Total Pageviews

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Happy Easter eve

I pray gods peace over each of you!




Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Our little homestead

Our little homestead keeps growing and I am so happy!
The work around here has been going good! Have the barn area most of the way done. Will be working on the chicken coop and house this week. And then off to get the pig pin done!
Bread and cookies need to be done and just general cleaning around the homestead!




Sunday, March 17, 2013

Good Sunday morning

Yesturday was a great day for us. We were able to get a male rabbit to go with our female rabbits. Also found a old great running wringer washer and two butter churns! Thank you god for answered prayers!!!
Today there is bread to bake and meals to prepare!
Have a blessed day all!!!




Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Buttermilk cheese

This has to be one of the easiest cheeses I have ever made. You take your buttermilk and warm it to 180 and stir slightly! Once it starts to get a good curd on top turn off and allow to cool the. Drain in cheese cloth and squeeze remaining way out. Hang the. Frig. That's it all done!!!





Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Tuesdays goings

Well today I have tried to get things back to a normal here on the little farm.
Baby goat is doing good and is loving being inside in his play pen! He is being spoiled to say the least.
Yesturday our hearts was broken when a dear friend and neighbor passed away! We took meals to him almost nightly and the children so loved him! Our hearts miss him so dearly!
My dad left this morning to go back to florida. We are praying for a safe trip for him.
My car is still officially dead! I am not sure what I am going to do about that issue! I am leaving it in gods hands that is really at this point all I can do!
The boys are doing great in fire class I am so proud of both of them!
The three girls are busy helping mom with the animals and chores here! We are all looking forward to getting the garden in!
Today Liz and I put two more bags of cheese in the freezer!! Yeah!!! That make 10 bags of fresh cheese! Thank you god! This week there is still chili to can and I want to move a few things around in the pantry for ease of finding things. The. There is candles that need to be made! And more sewing work! Still a busy week ahead of me and the girls!!
Well all take the time to tell those you love how you feel they may not be here later to tell them!!! Love to each!!



Friday, March 1, 2013

Blessed

We started our day out with a true blessing! A new baby goat! Thank you god for this gift!!! Now we have milk again! Well in a few days once we allow the little man to get all momma good stuff!!! His name is price!!! So sweet!!


Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Happy Wednesday morning all!

The day has started with chickens, duck, rabbits, pigs, goats and dogs being fed and Thier needs all met. Then children and there breakfast of French toast and grits. Laundry washed and going on the line. Next is bread to bake, dinner prep work to do. The house needs to be swept and a good mopping. Then there is more deep cleaning out to do!! Yep a full day of work. And I am loving it!
I had a request today from a friend to post recipes of pudding mixes and yogurt making so I will do my best to get them up today as well!
Enough chat time it's time to get back to work! Love to all!!!


Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Good Tuesday

I pray each of y'all have had a blessed day.
I have had a busy busy week already. Yesturday was spent with dear friends. Today was spent cleaning and just doing things around the house.
This week there is sour dough bread to bake, Amish bread to bake, cheese to get done, and and and!!
We were blessed yesturday to get three rabbits and god willing we will have baby rabbits to raise for meat.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013



Saturday, February 16, 2013

Busy crazy day

Well today has been one of those days that you just want to say enough is enough!! The week started out with a flat tire! Then I thought ok it is getting better had my pantry worked on and got some nice shelves put in! But today well all I can say is I have had better days!!! I'm in town and my car won't start!! Ugh! Oh where oh where are the horse and buggy when I need them! Did make it home thanks to a dear friend and got started on bread, starters, vanilla wafers, flour tortillas, chips, pretzels, and canning turkey! I tired and hurting all over but I did get a lot done!!












Sunday, February 10, 2013

Sunday blessings

Well as the rain falls down we have Christian music on. Mom is under a blanket as I am freezing. Liz is sewing strips together so I can make a rug or two. Earlier I was able to get English muffins made and put in freezer. As I am resting here time to work on more crocheted wash rags as we just don't have enough! Later as I warm up I will be working on plans for the rest of the week! Here is a few pictures of the day!







Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Work of the day for Tuesday

Well today has been a busy day. Cheese to make, cookies, and Amish bread. Then there is meals to Cook and feed everyone.

But all and all I feel like today has been prospective. Here is some pictures of the day. Cheese hanging. Cookies baked and bread cooling.







Monday, February 4, 2013

Monday busy busy Monday

Well today we finished cleaning the kitchen. Then got busy with the work of the day. Floors done, laundry done, bathroom cleaned, animals taken care of, butter made, three batches of cheese made, then three loaves of sour dough bread baked. I am so tired!!!

Here are a few pictures of the days work!!! See what I do with a magizene rack!!




Sunday, February 3, 2013

Cleaning up and out

I have been busy this afternoon cleaning up and cleaning out the house. Just making room for the things I love and want to have around me. Here are a few pictures.

More work to do tomorrow will work on the bottom cabinets and the stove then head to the hall closet.











Friday, February 1, 2013

Thoughts of the day

How many of us can say that we love our homes. That they are safe havens for us. That we would rather be home than out and about. I know for me I have felt the pull the calling to be home more and I just don't mean in the dwelling but to be busy making the home a place where my family and friends can come and feel free to be the person god is making them into.

Clutter is one of the biggest reasons most of us don't want to be home. I know for me I want my home to look nice I want nice things but I don't want to be owned by those things. I choose to have a house that the things in the house are useful as well as pleasurable to the eye. My heart is harking to a day long gone a more simple time basic things in the kitchen that are honestly used daily or at least weekly.

With all that being said starting tomorrow I will begin our journey on deck uttering the house one room at a time cleaning up and cleaning out. Back to the basic and a more restful way of life. I mean really how many sets of plates does a person need really. I want for the things I do have to speak of the family that lives here.

Love to all Time to get busy with my day of work Here on the little farm.

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Homemade saltines

The girls and I not long ago finish a batch of saltine crackers they are amazing!!!

I will post the recipe soon!!


Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Dinner tonight

Dinner tonight was a wonderful batch of sherperd pie and homemade buttermilk biscuits. I have to say it was a huge hit.




Good Wednesday all

I pray that each of y'all had a safe night and that your homes did not have any damage. For us we have got a lot of rain but by the grace of god no damage.

Today I will be making cookies, goats cheese and who knows what else. The laundry is washed and hung on the drying rack. The floors are clean the house in is order.

Well time to get busy have a blessed safe day all.



Monday, January 28, 2013

http://www.thefrugalgirl.com/2012/11/how-to-make-homemade-marshmallows/

ok i so want to try this also. homemade marshmallows oh that sounds so good..
http://busy-mommy.com/2012/01/homemade-valentines-day-mints.html

i cant wait to try these.

Busy Monday

Good afternoon all! I pray that each of you have had a blessed day!

For us the day has been a busy one. Barn chores to do first thing. Then inside to eat homemade buttermilk pancakes and maple syrup. Then off to work my oldest son goes and drops the girls off at their job at a barn. Once they texted Liz and myself went and picked them up and off to post office to send a letter. Back home to finish the days work. The house is in order floors cleaned, bathroom taken care of, windows on inside clean, and all laundry done and hanging!!!

On the menu tonight is bean burgers served on homemade sour dough bread, Mac and cheese. I made a pound cake with peppermint icing for dessert.

Hanging In the kitchen is a nice pound of yogurt cheese!! I love to see these simple things just laying around my house.

For my family we are trying to lower if not wipe out the use of convince foods. We have tried to make a return to more natural real food. I have to say I love the fact that my grocery list is getting smaller and smaller. Basic items is all we need. I also love looking into my kitchen and seeing jars of cookies, crackers and things like this for the kids to snack on. Then when I open the frig I don't see packages of Kraft no there is containers of homemade cheese from our goats!!! We know what we are eating!!! Makes a mom feel good!!!

Well enough of that I had better go for now. Have a blessed afternoon all!!!



Sunday, January 27, 2013

The week ahead

What is on your plans for the week ahead? What are your canning and baking plans?

For our home this week will start out with cleaning the book closet up to make a sewing area for me and the girls. There is a quilt to work on and strips to cut and sew to make a new rug. For baking there is Amish bread to make, cookies to bake, sour dough bread that will need my work. And then we have butter to make. Yogurt cheese to work up and goat milk cheese to make.

For the little farm there is goats to tend to and to milk. Chickens to feed. A duck to care for who doesn't seem to know he is a duck. Then the three pigs that think they own the property.

I will post a blog tomorrow on our menu plans for the week along with the baking plans.

Well have a blessed night All!!

Sour dough bread

Just pulled the sour dough bread out of the oven! Have to say it sure smells good!!

Blessings on Sunday

Well our day started as any other day there is breakfast to cook as barn chores are being done. Then it is off to the work of the day.

Breakfast was friendship toast and grits with cheese. Lunch was leftover pizza and oatmeal chocolate chip cookie. And dinner tonight will be black eye peas, corn on cob, meat loaf and fresh bread.

Here are a few pictures of around the little farm and the cookies that we're baked today. Pictures of sour dough bread will be posted later today!! I hope y'all enjoy them all!!

There is pictures of our goats and a few of the pigs sorry no picture of the chickens , duck or the other pigs but will try to post them tomorrow.