Teaching Work Ethics

 Well, Kansas was good to us, but not the wind. That wind would take your hair and try to take your scalp with it. Phew! We had the opportunity to stay on a big working cattle farm with about 300 pregnant cows. David got to help alot of days when he was off. I got to help a few times taking care of the chickens. Not to mention playing with baby kittens. Our hosts were very gracious and David learned some things and me and his wife did some crafting and baking bread. All in all it was a good experience.  🐈🐈‍⬛🐂🐄🐔🐓🥚🥩

Then it was on to Arkansas.  Dear hubby got to have two days off so we left Kansas,  swung to Arkansas and dropped our stuff off and drove home for two days. I suprised the granddaughters and picked them up from school and preschool. Needless to say they were overjoyed. They had everyone crying and we had to pass around tissue boxes. 

We got to spend two days at home and started on some things to get ready for summer. Dear hubby mowed and got my garden spot ready for me. He had a helper though. This girl is not afraid of hard work. She loves helping in the garden, mowing with poppie and feeding the cows. 

So God made a farmer. This girl is not afraid of work.

The other one hung out with me. God made a little girl to play with bubbles, kitty cats and dirt.

I am so glad we have farm girls. And they have good work ethics. We need to get back to teaching work ethics to these young whooper snappers. 

Dear hubby was so excited to see the cows too. We have switched pastures for rotating and they are at his mommas where our son and his wife live now. We didn't get to see them this trip because of the hours they were working. One of the cows spotted his truck right away and ran to the fence. She loves him. 

Dear hubby and our oldest son are building their dream. 

Our youngest son and his wife finally had a photo shoot done. It has been a long time. They don't get involved with social media much. This momma cried. More pics to hang on the wall. 

It was time to go back to AR and start that job. We are almost done with this work trip. I am making a little trip home to swap places with our oldest son. I'm going to spend the weekend with the girls and get some things planted in the garden while he goes to AR for an Artificial Insemination Clinic one of the colleges is offering. It is a 3 day class and he will get together with dear hubby one night or two and eat and hang out with him. Then we will swap places again and I will come  back to AR  and we will finish out the job. 

My momma is coming too one day. Before we left on our work trip, I sent my two Aerogardens and some seeds home with her. She started pepper and tomato seeds for us in them. They are doing great. She will be bringing them with her and we will get tomatoes and peppers planted. Then we are planting just  zucchini and okra this year. We did an inventory of our goods and we are only growing what we need to replace this year. I am mostly growing the Zucchini and okra for pickles and pickled okra. Those were the two biggest hits from last summer and almost all jars are gone. These granddaughters have eaten them up and I have helped eat the Zucchini Pickles up too. I am so glad they love them. We will plant some sun flowers too for the birds. 

An eventful weekend for sure.Well, I need to get up and get on the road so I can get some things done. Next post will be all about our progress. 

If you want to know how I made Zucchini Pickles check out my video 

New Clothes

 To say I have been busy is an understatement.  I locked myself down for 2 weeks and got busy. A few things for them and a few things for me. Oh, buy there will be more. 😁😁

Latest Videos

 Join me on my YouTube channel for my latest Videos. 

One video is in my Homemaking Series. The things I cover on my Homemaking page here on the blog are in video form on my channel. I cover alot in this video. Grab and snacky snack, pen and paper. 

Today's video is sharing grocery buying tips I have learned over the years. 

With all the rising costs of groceries and everything else, we have got to get smarter at shopping economically. Especially you young whooper snappers. Yep, you youngn's. It is your hard earned money use it wisely. I am decades old and have learned a few tricks and just want to share them with you.  #budget #LifeSkills #grocery #groceryshopping #shopping

I hope you enjoy these. 😉  I count it a joy to be able to help people any way I can. 

Get A Jumpstart On Canning Supplies

 

If you are growing a garden and you are going to preserve your harvest, now might be a good time to start stocking up on your supplies. Waiting until it is time to harvest or later in the summer can cause shortages, shelves being empty and not being able to find what you need and paying higher prices. So get a Jumpstart on getting your canning supplies before they get gone. 

Also, if you do not exactly know how you are going to preserve something, you need to research this info before harvesting. 

Check out our Canning and Preserving page by clicking on the title in the subheader box on the home page. It will take you to that page. I show you how we preserve everything  we grow or we buy in bulk from the store. 

Transplanting Your Seedlings or Starter Plants

 

Spring is in the air and is bringing warmer temperatures,  for some places that is. 

If you spent the winter or early spring starting seeds indoors, your plants should be getting ready to transplant out into the garden. Just a few things to remember though before you do this. 

The plants need to be hardened off first. Hardening off means you slowly introduce them to fresh air, sunshine and the outdoor elements. As the temps warm up and on pretty days, you can take them outside and let them start getting use to the outdoors. Bring them back in when the sun is going down and the temps get lower. You do this slowly because you don't want to shock them. There is nothing worse than working so hard to start seeds and baby them to turn around and shock them and possibly loose them. I have done this myself. Lost every herb plant I had. 

The next step is to find out what your last frost date is for your zone. Then it will be safe to transplant to the garden. Still keep an eye on the weather in case of potential sudden frosts or bad weather. Have something on hand to be able to cover them if necessary.  I have had to cover plants like broccoli,  cauliflower and cabbage before because of sudden frost out of no where. I did this with a bed sheet. 

You can use hay, a sheet, milk jugs, jars, ziploc bags, trash bags etc. If using bags, just  kind of tie them to the base of the plant so they want blow off. 

Protect those babies with your life. You worked hard for them and they will bring you plenty of harvests and your work will not be in vain. 

Happy Gardening. If you are going to plant a garden from seeds are already bought plants,  check out our Gardening Page here on the blog. In the subheader,  at the top of the homepage, are titles. Those titles are links to pages concerning that topic. Just click on it and it will take you directly to that page. 

Happy reading. 😊 

Transitioning Your Home From Winter To Spring

 

It   is that time of year to  enjoy Spring weather. Your home needs to be able to enjoy it as well. These are some things I like to do to transition my home from Winter to  Spring. Any day the weather starts permitting, I will start raising the windows to let in fresh air and sunshine and push out some of those winter germs. When I've aired out the house really good, this is the perfect time to spring clean anything that I may have missed while regular cleaning or saved for this particular season. We love to give the house a bath and pressure wash, clean gutters, clean the flue, wash windows, etc. On the inside I will take down curtains and wash them and clean the windows and glass screen doors. I will try to vacuum out any bugs or gunk from the inside window seal. I will switch any candle or essential oil scents to spring flower scents. I replace table runner and place mats to spring ones. Bring in those early blooming daffodils and hyacinths and place in a jar for the table. 

My husband grew up with a momma who washed the walls in the spring. Anyone else's mommas do this? She literally moved furniture and took things off the walls to do this.   She used bleach and water. This killed all the germs. She was a stickler and my husband dreaded this every season. lol He had to help move furniture and take things off the walls. 

Transitioning the home can help relieve the winter blues and stress. There is nothing like breathing in clean fresh air and letting the home breathe as well. 

What are some ways you can share that you transition your home for Spring?

Happy Easter He Is Alive

 Today we remember the reason for the crucifixion.  Jesus said all these things would happen in order for the Resurrection.  Today is the day. HE IS ALIVE.  Let us rejoice that the grave did not hold him. And may we forever more remember he is coming back. 

Have a very Blessed and Happy Easter. 

Good Friday

 Reading the story of the Crucifixion should bring a tear to every eye and humble every heart to think that someone loved you so much enough to die for you. ❤️🩵