope to get the goats by the middle of Dec. We have also found our farm dog again- Yippee! Bekah was blessed to find a Border Collie whose father is from Wales and a bloodline she had been hoping to get. We will be picking up "Bly" on the 19th of Nov. The woman selling him was in TX but has agreed to meet us half way- what a blessing!! In fact, all our animals are coming from far away places.... the sheep are the shortest drive, only an hour away however, the goats will be a five hour drive! We will all be delighted once the animals start coming home! Oh, by the way... Timothy and I will be attending our first Bee meeting! This next monday there is a group of beekeepers meeting to share information about Winter management. Timothy is going to be floating on clouds- he loves bees and is eager to get his hives started here in KS.
I have some photos of picking pears and of our new puppy, Bly to share with you. I will post photos of the goats and sheep later. I have them on my computer but not in my photobucket, so I need to get them uploaded.
Until our next chat dear friends....
Myself with the Roberts sweet baby
Baby Japh picking pears too!
Sarah Grace and Mr. Roberts Picking Pears
Bekah and Ezekiel (Ezekiel was fighting a cold and you can see it is in his eyes yet he would never admit it! He was having way to much fun to sit in the car with momma and the babies)
Busy picking pears
Bly (a Blue Merle Tri colored Border Collie registered with ABCA- all these details were very important to Bekah and exactly what she was looking for as well as being from Wales)
Rebekah has been pouring over her books and DVD's! She is so excited to train another dog to work the farm. She loves everything about training dogs to work!
The Wood family was richly blessed to join friends yesterday for a morning of picking pears. The children had a delightful time sharing with friends and eating yummy organic pears! I believe we came home with eight 10 gallon buckets full of pears that we will be processing today. The wind made the morning air quite crisp so I enjoyed much time in the warm car, with all the babies from both families, handing out animal cookies. After picking pears, we packed up the car and headed out to our new home for Joe to get some barn measurements and make a list of projects he wants to get started on. We stayed out there for hours enjoying a picnic as a family and sharing our thankfulness of all the Father is doing in our lives. He has done an amazing heart work in each of us- how blessed I am to be His child!
The children(yes! Joe and I included!) are excited as we look for and find the animals we need. We have our sheep picked out; we will be getting four bred Katahdin Ewes at the end of Nov. and then a Katahdin ram from another blood line come Spring. We have also found our goats. Kinder does that are bred and waiting for the results of their CAE test to come back. We hope to get the goats by the middle of Dec. We have also found our farm dog again- Yippee! Bekah was blessed to find a Border Collie whose father is from Wales and a bloodline she had been hoping to get. We will be picking up "Bly" on the 19th of Nov. The woman selling him was in TX but has agreed to meet us half way- what a blessing!! In fact, all our animals are coming from far away places.... the sheep are the shortest drive, only an hour away however, the goats will be a five hour drive! We will all be delighted once the animals start coming home! Oh, by the way... Timothy and I will be attending our first Bee meeting! This next monday there is a group of beekeepers meeting to share information about Winter management. Timothy is going to be floating on clouds- he loves bees and is eager to get his hives started here in KS.
I have some photos of picking pears and of our new puppy, Bly to share with you. I will post photos of the goats and sheep later. I have them on my computer but not in my photobucket, so I need to get them uploaded.
Until our next chat dear friends....
Myself with the Roberts sweet baby
Baby Japh picking pears too!
Sarah Grace and Mr. Roberts Picking Pears
Bekah and Ezekiel (Ezekiel was fighting a cold and you can see it is in his eyes yet he would never admit it! He was having way to much fun to sit in the car with momma and the babies)
Busy picking pears
Bly (a Blue Merle Tri colored Border Collie registered with ABCA- all these details were very important to Bekah and exactly what she was looking for as well as being from Wales)
Rebekah has been pouring over her books and DVD's! She is so excited to train another dog to work the farm. She loves everything about training dogs to work!
Comments
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - Hello
Posted by daughterofgrace So glad I popped onto your blog this morning. Your children look like delightful souls. I am curious as to your many moves....much like myself in the first years of a marriage. Just wondering if your hubby is a church planter or military?
I would also love to hear more about your sheep. One of my dreams not yet attained is to keep sheep for wool. I am adding you to my friends list. Stop by my blog sometime.
Denise, Daughter of Grace
I would also love to hear more about your sheep. One of my dreams not yet attained is to keep sheep for wool. I am adding you to my friends list. Stop by my blog sometime.
Denise, Daughter of Grace
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by homesteadinthemaking Praise the Lord for all he is doing in your lives. Your children look beautiful and what a pretty dog. We need a farm dog but are waiting until one of our older dogs passes on.
Blessings,
Trixi
Blessings,
Trixi
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by heritagehill What a beautiful little puppy!! And from Wales.......that impresses me as that is my heritage.
That answers my questions about the animals you mentioned earlier. I am so glad all is falling into place for your family. Very exciting to watch the Lord work isn't it!
Marilyn
That answers my questions about the animals you mentioned earlier. I am so glad all is falling into place for your family. Very exciting to watch the Lord work isn't it!
Marilyn
Friday, October 31, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by miniumgallegos We went pear picking on Wednesday! Tis the season! We have to process ours too--I was thinking of making pear sauce--ever tried it? I canned 14 quarts of pears about two weeks ago and now I have another round. :) Such a lovely blessing! We didn't have ladders with us, so my older daughter and I had oodles of giggles as we "shook" the tree (gently) to get to the fruit! Where there is a will, there is a way!
