Cabin Crafted

Category: Sunday Thankfulness

  • Sunday Thankfulness – July 21, 2013

         I am thankful for the bounty of our small farm to be.  The garden is providing plenty to eat and plenty to freeze and can.   For the young hens who are beginning to lay, providing us with a couple of eggs a day for far, rich, dark yolked and tasty.  For the wild berries ripening on the wineberry and blackberry bushes, soon to be frozen and turned into this year’s jam.

         I am thankful for the local farmers that spend their week tending their plants, animals and flowers, so that we can enjoy the fruits of their labor on Wednesday and Saturday, providing us with items we do not grow or raise.

         I am thankful for having been blessed with a wonderful family, Dad, children and grandchildren, and siblings and cousins that we stay in touch with regularly, by phone, text and social media.

         Though the week has been dreadfully hot, I am thankful for the afternoon storms that cool the nights back to a comfort level and water the gardens and farms.

         Life is good on our mountain farm.

        

  • Sunday Thankfulness – July 14, 2013

    Hubby seems to be on the mend, both his knee and his broken toe are healing and he can again walk around without discomfort.  If we can get the Ranger beast to get in his car and not be aggressive toward other dogs, we can again go walking.

    The bounty from our garden is beginning to fill our freezer and pantry for the winter.  The freezer contains the peas from the spring planting and will be supplemented with a fall planting next month, though it is never as good.  We have greens for us and for the chickens, the bush beans just beginning to develop, we will have our first picking of them tonight.  Cucumbers are forming, so there will be salads and pickles.  The garlic yield was 91 heads, curing in the garage.

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    and a supply of potato onions curing in the root cellar.

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    The young hens are beginning to lay so soon we will have a supply of fresh eggs.

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    So far there have only been three, but the girls are only 16 to 18 weeks old, so it is a start.

    Life is good here in the mountains and I love our home and the area.