AKC family pups groomed for all lifestyles, ready for any adventure-all to the glory of God!
”Ploink!”
My sauerkraut makes its bubbly presence known from the kitchen counter crock as millions of little bacteria sing their gaseous song.
If you’ve ever fermented something, then you know how satisfying is this sound of your bubbling brew.
Every week Friday rolls along and our family gets excited about Pizza night. It’s a time where we all work together to get pizza ready by six’ o clock . Everyone has a job. One sister makes the dough, then Mother rolls out the crusts, Katherine shapes and tops the breadsticks, Matthew pours soda, while the little kids wander into the kitchen making movie suggestions.
Once the first pizza is out, everyone comes and grabs a deliciously hot slice and a cup of ice cold root beer and sits down to watch a family movie. It is an enjoyable time for everyone – even Nana comes over!
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You may find yourself wondering, “How are those strawberry plants doing this year?”. Well, let me tell you! In the blog “Strawberry beds” there is a brief history of previous Strawberry experiences, how we built boxes and have been reaping the benefits.
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Walking to the barn, you notice that the air has a nice southerly feel to it and the sun is actually giving off warmth instead of its usual bright yet cold stare. It is starting to melt! Spring is coming! It’s the middle of March and this is the final melt! Here on the Homestead the last melt of winter is a long awaited sign – though not a very pretty one. The season can almost be described in one word… “Mud”. While mud is a promise of the green spring to come, it can be a very dreary time.
Last year was the first time we ever planted garlic the way you’re supposed to: in the Fall. Our seed was questionable at best – wrinkled, spotty leftovers that had been forgotten in the cellar. But our row was tilled and it was all we had at the time, and we missed the local country store’s garlic seed sale.
Now, every time you put a seed in the ground, it is an act of faith. You are trusting, expecting, hoping that God will work that miracle again, bringing life from death. However, our faith was a little weak at this planting…
But God is faithful! Sure enough, the first signs of life were in the garlic row in March, after the deep frosts had thawed.
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