Make sure y'all remember to check out our END OF SUMMER SALE on our website www.homestead-blessings.com
We had the great opportunity to have some friends over for a day at the river this past weekend. What a fun time we had swimming, jumping, diving, floating, kayaking... The Three Littles ready for adventure! Surveying the situation, getting ready to "cross over Jordan" Our blond haired, southern surfer boy Here we go! The Captain and his cabin boy Country girls keeping cool Kayak lessons Nothing to it, that's how country girls roll! Splashing All the delicious food... And plenty of fellowship!
Make sure y'all remember to check out our END OF SUMMER SALE on our website www.homestead-blessings.com
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The Cabbage Patch The Broccoli Patch Mom and Mrs. Stowe working on the cookbook, it will be out soon Lord willing! Chore list on the chalk board earlier this spring Clean laundry on the line is always such a lovely thing to see Little Rhode Island Red hens growing big in their chicken tractor Blueberries soon to be harvested from the patch on the hill behind the house The apples are looking beautiful too. Can't wait till apple harvest this fall! Tonto, the lone ranger in the horse pasture now. Maybe we'll have a sidekick for him soon. :) Meadow wildflowers growing in the top pasture. Country roads taking us home.
Howdy Folks, Wow has it been a busy summer, as you all know I,m sure! Well we found out a hard thing- homesteading and trying to juggle in a website too! We will be changing up a few things on our website, hopefully you all will like them.
We are reading out loud as a family a book called "Forty Acres and No Mule" by Janice Holt Giles. It is an excellent book based on true stories and events about homesteading in the mountains of Appalachia Kentucky. You can order the book from http://www.cumberlandbooks.com/. They have wonderful books. We hope to be uploading great pictures of our bountiful onion harvest. They cured so good (300 of them) up in the barn hayloft this year. We are very excited. Well, that's all for now folks! Many blessings to your homestead, Vicki for the West Family "I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works." Psalm 9:1 Well, summer is coming to an end and we are grateful for the cooler weather. But I have noticed how we are always so thankful for a new season when it begins to change around us. I reckon that's what happens when you live seasonally. Just the other day I heard an elderly lady talking to another about the heat of the summer. She mentioned how unbareable and exshausting the heat was and how she "just could not wait for the winter time to get here." The second lady agreed with her, but then added, "You know, we always seem to want something other than what we have. Either it's too dry, too wet, too hot or too cold. We are never satisfied" How true were her words, and I decided right then to try not to complain and bare out the rest of the summer with a joyful and gratetful attitude. And here we are! Autunm is just around the corner!! We have stayed very busy the past three months since we have blogged. Canning, gardening, harvesting, swimming and filming. "The Art of Crafting" was finished at the end of July, making it the 11th film we have made. The Lord has blessed us and we are thankful. This is just a quick blog to check in with y'all. And here are some pictures to share with y'all from our some of our summer projects. May the Lord bless and be with y'all! Blessings, Cecilia for the West Family Here are a few friends helping sort Red Wriggler Worms Mama loves her worms! Many hands make work light. Our purple hull pea harvest A basket full of garden blessings! Georgia Peaches in a jar and water bathed for 25 minutes Aren't they beautiful! Pouring up ketchup Ketchup is so much more fun to can over an open fire! This is the way we wash the rugs! Agitate with your bare feet, saves on your back! We were able to make 16 pints of homemade ketchup! Taking care of the hickory tree in the goat and sheep pen. On a farm we don't ride for fun, we get things done! Look closely, our friend Samuel is bush hogging.
Outdoor laundry room, Ready to wring and rinse, This is barefoot work. The hand wringer in use. "She can bake a cherry pie..." Yes, there are green beans in the garden!! Bugs are out, so Jasmine is making up concoctions... Pure essential oils and apple cider vinegar... Make the best all-natural insect repellent! Our biggest garden trellis.... will be a jungle house by August! Making pleats for a civil war era apron, takes a lot of ironing and patience! Drying yarrow flowers. Mama's wool ready to wash. Hanging out to dry. Adding finishing touches to our reenactment dresses. "For the beauty of the earth..." God's intelligent design and creation.
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