Carmel Farm

More Garden!!

I am pleased to find that three of my rows that we planted last Sunday are up for sure!  One of them is a maybe.  Now we’ll just see how they do in the TN winter.  Supposedly brassicas and spinach and such are supposed to do okay here in the winter.  That would be nice! 

The garlic bulbs are here!  Apparently I picked the order time of the first week of October rather than the last week of September.  I don’t REMEMBER doing that, but it very well may be the case.  I don’t remember ordering a mix of garlic like I did.  I thought that I ordered more of two different kinds, but “apparently” I did order the mix and I picked the first week of October as the shipping date.  Sigh…..preggo brain.  Anyway, they are really nice bulbs.  It will be fun to see how well they come out next July.

We have the garden tilled and ready for some horse poo-poo.  Our neighbor has horses and gives us their manure.  We used the last batch on the other garden we worked on last weekend, so we need more.  Once that is in we’ll plant the garlic and cover it with a straw/dry grass mixture.  The garlic will grow throughout the winter, spring and part of the summer.  Then, as I wrote earlier, it will be harvested in July. 

I’m still planning my edible landscaping project.  I know that it will be an on-going thing throughout the years, but the main part needs to be planned out still.  I’m on the herb portion.  I will be having culinary herbs, as well as healing herbs.  I’m more of the natural healing mindset than the chemical garbage that we buy at the store. 

I’m also getting ready to purchase a cement mold so that I can save a little money. We are going to need a LOT of them to do what I’m wanting to.  This seemed the better route.  It will take a while to make them, so I’m purchasing the mold now and doing a little at a time.  Slow and steady….

Menu Planner Monday

Here is my menu for the week.  Although Monday in the past has been for us a Meatless Monday for us, this week it is not.  I have some sausage that I need to use up quickly, so today is PIZZA NIGHT!  We planned on having this on Friday of last week, but things happened at the last minute. 

Monday:  sausage pizza

Tuesday: hame and cheesey potatoes, peas, crescent rolls

Wednesday: Chilli and cornbread

Thursday: fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans

Friday: sticky chicken, fried rice, vegetables

Saturday: rosemary porkchops, roasted vegetables, steamed broccoli

Sunday: Planned Leftovers

Meet our new farm animals..We are proud parents

We got two pygmies on fri they were born in the spring. This picture is bringing them home they are in my car. They didn't mind riding at all..

The buff color one is name butterscotch and the tri color one is called pudding.

They are in one side of the horse stall and seem to like it ok. They have been in the barn since they were born so they really didn't know what it was like in the sun light.

They have been alot of company we have been holding them and loving them up. They love to eat leaves so we are going to rake and bag them up for treats this winter.

We are also looking for a good goat company to buy supplies like worming meds and I need another bell I have one.. Our local farm store doesn't carry anything for goats..

Here they are butterscotch and pudding.

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A Simple Woman's Daybook

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Happy Monday

Good Morning..

How is everyone today? I am doing pretty good.. The kids are all off to school and I have the day off from school today.. I just heard geese fly over..  The little boys came home with fish from grandma's last night and one of Jeremiah's was dead this morning and the poor little guy was so upset.. I told him mommy and him would replace it later this week when we got a chance so he is feeling better..

So far today I have showered 2 kids, done the dishes, posted here. Still left to do is....

1. Fold the laundry

2. Mop bathroom floor

3. Finish homework

4. Appointment this afternoon

5. Meeting at the school at 4:30

6. Clean my bedroom

7. make cookies..

I think that bout takes care of everything for today... I hope you all have a wondeful productive day.. OH yes and I think it is going to rain here again.. We got up for school and it was still pretty dark out and the kids were like hello mom.. LOL

Well I am off to get busy.. I will check back in later..

God Bless,

Mars

Planning for the future...

Good Morning Friends!  I hope you are doing wonderful today. 
***A view from the future chicken coop area.***
I have a question for you... what are you doing in the area of planning for the future.  Now, mind you, I am not spazzing out and worrying about what lies ahead, my trust lies in Him,  but I do feel that God has given us enough sense to be prepared for our family.  Of course you know about the hobbit hole, that is one of our ways to be prepared.  I am harvesting ALL that we can get our hands on.  We buy in bulk when it is cheaper... I bought a 50 lb bag of potatoes.  A 5 lb bag was $5.00, a 50 lb bag was $17... yeah, easy decision I thought too.  I brought 5 or so lbs in the house for use and the rest are in the cellar. 
My next project is a chicken coop... now I am not talking about a little bitty thing, I am talking about a 30x30 pen size and then to have a little house for them to roost and lay. 

Brianna at the Symphony!!!

Brianna's performance of Spring from Vivaldi was beautiful! She was quite happy with her performance, even the "lightening" part went pretty well. Her dad wasn't breathing there for a bit... I think he was more nervous than she was!! It was a great experience for her, but I think we are all glad we are done with it.  I can only say the Lord has blessed this daughter of ours with talent and drive. She isn't afraid to work hard and she is so faithful.  We thank the Him that she was able to play her piece so well.

  I had such a struggle to get good pictures. I have a lot of blurry shots because when she plays she moves!







We took the opportunity to have our family picture taken while everyone was dressed up and we had Uncle Bob around to take the picture.

Not sure WHY I was trying to start yet another blog?

Vanessa's 15th Birthday and Her Symphony Performance

Vanessa is 15 years old today and today  was the big symphony concert!!!! Vanessa did a wonderful performance of her harp concerto. We are very proud parents of a beautiful, accomplished young lady.

My favorite picture.

Steve's favorite picture.


Here are some of the girl's friends who attended the concert to hear them. There were a lot of people who came to encourage the girls. Unfortunately I took this picture a little late and Dakota, Emily, Shiana and Sam had already left for home. However, it's a fun picture.... dear cousin Isaac is enjoying being front and center with the girls :-)
We were blessed with Uncle Bob and Auntie Joy's visit this Thanksgiving weekend. It was nice of them to come and see the girls play with the symphony and see us off to Africa.

Running around outside