Animals
- Until We Meet Again
Lady Saffron one of The Ladies of Autumn has gone to the Rainbow Bridge. You can read about her here. The pretty purple flowers we put in the picture are saffron too and we thinks Lady Saffron was just as beautiful as the flower she was named after. Her...
- Favorite Day Of The Week
Do you have a favorite day of the week?Mine...is Sunday!Hands down. Best day. Entire week. We usually reserve Sunday as a family day.We try to always stay home...and love when family comes for a farm visit. But even on the quiet Sundays when...
- Morning Glorious
Every spring I plant a few morning glory vines around the tall garden fence.And by the time summer comes to a close,the garden is surrounded by glorious purple trumpets. From year to year, these cheerful blossoms re-seed themselves and multiply. In...
- November Is Here....winter Is Around The Corner!
The past two weeks brought summer-like temperatures.By the end of last week, however, the windsbrought a harbinger of winter....cold...frost on the few vegetables that remain in our garden.The colder temperatures convinced the treesto shed their remaining...
- Stopping For Directions.....
Another busy weekend at the farm has yielded the completion of a few more projects. My sign is finally finished! I got the idea from "Mary Jane's Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook" and, last week, spent several days sawing, sanding and painting. Finally...
Animals
Drizzly, Dreary, Dark and Dank....
I am happy to report that Bernice made it through her first full day in the barn,
and is actually perking up a bit!
Our dried apples were a huge success.
What a sweet, chewy snack they are...very satisfying...and organic!
I am still getting small harvests from the garden...
just a meal's worth at a time.
Our autumn plantings are growing well.
kale...
collards...(which I will admit, I have never before eaten)
garlic...
Yesterday I harvested saffron...
from our (autumn blooming) saffron crocus.
The saffron is the stigma on the flower.
Each crocus plant can have up to 4 blooms, with each bloom producing three scarlet stigmas.
Dried, these stigma become the saffron that is so expensive at the market.
We are enjoying a very quiet rainy week this week.
And though the trees are robed in Autumn splendor,
some of our plant life (like these grape vines) is going dormant.
The morning glories will remain glorious right up until the first frost.
We have no activities besides the normal farm chores planned for this week.
So it is the perfect week to tackle those indoor projects
that have been postponed during the summer months.
Each day has a prediction of either drizzle or showers...
so there will be plenty of time for this...
- Until We Meet Again
Lady Saffron one of The Ladies of Autumn has gone to the Rainbow Bridge. You can read about her here. The pretty purple flowers we put in the picture are saffron too and we thinks Lady Saffron was just as beautiful as the flower she was named after. Her...
- Favorite Day Of The Week
Do you have a favorite day of the week?Mine...is Sunday!Hands down. Best day. Entire week. We usually reserve Sunday as a family day.We try to always stay home...and love when family comes for a farm visit. But even on the quiet Sundays when...
- Morning Glorious
Every spring I plant a few morning glory vines around the tall garden fence.And by the time summer comes to a close,the garden is surrounded by glorious purple trumpets. From year to year, these cheerful blossoms re-seed themselves and multiply. In...
- November Is Here....winter Is Around The Corner!
The past two weeks brought summer-like temperatures.By the end of last week, however, the windsbrought a harbinger of winter....cold...frost on the few vegetables that remain in our garden.The colder temperatures convinced the treesto shed their remaining...
- Stopping For Directions.....
Another busy weekend at the farm has yielded the completion of a few more projects. My sign is finally finished! I got the idea from "Mary Jane's Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook" and, last week, spent several days sawing, sanding and painting. Finally...