Pioneer Woman at Heart

"Uh, Mom? Look out at the barn and tell me if you see a broom handle sticking up and moving around," my son said this morning. Sure enough the broom handle was sticking out the barn door and moving around. Ha ha ha ha! The culprit?  I thought for sure it was Rue. But it wasn't.  That brown fur I saw moving about, at the other end of the broom, was Peanut. According to my son, who went out to take care of things, said the goats had a "hay day" in the hay.  I guess one daughter will be cleaning up a mess after school.  Maybe she'll double check the gate latches better - ha ha ha! Now that the goats are taken care of, I need to figure out how to get better.   We need to finish the goat shed, move all the porch furniture to the barn, and stock the porch with fire wood......I am out of breath just thinking of the work that needs done and the fact I am still coughing.  If fact, three of us are coughing badly.   Thank goodness it's Fri...

From the garden journal . . . . . .pulled many tomato stakes, dead plants and still have much to do.  Swiss chard, green peppers, banana peppers and cayenne are all still producing. I started to bring in herbs for the winter.  I still need more pots and soil for the rosemary.  So far, I have brought in spearmint and basil. The fall garlic is finally planted. From the homesteading journal . . .   . . . with no more room in my freezer, I am dehydrating more and more green peppers.  I really love my dehydrator.     . . . we started harvesting our first home grown sunflower seeds. . . . baked up the last of our pie pumpkins.  I will save the puree for tomorrow's meal, and roast the seeds today for an after school snack.   . . . today's is perfect for drying clothes outside.  We have had a few wet and cold days where I've had to hang clothes all over the house to dry.  Soon, I will by drying them in front of the w...