Thursday, June 9, 2011

There's no doubt about it...

There's NO doubt about it...



































I live in ORCHARD COUNTRY!


Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Guess what time it is???

That's right! When you walk into the garage and see this...



You KNOW that it is time for the CSA's to begin.



Sunday, June 5, 2011

Times have changed...

And I've changed with them!!!


I found these pictures the other day...


Me with my Dad in North Carolina at the sand dunes.

2009



Me with my Dad in the same Sand Dunes in North Carolina

2001


Times really HAVE changed...


Friday, June 3, 2011

Cleaning up a bit!

On Tuesday I noticed what rough shape the flower bed seemed to be in...so I tried to clean it out a little bit. There's nothing I like better than to clean something up and see results!




This is what it looked like before started.




And this was when I ended....:)







and another picture after.





Behind the staircase its hard to see a difference in the two pictures, but before I started working here, weeds were the only form of habitation. I planted a lot of impatiens though, in their place. This summer the flowerbed should look great!




And after:




After a hard days work, there's nothing like one of my mom's strawberry milkshakes!! :D





Oh and I just had to show you all our new kittens! They were born under our back porch and they are VERY cute! :)


Until later!









Friday, May 27, 2011

You know it's getting to be summer...

You KNOW that it is getting to be summer time when you decide to brush Homer and this is how much fur comes off. :-)



He has lost his winter fur now! Time to relax for the summer! :D




Thursday, May 26, 2011

Our new property

Hello!

There have been a couple of things that I just realized I never mentioned on my blog here! So I thought I'd let you in on the big news...


Well, last fall my family bought a new property. It's right down the road from where we live now, so it isn't a far drive or anything. It has 13 acres and a small stream running through the bottom of it. It also has a beautiful farm house with it, which we are currently renting out.


Here are just a few pictures of the "new place."


The pasture where we put 5 beef cows



It also has a railroad track running straight through it. :)




After crossing the tracks:




Our goats






And my favorite: the hogs. :)





It's a beautiful property and I'm really glad my parents bought it! We have already planted TONS of crops on it: Apples, cabbage, tomatoes, arugula, radishes, peanuts and parsnips.


It's going to be a great summer!








Monday, May 16, 2011

Asparagus

It's THAT time of year again.... :) I'm back home now in PA and loving the farmwork so far. It is my job to pick the asparagus every other day.



I'm actually heading out to pick some right this minute.

I'm SO happy to be home and I think I will be keeping up with my blog a lot more now that I am home.

I won't stay away for so LONG next time! :)