We are extremely happy with how the garden is doing. Plants are producing vegetables, flowers are blooming and we have a big grin on our face. Our peas are producing a lot and so are the zucchini plants. Little farmer boy is in love with the peas and picks at least two every time we go to the garden to nibble on. One of the many sunflowers in the garden, I'm in love with them. The zucchini row growing steady. Our goal this summer is to can more of our fortunes from our garden along with some delicious pickens from local farms. Last summer we canned some peach jam and we wanted to try strawberry jam this year. We found a recipe from Certo and picked up some strawberries and had a day of canning jam. Luckily we did it on a day that wasn't in the 90s, cause boy was our kitchen hot. There were a few incidents of burning our finger tips but nothing too serious. Our other challenge was our two year old wanting our attention and ...
We're a small family of four doing what we love on the homestead, in the garage, and in our home. Most recently we started a metal business and when in season grow our own food, cut our own firewood and do projects in between it all. We'll show you what we know and how we do things and who knows you might learn a thing or two. If you head to our Instagram or Facebook page you can see what we're up to on a mostly day to day basis.