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Week of January 9, 2012
seed orders arrived all at once Could not believe almost all my seeds came in on the same day. Kept the UPS, USPS and FedEx busy today!
Week of January 2, 2012
Seed orders have been sent, time to purge last year's seed catalogs. Every year I get more and more. catalogs 2011
Week of December 26, 2011
last day at the christmas market This year I had 5 Saturdays at the Christmas Market. Christmas Eve day was very busy and I am glad I went.
Week of December 19, 2011
Some of the many gourd bowls that I make and sell.
Week of December 12, 2011
Christmas market 2011 My stall at Christmas. We really lucked out on the weather this year. Mostly in the 30's and no snow. My nephew came to visit me at the market.
Week of December 5, 2011
I told my husband when I came home from the market that I thought my brakes were not working well. I went to park my truck and turn around at the top of our hill, that is when I found my brakes had failed. I aimed for this tree and it stopped me. It took my husband and 3 other guys and 2 tractors to pull it back up the hill. I was out of brake fluid.... Old yeller crashed into a tree
Week of November 28, 2011
wood burned ornaments Some of the wood burned ornaments. These sell well for me; people like the natural look of them.
Week of November 21, 2011
These are my gourd fruit... Gourd fruit
Week of November 14, 2011
apple gourds These are some of my apple birdhouse gourds that I sell at Christmas. I posted this on Facebook and sold all three that afternoon on Facebook.
Week of November 7, 2011
This week I made my herbal soaps for the Christmas market. They will now have to cure for 3 weeks. 96 pounds of soap. soap drying
Week of October 31, 2011
fall field This is my annual field after all the crops have been cut down. Usually I plant a cover crop of field rye, but this year I am going to get a rolling dump of compost.
Week of October 24, 2011
The fall colors are at their peak...this is our pond. our pond
Week of October 17, 2011
hairy balls This is one of last things going strong in the garden. We have still not had a hard frost. Very unusual for our area. These are called Hairy Balls.
Week of October 10, 2011
This time of the year I so love my Scag Mower...I have a leaf sweeper attachment that sucks up all the leaves. These then go into my compost pile. Such a great resource! Scag mower with leaf pickup
Week of October 3, 2011
Unusual fungi I happened upon these unusual mushrooms. They look rather suggestive.