Posted in My Sewing Room
Lately I've had the SHOULD, COULD, WOULD syndrome :-) Here on our homestead there are many things that I SHOULD be doing like.... weeding the potatoes, painting numbers on my new mailbox, etc.... and then there are things I COULD be doing like....making cheese, mixes from scratch, researching more Charlotte Mason homeschool methods, etc..... but of course I'm stuck on what I WOULD rather be doing LOL...... sewing!!!!! These are a couple of projects I've completed recently.
Here is a picture of my *new* to me sewing machine that I got a couple of weeks ago after my hubby sold a run down boat that his boss had given him. I got a 3 year old Husqvarna for only $700!!!!
I'm off to sew some shorts for myself and Sophia......
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Posted in Farm Life
We worked hard today and I'm tired but it's a happy kind of tired. We got much of our garden in and hopefully will be able to finish yet this weekend. (Unless our muscles are way too sore tomorrow) Our rototiller is toast so we're having to dig each bed by hand. Our garden is rather large for this sort of thing as it's designed to feed all of us! The potatoes, strawberry dry-roots, rhubarb, radishes, peas, and carrots were already in a week or so ago. Today we planted cucumbers, green onion seeds, yellow onion sets, white onion sets, and dill seeds. Oh, and some more carrot seeds. Tomorrow we'll go to the neighbor who has offered us raspberry canes!!!! On Monday we'll plant out the tomatoes (all 85 of them) and then in a week or so we'll finish up with the 50 or so pepper plants. Hope you're all enjoying your holiday weekend!!! |
Posted in Farm Life
We decided on a name. She has heavy black circles around her eyes that looks like eye liner :-) Hence, Mabelline (like the make-up) And we thought that Mabel reminds us of a good sturdy woman that's a good provider and worker that'll be around a long time. So she'll be Mabel which is short for Mabelline.
Here you can see the dark "makeup" circles around her eyes :-)
And here is one of her and Hannah - they're trying to be best friends :-)
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Posted in Farm Life
Guess where I was at 3 AM this morning????? Yep, in the barn! She delivered in just a few minutes with absolutely no troubles. The calf is smaller than last year's but she is also more Jersey than last year's calf, Reba. We haven't named her yet, it'll take us a few days to get to "know" her and then we'll pick a name. She has so much Jersey and she practically looks like a small deer with no spots :-)
Here's one more of her - Isn't she darling? We got a ton of Colostrum out of mama and are excited to have "real" milk again in just a few days!!
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Posted in Farm Life
We have new babies here on our farm! First we have two baby chicks that a broody mama hatched out for us this past week. We had 4 eggs under her, 3 of which were fertilized but one little guy didn't make it. The other one was never fertilized and went into the compost pile!! Here is a picture of the two that made it and that mama is properly protecting. Nothing better than "free" chickens!
Happy Spring from Freedom Acres Farm! |
Posted in My Sewing Room
Here is what I've been working on this morning. My new clothespin bag. I got the pattern out of Mary Jane Butter's "Idea Book". Check out her link in my sidebar!!! This will make hanging my clothes on the clothesline SO much easier!!!
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Posted in The Simple Womans Daybook
FOR TODAY April 20, 2009 |
Posted in Brendas Ponderings
Our dog's name was not Jake but rather Dixie. This poem is in memory of her: after many years in our family, she was hit by a car on the road in front of our house today - we had to put her down. She was a good dog and loved farm life the most of any of us........... (I'll add a picture when I find one) Jake ( Ode To A Farm Dog )Jake oh Jake where have you been?
Chasing the cattle through meadow and glen? Or perhaps you've been out harassing the hen! Did you uproot a rabbit buried deep in its den? Jake oh Jake where did you go? Did you find an old bone and bury it just so? Were you down at the creek to flush a young doe? Maybe you fished in the pools down below. Jake Oh Jake the stories you could tell! Of old crows, vultures and fine bobwhite quail. With nose to the ground,straight up your tail Jake oh Jake the stories you could tell! Eric Nathan Jacobson
Copyright ©2009 Eric Nathan Jacobson |
Posted in The Simple Womans Daybook
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Posted in Brendas Ponderings
We were able to play around and have fun taking a family picture on Easter!!! We thought it looked fairly good so I'm sharing it
Wayne is holding Micah in the front row. Brenda is the mom in the middle. Hannah is the big girl over on the right. Across the back is Andy, Sophia, Nathaniel and then Ben in the gold shirt. Hope your Easter was relaxing and enjoyable like ours. We had some fun family time! |
Posted in Brendas Ponderings
We've been up and at it already this morning. We were gone from the house by 8:30, drove 45 minutes one way - had a 5 minute orthodontic check for Hannah and then drove 45 minutes back home. We're glad that we're down to only every 6 months for this ortho thing!! Now I'm on to what's for supper?? LOL We're trying to deal with Wayne's boss telling him yesterday that he'll more than likely be layed off at the end of this week. I was in shock at first even though I knew it was a real possibility, I still had hope that it wouldn't happen. Just when we thought we had cut everything we thought we could, we need to find a way to cut more!! But... in my devotional book this morning I learned a new word: Jehovah-jireh; it means God will provide! So my new hope is "Jehovah-jireh"!!! Our nation, yes our world is quite a mess right now but Jehovah-jireh! Be blessed today this 14th day of April in the year of our Lord 2009! |
Posted in Brendas Ponderings
I always wonder why anyone would want to read my blog but I've had several people ask about what's happening at Freedom Acres Farm. So....I'm going to attempt to stay up to date. I'll do my best and see where it goes. I'd love to share recipes, gardening, frugal conversations and more....we'll see if I find the time with Spring upon us and the kids wanting to be outdoors. I guess I can type just as easily from my lawn chair as I can from my desk :-) Lately I've been tending my little seedling plants in our patio window. If all goes well, the plan is to have 30 Roma tomatos, 25 Celebrity tomatos, 5 cherry tomatos, 20 sweet peppers, 12 hot peppers, lots of radishes, carrots, onions, potatoes, beans, peas, pumpkins, grapes, strawberries, and cucumbers! Hopefully the weather will cooperate and God will bless our garden with abundance!! Here are a couple of pictures of my "babies".
This morning I've been baking bread - can't beat it at a cost of less than $.60 a loaf and so tasty who wouldn't love doing this??? Here are today's loaves
And here is one of my little Sophia girl today then I must go get lunch - hope to keep you up-to-date on our farm here!
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