Farmers of all shapes and sizes!

Farmers of all shapes and sizes!

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Raw foods.

These days All I Hear About Is How Raw Foods Are The Best Thing Ever. I Knew There Was Something Extra Awesome About Cookie Dough That Disappears In The Oven. All That Raw Goodness. Definitely My Kind Of Lifestyle.

"Beka-homemaker"

Lol! We had a busy day yesterday. Several people came to see the cows in the morning so Paul asked me to milk a little later. What to do? Bake some butter pecan bread for Kris. Finish shaking that butter I started about 3 times now. (I would set it out and run out of time before it consolidated. Put it back in the fridge.) For about an hour I shook it and still it just looked like whipped cream only it kept getting thicker! You could have left a print in it and come back tomorrow and it would have still been visible! Made for some hard shaking, good for toneing up your biceps though. Finally it turned, I only got 1qt of buttermilk. No wonder it was so hard to shake!

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Cultivation

I am so happy. It is once again time for growing things! I had a manure pile I had forked out of the goats' pen and Kris moved it to the garden for me. I offered him a bribe but he didn't take it. Lol. Maybe his future holds some butter pecan bread. Now don't any little Birdies go telling on me. This afternoon Naomi sent her nephew down to till it up for me! She told me to just tell him what I wanted and she would take care of the rest. He  did an excellent job, very thorough. (He actually did more than I would have. Lol. Doesn't speak well for my dedication to my work. Lol.) Now to plan and plant. We extended it somewhat also. This year I'll have to focus on variety over quantity. I am still adjusting to a one person lifestyle. Probably by the time I finally get adjusted someone will come along and revamp my little world. Oh well. Hoe, hoe, hoe, heave, hoe. Blessings!