Homesteading With katlupe

Here I am! I am back!

I am so sorry that I have not been on here in a month or close to it! I have been so busy I can't even begin to tell you all that I have been doing. My garden has been taking alot of my time. I haven't been going anywhere or on vacations like most people do. I did that in my younger years, and for now, I just want to be home. If it was up to me......I'd never leave. We have been having cooler temperatures for summer weather here in upstate New York. Not that I am complaining! I actually like it, even though I grew up in the hot state of Florida.

Since it is so muddy, one of my little girls, Georgie Girl, my beautiful horse, is stressed over the mud she has to walk through in her paddock. She hates mud more than anything. I think she is counting the days to the first snowfall as that is her favorite time of the year. I don't mind it so much, but do for her and for my son who has taken over the job of cleaning my horses' barn.

I have also been very busy doing a web design job for a solar equipment intaller and distributor. It is very interesting since I live with this kind of stuff every day. Makes me really appreciate our equipment and how amazing it truly is! To think those simple flat panels are powering my computer right now while I am writing this. If I see some good deals I will tell you about them in case anyone here wants to get started generating their own power.

I have decided to save every $5. bill I get. I read about doing this somewhere recently and it sounded like a good idea. Trouble with that though is that I usually just use a debit card and do not carry cash too much. Maybe I will pick up $20. a week from the credit union and take it from there. Sometimes, I need some cash for something. Especially if I splurge and buy Chinese food (my favorite!) as they never take cards or checks.......just cash.

Yesterday, we ate fresh green beans from our garden for the first time this year. They were so great! I hope I have enough planted to eat all summer and to can at least 40 quarts. We eat them alot and never have any left over for spring. So I think I have planted enough to give us extra. Hopefully, this rain will let up a bit and give us some sunshine. I know I am also going to be having a awesome potato crop also.

I will get back with some good recipes in a couple of days. For now, I will just give you an update on our life here.

katlupe