Megan was a member of her school’s FFA organization. That stands for Future Farmers of America. She took Agriculture in 8th grade because she loves the earth and wanted to know more about how to help it grow. Then, in her junior year of high school, she took Horticulture and was the only girl person…
Our hens are getting so big and now is the time to start watching for eggs. These are the first two and DH found another smaller one last night. It is hard to tell from the picture, but these are brown eggs not white. Most of our chickens are Rhode Island Reds, with a few…
In the 7 years I have lived in rural America I have made homemade jams, put up frozen squash, green beans, and apples, made zucchini bread (from zucchini from our garden), learned to ride a lawn tractor, started raising chickens, and now, made pickles. That is a lot coming from a girl who spent most…
Today DH, Stephen, & I dug up two bushels of potatoes and picked the last of the beans. Then DH plowed the ground in preparation for the Fall crop. Later DH cleaned out the chicken coop and tonight we put fresh straw down. Those chickens sure do have the life! What was I doing while…
Tonight we picked green beans, cucumbers, and dug up some potatoes. The beans and potatoes will go nicely with the roast we picked up at Sam’s Club today. Can’t wait to get dinner started in the morning. Super simple, just place everything in the crock pot and let it simmer all day long.
