I love hanging clothes out on the line and I love my Amish clothesline. We live near the Amish, and this is the type of clothesline most of the Amish women use, and I just had to purchase one myself, I think the clothes actually dry a lot faster so far up in the air.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
laundry day and food
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
happy birthday
Hubby had a birthday last Saturday, and I made him a carrot cake for his birthday.
I found the recipe from this website, Tastes Better from Scratch, the link goes to the recipe I used. It was so tasty, I think it was the best cake I've made in a very long time. We couldn't eat all of the cake just the two of us, so I cut them in slices and flash froze them, once they were frozen I put them in containers for us to enjoy later one piece at a time ;)
Monday, April 22, 2024
checking out the plants
I repotted all the plants I got from the local nursery, and they are looking really good. I didn't go overboard with plants as I do have quite a few canned tomatoes and peppers from last year. I wish you could buy plants individually instead of in a 4-cell pack, oh well sometimes one or two will die for whatever reason. I put the seedlings in a cold frame since I don't have a greenhouse...yet.
It's a bit cooler as I write this post, but we are supposed to be getting temps into the 60° range and I can't wait.
Friday, April 19, 2024
spring has started to appear
A plant we bought from the nursery was a cherry tomato hanging plant. We are so excited to try these little bitty tomatoes that grow in a hanging pot. I'm sure others have seen these before, but we haven't and look forward to having tomatoes earlier than normal. My chives and thyme are looking really good, and I need to clean out the containers they are in.
I forgot to post this photo in the last post. We have a lot of rock formations like this here in Southwest Wisconsin and I never tire of seeing them all.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
feeling blessed
I went on a quilt retreat this past weekend and had a wonderful time, I always have a great time at retreats, but this one was by far the best.
On the way to the retreat I spied this eagles nest but didn't have time to stop, but on the way home I did and spied an eagle in the nest. My phone camera didn't focus that well but you can see the top of the eagles head.
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
water level and the eclipse
Did you all enjoy the eclipse if you were able to observe it? We did, though we were not in the full path of it.
Spring seems to be coming and I'm so excited for that. I usually start my own tomato and pepper plants, but this year with company coming from Texas and Michigan for sugaring I just didn't get a chance to find the time to do it. So, I will be going to the local nursery that a Mennonite family have and will be getting my plants from them, at least all the plants that I like to start on my own. They have beautiful plants and I always get my hanging plants and potted plants from them.
It's supposed to be getting warmer in the next week or so and the nursery opens on the 12th for the year and I can't wait to go see what they have this year.
Monday, April 08, 2024
no trespassing
Friday, April 05, 2024
hello there
This is Lazer our family milk cow, we have had her since August of 2022. She is such a sweetheart and the heart of our farmstead. She loves when you scratch her neck, does not like her head petted. She can skip better than me :) and loves the one who will give her a few alfalfa pellets. We hope to have her here on our farmstead for a long, long, time.
I've been trying to get back into blogging on a regular basis, but life here on our farmstead has been busy, busy, busy. I thought when we became empty nesters that life would slow down but it only seems to be getting busier and that is okay. I'm not sure what I would be doing if I wasn't so busy, I think it actually is keeping me feeling younger than I should be feeling for my age...(lol).
Wednesday, April 03, 2024
will spring ever come?
Sunday, January 21, 2024
new animals on the farm and a snowstorm
Wow, it's been a hot minute since I've posted here. Early December we had a bull calf born to our milk cow Lazer, we call him Little Man, though that definitely won't fit him when he gets bigger. We also added a couple of piglets and they joined our farm yesterday.
We had a wonderful Christmas and New Year; I hope you all did too.