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Orange Marmalade

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

Wednesday, 1pm and at last I get to sit down for a few minutes.  Thanks to Norman, who is in the kitchen cleaning up the dishes from making the marmalade.   I started the day by watering my blueberries while … Continue reading →

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Parsnips and corn

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

Fall was always a busy time on the farm.  Getting the harvest into the freezer or canned for the winter and like an old horse when the time is right the call to act is still strong.  Here you can … Continue reading →

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Break Time!!

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

10:30 and time for a short break  Norman has a cup of coffee and a country biscuit while I have a glass of ice water.  I can’t eat at break or I blow up like a baloon!  If I even … Continue reading →

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And So The Garden Grows

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

I spent the mooring in the garden picking off the cabbage worms and squishing them.  When it is dry we dust to try and keep the worms out but when it is rainy the best way is to just pick … Continue reading →

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Time for an Update on the Garden

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

Yesterday we got five more tomato plants.  This is the third planting.  The first four we put in when we set out the broccoli and cauliflower plants.  It was really too early to put them out as the black berries … Continue reading →

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Add More Minutes to the Day

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

Things are getting so busy around here and what I don’t get done in the morning just doesn’t get done so we decided to take an hour off at the end of the day and add it to the morning. … Continue reading →

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The Sun at Last.

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

We have had a solid week of clouds and rain.  We are lucky here as we get only one half to one inch of rain with each storm, most people here in TN are getting flooded out or at least … Continue reading →

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Burning Day

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

Once a month we take any trash that we can not recycle, compost or burn to the Spencer land fill.  We pay 11 cents a pound for that and our bill each month comes to less than $2.00.  Also once … Continue reading →

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Easter Visitor

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Carol (Ouma) Petts

We have had a beautiful Easter Sunday.  The weather was perfect and Joe called so I got to visit with him, I always love that!  It is so nice out now that we eat out on the screened porch.  Tonight … Continue reading →

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