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Cattle Drive and chokecherry syrup

August 12, 2020 / / 0 Comments

There’s been a lot of  kind-hearted folks over the years who have helped us out trailing our cattle to pastures. It was nice to have an opportunity for the boys and I to help with a trail drive today.

Our household woke up at 4:40 am today in order to be driving out of the yard at 5:15 a.m. The temperature was forecasted to be in the 90s and we wanted to get the trail drive over before the heat hit.
She needed her beauty rest at 9 a.m. this morning.
Simon & Ambrose went over to our chokecherry trees and picked a whole gallon of them. Simon then washed them and Andrew made syrup out of them.
Approximately every four days or so we need to go pick our tasty Jade beans.
I have a couple of quarts frozen already, and we’ve had beans almost every night for supper. Eating is so good in August!
Almost every farm kid I know needs to run across the bales at least once a year.
The boys caught a frog on Monday and were so excited to show me the habitat they made for him… Lucky for me by that afternoon he had jumped out of the barrel!

Sweet corn!

August 9, 2020 / / 2 Comments

The three boys went and picked and husked 7 cobs for a treat tonight!   So tasty!!!

Prepping the 🌽.
They unanimously agreed that it was worth all of the work!
Sitting so proudly! With those two bottom chompers, she’s sure starting to enjoy food!

Dog days of Summer🌻

August 8, 2020 / / 0 Comments

I was going through some old photos looking for one for my brother, but I found this one instead.  I hope all of my children develop a close bond with a “Creature of Our God and King” that leads them to happy memories.  I sure have happy memories of my Bonnie.

Bonnie politely shaking my hand as my family headed out to a wedding circa 1991.
Andrew making hay while the sun shines. He’s getting a second cutting of alfalfa down.
On our way to taking Grandpa lunch after feeding Daddy, we saw something in the road. Pretty sure this is a deceased bull snake.
Heading out as Grandpa takes a break.

Peaches & Cherry pie!

August 7, 2020 / / 1 Comment

We processed 2 boxes of Faye Alberta peaches.  

He peeled every single peach! Such a great help!!!
Peaches in syrup, peach jam and peach syrup.
We had a small batch of tart cherries left, so Andrew made a pie…I think you inspired him Chuck!
Working with Twinkle.
Looks like we’ll have some watermelons!
Little pumpkins on the Cinderella pumpkin!
The pumpkin, gourd, squash, and zucchini patch.
Mary’s maple has a lot of leaves now!

August

August 1, 2020 / / 0 Comments

Happy August!

A picture while I was washing dishes. Andrew & Gabe hauling hay out of the marsh. Two computer geeks, may be overqualified hay haulers, but so happy they are helping get the hay out of an area prone to flooding if we get rain.
This little sweetheart sat up all by herself today!
Enjoying a good book.
It’s really neat seeing their confidence in each other grow.
He was telling me that a baby chick was trying to be a parrot, so I asked him to show me what he meant and here right after he walked in to the chicken coop a chick hopped on to his arm. Maybe we should name this chick, Parrot.😁
Enjoying a ride on Buster.
Happy Trails to You🎶
Little Bluestems & some of their biggest fans at the Line Camp.

God’s Abundance!

July 28, 2020 / / 0 Comments

This time of year it is so neat to see the work and effort show forth in the garden.  God’s fruitful abundance is amazing and tasty too!

We picked our first picking of green beans from the garden today. I used them and a couple of onions for supper. Yum! Late last October, I swung by our neighbor’s house and she gave me two gallons of green beans that were freshly picked. She said jade green beans are the best she’s ever grown. We grew some this year. They are very tasty!
We wrapped up our NDSU class. The two oldest boys really enjoyed it.
Discovering acids and bases with pH strips.
Pony riding lesson.
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