Monthly Archives: July 2011

4 pm and my day is finally done.  This is a typical farm day as any farmer can tell you.  It started at 6 am when we planned what needed to be done today.  Norman startes most days with a … Continue reading →

Sunday is our day of rest so we cleaned the house and I wrote letters to the family, then we just rested most of the day.  Today it is back to work.  I started the day by picking the rest … Continue reading →

Holly arrived this morning just after we got up, what a wonderful surprise.  I knew they were coming today but no idea what time.  She left right after work and drove all night – 12 hour drive!  She had Papa, … Continue reading →

Luke helped me pick the vegetables this morning.  We picked enough green beans for two days, two zuchinnis and a half dozen cucumbers.  After breakfast we picked the wild blue berries and made a fresh blueberry cake.  I weeded the … Continue reading →

Another busy day.  Still no rain so as soon as i got up I went down to water the gardens.  The tomatoes are looking great.  We should be canning some next week.  After breakfast Laura and I did some cooking.  … Continue reading →

Tuesday morning after a very busy week end.  Patty arrived on Thursday and helped us pick and can some green beans and zuchinni.  Then we visited that evening.  Friday she helped us pick a few blueberries and she got some … Continue reading →

Got started early yesterday morning because Patty was coming in the afternoon and I had some baking to do.  I made a blueberry pie and picked a few extra blueberries to put aside for breakfast.  Then I made two loaves … Continue reading →

Went out early before it got warm or rained.  It can’t seem to make up it’s mind this week if it will be sunny or rain.  Last evening we had quite a storm and got 3/4 of an inch of … Continue reading →

My day began at 6 am this morning.  I went to the lower garden and picked all the cucumbers that were ready, the zucchinni, and the green beans.  Then I cut some of the tops off the tomato plants so … Continue reading →

I found myself spending all my free time organizing my different projects and having no time to work on them so I ordered and got the “neat desk”.  It is now installed and I am trying to teach myself how … Continue reading →