Mommy Come Quick!

While in the garden I heard Elizabeth call me; Mommy Come Quick, Hurry! She had spotted a very large and very fat worm on one of the tomato plants.

Elizabeth thought it looked a little bit like a puppy since it has a small tail and short stubby legs.

The worm made a very nice treat for one of our hens.

Back To Work As Usual

Last night, around the time I was looking forward to going to bed early, Pat asked me if I wanted to set up a divider in the chicken yard so we could move the baby chickens from the portable pen into the bigger pen. I wanted to say "NO, I'M TIRED"! But I didn't, instead I helped until after dark setting up a divider and then clipping wings on 100 baby chickens.

This morning as I was watching the baby chickens enjoying their new space I sure was glad we moved them and got it over with.

Good Bye Austin, Hello Home

Our trip was fun but oh am I tired! While in Austin we visited The Natural Gardener again; This place has the best ideas for a home garden.

I saw several plants protected from the sun with a thin net;

I like how this netting combined with PVC was used to cover small areas; but I am not sure this type of set up would work in my area during strong winds.

I love how grapes are used to shade this walk way; I hope to make one of these sometime in the future.

On our way back home we stopped in Abilene to visit some friends.

When we arrived home everyone pitched in to gather the beans, tomatoes and cucumbers.

I will be back in the kitchen bright and early tomorrow morning canning green beans once again.

A Quick Sewing Project

Just before the kids and I were ready to hit the road I had a customer who needed a pioneer dress "ASAP"! Thankfully my sister has a sewing set up and I was able to make the dress in between swimming and visiting.

On The Road Again

The kids and I hit the road today for a quick get away; we were up and loading the car at 5 A.M.Our destination...Austin; we plan to spend most of our time in the water to keep cool.
Hopefully Pat will remember to water the garden and gather the eggs while we're gone!

Fall Garden Progess

Each month we receive a magazine from our electric company. The August issue had a great write up about fall gardens in Texas.

It is from this article that I learned our garden would need a shade. It is amazing how well our shade set up has worked!

All the plant have now emerged, including the carrots! We love fresh carrots; the flavor is amazing.

A True Country Meal

One of our young hens somehow hurt her leg and couldn't walk anymore; she was pretty small but we decided to butcher her anyway. I love the color of fresh meat compared to store meat. Because the hen was so small all the pieces fit into one frying pan.

Our country meal consisted of garden fresh cucumbers, garden fresh green beans, store purchased red potatoes and farm fresh chicken.

I am looking forward to a freezer full of roosters in the near future.