"Eat it up,
Wear it out,
Make it do,
Or go without."
~A Pioneer Sampler, by Barbara Greenwood~
Pioneer Woman at Heart
One Flourishing, Frugal and Fun Family!
One family learning to live off the land, cut back on expenses, and to live a simpler and a more self-sufficient lifestyle.
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
If you were wondering. . .
I canned more wild violet jelly first thing after my work out, and checked the weather. Were you wondering if our rain stopped yet? Well I was.
We got more rain, but I had a break in the day to get outside. Oye. It's wet out there, but after checking the asparagus and garden (for damage), I high tailed it to the flower beds. I could spend a week out there, plus the herb garden.
I have a plan for the wettest part of my vegetable garden. Updates to follow if it works out.
I felt like the "If you give a Mom a Muffin" but with the weeds yesterday. One thing just led to another.
I started weeding flower beds, and found several ornamental apple trees growing in it. I dug up two and transplanted them. I went back to weeding, but after pulling all the cleavers, it was almost a day with the cleavers. I filled my dehydrator with them, and had a bit leftover.
Knowing our family motto, that has been on this blog for years now, you know I try to use everything I can, and what I have (and try to waste nothing). So....two cleaver poultices were made and put into the freezer. They can be used to heal cuts, bites, and even sunburn (cools the inflamed skin).
...and
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Random Tidbits
We've been a swamp in our parts of the "woods" this week, and there is another onslaught of rain to come. I am hoping for a dry day today, but it'll be very limited outdoor work for sure.
We had planned a big May birthday bash - cookout and overnight camp out for this weekend. Campers, tents and all. Sadly, the rain forced us to cancel. We hope to reschedule soon.
I've been doing small gardening jobs in the rain - pick asparagus, and cut the flower heads off the rhubarb.
Yesterday morning we had a short, but shift storm. It knocked a huge limb off of a tree, which landed on my clothes line. Thankfully, it missed our swing, and didn't damage the clothesline. The limb goes all the way behind the swing and is pretty large. You can also see the grass has been cut to the upper right but not behind the patio. It's hit or miss with mowing right now.
We had planned a big May birthday bash - cookout and overnight camp out for this weekend. Campers, tents and all. Sadly, the rain forced us to cancel. We hope to reschedule soon.
I've been doing small gardening jobs in the rain - pick asparagus, and cut the flower heads off the rhubarb.
Yesterday morning we had a short, but shift storm. It knocked a huge limb off of a tree, which landed on my clothes line. Thankfully, it missed our swing, and didn't damage the clothesline. The limb goes all the way behind the swing and is pretty large. You can also see the grass has been cut to the upper right but not behind the patio. It's hit or miss with mowing right now.
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Family,
Homesteading,
Motherhood,
Self Sufficiency
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