Check out this year’s lineup of plants – we’re exploding at the seems!
Tag: farmhouse
Melby the Chicken Wrangler
How our farm dog Australian Shepherd, Melby, is reacting – and helping! – with the chickens!
Tractor Versus Horsey Farm Girl
I’ll admit it – it took me 23 years to break down and learn to drive a tractor. I had many excuses – was too big and dangerous, fear of the clutch, too many buttons, I was going to hit something, why don’t the breaks work better … But I became desperate one year and…
We’re Headed to a Show!
Be sure to add this to your calendar – May 11, 2019, Towanda, Illinois, at the “Old Rugged Barn“! We’re headed to the “Celebrate MOMZ Craft Show“! I think this will be a perfect first show for us – especially since it’s in an older barn! It’s been a crazy spring (and about to be…
Garden Time!
I am so excited – you have no idea! It’s finally time to start the garden! We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. (AKA – we earn a small commission…
DIY-ing Homemade Hamloaf
I don’t know how or why – but I LOVE hamloaf! I’m not even a huge ham or meatloaf person, but for some reason, this stuff is one of my favorites! We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn…
Accidental Picture of Life
An Accidental Picture of Life – two things my grandparents loved and passed down to me.
I Never Made A Spaghetti Sauce I Liked
Until now! My mom – for all her wonderful cooking – never made her own spaghetti sauce. She made her own lasagna sauce, but never spaghetti. So I (mostly) did the same; I just found a jar of sauce I liked. And I kept using it. Once in a while I’d try a spaghetti sauce…
How Did We Get So Many Chickens!?
My Dad decided to get chickens, but he didn’t mention – or intend – to get THIS many!
The Cat Ate My Gravy!
So I thought up a “Blender Bottle Hack”! You know those blender bottles? The ones that you get when you’re on a health-kick? They have the little squiggly wire ball thing in a plastic cup that makes it easy to dump your stinky powdery stuff, top off with water, and shake so you don’t have…
JCT Rustic Homestead 