FarmerDenise's journal - full on harvest time = busy, busy, busy

[TanksHill]

It's been more than 30 years since I was pregnant and I don't remember that much about it. :

This is the body's natural way of blocking out a traumatic event. My youngest is 5 and I am already foggy on the whole event.

Looks like you are finally getting some warm weather up your way.

Enjoy!!

gina

 

[hwillm1977]

It's been more than 30 years since I was pregnant and I don't remember that much about it.

I'm 7 months pregnant now, and I've felt FANTASTIC... I've been happier, had more energy, never got sick, and just generally felt great the entire time I've been pregnant... and I've only gained 9 pounds so far. Although hubby thinks I cry too much... over stupid things... that's my only 'symptom'. We watch a show called Jimmy's Farm, and I sat on the couch and wept for 10 minutes when he had to shoot his favourite ram who went down in the field.

My sister in law (who gained 65 pounds with her first) hates me and likes to point out that my legs are swelling every time I see her.

Good luck to your DD! Here's hoping she feels much better soon

 

[FarmerDenise]

DD is definitely feeling better. I visited her yesterday and brought her my first purple beans, some peaches and some summer squash. She loves green beans, so we figured she might be able to eat them.
Her hubby likes squash, so I brought that for him.

I then went out and worked in her garden, where I discovered that she had lots of ripe blackberries and picked a bowl full for them. Then I trimmed back the berry vines to give to my goats and worked on her garden, dead heading flowers and cutting back the wisteria.
I am thinking I can feed the wisteria to my goats too, but I am not sure. I did a bit of research on line yesterday, but only found that you should not feed goats the wisteria pods. I think my neighbor feeds wisteria to her goats. I am going to ask her. DD is constantly fighting back the wisteria and we have some growing too. Those little goats are going to eat me out of house and home

Now I am making chicken broth. The solids will become dogfood. I hope to dehydrate some peaches today. Maybe after I hang up some laundry. The goats already got the trimmings from the vegies I put in the broth.

 

[FarmerDenise]

When I went out to hang the laundry we ended up with several visitors.
First a friend who now lives in Georgia stopped by to bring us some magazines and to say "hi". There were two issues of MEN in there, so I have some new reading material
Then one of the neighbors came through the opening that we put in the fence and asked about some food for the goats. Then her husband came through, because he wanted to ask SO about something, then another neighbor stopped by to bring us some orchad grass for the goats. He had gotten two bags of sweeping free and gave one to us. His goats got the other one.
While Mr B was here I remembered to ask him, if ihe feeds the wisteria to his goats. He said no. He found when he fed it to the chickens, they acted goofy afterwards and he had the same reaction with the wisteria. So I won't be feeding wisteria to my goats.
I did finally get my laundry hung up.
Then I went to pick the peaches off the ground and whatever was ripe. I got myself 3 lemons to put in the sugar water for the peaches.
Now it is finally time for us to have a bite to eat.

 

[Dace]

You are a busy lady

Dont you just love nice friendly neighbors? Our last neighborhood was really laking in that dept.
Sad when neighbors don't taake the time for each other, sounds like you have a nice bunch!

I hope your DD perks up soon

 

[FarmerDenise]

We have a couple of yukky neighbors, but we get along well with most of them. We have a large property, so we have a lot more neighbors than is customary.

I managed to put up 3 trays of peaches to dry. Now it is time for evening chores.
Already pulled some weeds for the chickens, next I need to take the goats our for a walk in the weedy side of the yard.
I also picked some coriander and dill seed. I noticed that it was dry and figured I better pick them before someone else does. Looked like tha chickens had already hit the coriander.

 

[TanksHill]

You sound like you have great neighbors!!

Dace have you met any of your new neighbors yet?

gina

 

[FarmerDenise]

Most of our neighbors are great! Thank goodness.

I got the goats walked and fed and groomed and cuddled. Still have to lock the chickens up, but I'll have to wait a little while for that. Susie needs to be picked up and moved to the henhouse. She can't get up into it by herself. Sometimes she comes willingly and other times she runs away from me, then I have to wait til dark to find her and grab her and put her in the chicken house. Then she creates a commotion, because she decides she wants the spot someone else is occupying
I don't know what we're having for dinner. Both SO and I forgot to take some sort of meat out of the freezer earlier and we had a haphazard dinner last night. I'd be fine with a sandwich or a salad, but I know SO will want a proper meal. He might go for pesto though, mmh We have all the ingredients....

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

forgot to take some sort of meat out of the freezer earlier and we had a haphazard dinner last night.

i keep doing this too! but we are getting in so late these days that dinner at 9pm is just kinda too much effort. i think i had cake for dinner last nite
;-)

 

[FarmerDenise]

OFG, that is our problem too. by the time evening chores are done it is after 8pm, who wants to start cooking dinner then. So either I cook dinner early in the day or SO makes it around 5. When we don't do either, dinner is usually whatever we can scrounge up. It was peach cobbler for breakfast, lunch and dinner on sunday

Today I was too busy dehydrating peaches and visiting with neighbors to get anything organized for dinner. SO was catching up on some sleep, since he had gone out early to go hunting.

Now I better scramble, to see what we are eating