Elaine | May 9, 2011
The weather has been up and down this spring. We go from pretty warm to downright cold. This week it is going to be hot. We are talking in the 90′s folks. As I looked out at the farm this weekend and saw all the green that has happened in the last 4 weeks I [...]
Elaine | July 9, 2010
Today I had a “day off”. I did not have any dogs scheduled so I enlisted the boys to help me with blackberry picking. We came up with a deal and I paid them in Wii time. For the most part they were a big help. After all the berries were picked I started making [...]
Elaine | July 1, 2010
Wow! What a wild and crazy month it was. I will recap for you: Samuel went to 4-H camp and then on a mission trip called Fish Camp. All in one week we had Vacation Bible School, my sister-in-law and niece from Dallas visiting, and mid-week my parents came and stole er, took both my [...]
Elaine | May 20, 2010
I found success the first time in my goat cheese making endeavor! Usually the first time I try something it ends in disaster…but not this time! This is all my first batch made. I started with a gallon of goat milk and ended up with about 10 oz of cream cheese. From left to right [...]
Elaine | January 7, 2010
This is actually really late in being posted. The barn was finished last year..hehehe. The last day of the year that is. It is so beautiful and my neighbors Joe and Mike did a fantastic job of listening to what I wanted and designing it for me. There are a few final touches I need [...]
Elaine | September 24, 2009
Look what I got yesterday! Isn’t it beautiful? Several weeks back I purchased some canning jars from the nicest couple. After I got home I almost kicked myself because I meant to ask if they had a pressure canner they might want to sell. Fortunately I had their email and sent that request off right [...]
Elaine | September 21, 2009
My parents got Quinn these shelves for his birthday/father’s day. They are a lot nicer than we even realized. Quinn wanted to get the garage organized so he has been building them as he has time when he is not working. He got these built and wanted to set up a “store” for my canned [...]
