By my Title you all parobly know what I have been up to latly. Yes Peaches, peaches, and more peaches. We don't grow them here,but when the local store puts the baskets on sale then you stock up and buy. Then you come home and fill the fruit basket, and make peach jam and peach jam with lemon jello(my favorite) and peach pies, and freeze cooked peaches to be able to make more peach pies and cobler all winter long. And then dream of peaches.

Besides peaches I have also been  busy picking fresh herbs from the garden between rain showers as it has been rainning here for soooooo long. I filled the green house with hanging herbs to dry. Adding fresh herbs to my oil and vingars, and using  some of them to cook my meats. Yummy!

The raspberries are now just about finished and the apples and cokecherries are gettting both bigger and deeper colors everyday. So they will be next. The veggie garden has given us a plentiful harvest this year with beans,peas,greens and radishes. THe freezers are filling quickly. The corn will be ready soon. Along with the potatoes.

As for hay making well thats been a nightmare this year very little made yet, as we have not had 2 days together of no rain. We are starting to worry, and are beginning to get low on hay. The grains in the feilds are looking good.

We are all getting excited as this week is the week we go to the fair to show our sheep and the children have been preparing and awaiting for the last few weeks. We are taking our travel trailer and staying at the campground not to far from the fair. It is a 3 hour drive to get there. Last year was out first year going and being involed and we all had such a good time. My poor sewing machine has been working overtime getting outfits made for the childrens sheep parade and I can't say how many times I have burnt myself trying to glue decorations together with the gluegun for the setup in the stables witch house the sheep.

Besides everything thats been going on here on the farm, I am still doing my best to keep the house at its best. (only getting done what gets done in a single day  and not worrying anymore if I have to wait another day to get something else done)

Laundry (hanging all over the bathroom and back room as I hate to have to use the dyer.

Dishes as usual(even with a dishwasher the sick is still always full)

Baking Breads,cookies and squares to take away with us.

I am still waiting for flour to go on sale as we are down to our last 2 bags and the price has doubled here on it. I always stock up every Fall when it goes on sale. I have done this for years. But recently flour has doubled in price, and I am worried that it won't go on sale this Fall. I don't know if I can afford to buy it at high prices. Maybe I should griding our wheat into flour instead of using it to feed the livestock.....hummmmmm.... Any of you ladies ever tried that?

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