Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts

Friday, June 22, 2012

WNC mountains.... we are home!

My granddaughter, modeling the completed table.
Designed and built a table for the deck.

With the help of my son-in-law and sweetie.


Gray, the new cat (came with the house) enjoying the deck.
Sugar enjoying the deck.
A new planter for the deck, thanks to my kids for a gift card from Lowe's for Mother's Day.
Made a house sign.
New screen room for the deck up.

Culture...Friday Drum Circle, downtown Asheville.

Local talent... our new favorite singer, Peggy Ratuzs

Downtown Hendersonville,  our new town.

New fire pit.

First Fire!

New starts for garden.
Soldier fly bin to recycle organic scraps.

New flowers.....



Beautiful views from the car.....





First dinner at a real table!

Woof!

Meow!
Ouch....  shot myself in the foot with a pellet pistol!


Thursday, July 23, 2009

What are you up to?






Here it is ~ almost the end of July.... summer is flying away. I just ordered Kyle new strings for his guitar. Sweetie is playing with the dogs on the front porch. Most of all I am enjoying my rare, sort of, day off. There is so much to catch up on. Bill harvested this years garlic crop. It is drying in the barn. The first round of corn has been harvested. We are working on food preservation this year. We have dried corn, carrots, green beans and a few onions. Easy to throw in to a hearty stew this winter.

We are missing Kyle tremendously. He does call when he can. It is hard on his new wife. But the time is passing, just a bit slowly for her. He will be home for his mid tour leave in September. We are all looking forward to that.

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Summer is here.... what are you up to?

MY, MY, MY.... one of my friends at the CommentExchange kicked me in the butt this week. She essentially said (paraphrasing) ~Get off your lazy rear and post something new!~ So here I am, at 11:17pm going through all the other "web" stuff I have put off this month. So what do I post about? MMMMMMMMMMMM Well, I keep trying to figure out how to make money on the internet. I am not so successful at that. Oh, I make $5 here and $2 there. Money is Money. But, as much as I love selling, I would rather be selling for me. Not for "The Man", you know. Catch 22~I have to keep the job with the man in order to live and thus not enough time to build a business to earn enough to live. (Are you confused yet?)

I want to hear success stories. Lots and Lots of success stories. Are you or anyone you know actually making enough money to live on? My friend John over at Potpolitics is running a series of posts by La Teasa at Home Business Success. I just really haven't had the time to really, REALLY read the articles. So that is my goal..... I am going to read the guest posts and really search La Teasa's site and see what I learn. If I learn something really good, I will let you know.

Until then....
The strawberries were great this spring
Green beans are going gangbusters
The first round of corn is days away from harvest
The bees are doing there thang (I hope there is enough honey to harvest this fall)
The girls are still blessing us with eggs
Buck is growing from a puppy into a lovely dog
Sugar has the patience of Job
And my Sweetie of Sweeties is the best Sweetie in the world
........ and he's all mine! :P

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Spring Maintainance



The poor greenhouse has been tried to its limits.
It was coming apart at the seams.
So out came the needle and fishing line.
She good as new and ready to keep protecting tender plants.




Monday, December 22, 2008

Winter Walkabout.... Homestead 2008



On Sunday, 12/21, the first day of winter,
Sugar and I took a walk around the homestead...
This is what we found.

A puddle of water from the inch of rain Saturday night and Sunday morning.
And the ferns totally brown.


The garden barren and mulched over.


The sky grey and the trees devoid of leaves.

The chickens were trying to find a dry spot. Still giving up their precious treasures.

Snuggle up by the roaring fire and have a warm and safe Holiday Season!



Sunday, October 5, 2008

Join me for a Walk About....

No Walk About is ever complete without my friend and companion~

SUGAR!






The Girls ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Eggs~~~~~~~~~~~ " O No~ my Babies.... "


Spider~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tomato ~~~~~~~~~~~Flower


Bird Bath Flowers ~~~~~~~~~~~~A View~~~~~~~~~~~ Another Flower



Sweet Potatoes~~~~~~~~~ Asparagus ~~~~~~~~~~~~White Clover



Okra ~~~~~~~~~~~Winter Hay for mulch ~~~~~~~~ Fern Spore Frond



Tunnel of Ferns~~~~~~~~~~ Pinecone~~~~~~~~~~~ Our garden


Thank you for joining me and Sugar on our Walk About!