I love how everybody helps out around our little farm. The children love driving the tractor and riding in the cart. This was the day we were digging out Pokeweed. Nasty, stinky weed.
Poor Dan had all the hard work to do since they had to be dug out roots and all. There are many things I can do... swinging a pick axe is not one of them. The root systems on Pokeweed are HUGE. I know some people eat the tender leaves, but with all the boiling you have to do it just doesn't seem worth it to me.
The rest of us were responsible for picking up the weeds and carting them away to the burn pile.
Speaking of burn piles, we had our first fire the other day. We had hotdogs roasted over the fire and s'mores when the fire was done.. along with swimming inbetween. It was such a fun day.
The previous day we'd had rain and this beautiful double rainbow appeared. God is awesome.
Beautiful rainbow, followed by a beautiful sunset.
I love living in Missouri.
Last weekend we cleaned up along the side of the house getting rid of all the old brush/dead pine tree branches.
We carted it up and hauled it to our burn area which is where the old barn used to stand. Someday we hope to build a barn here again and we hope to be able to use at least part of the old foundations.
I would love to know what the barn looked like before it fell/was burned down. We will be building a smaller milking shed that Butterbelle will also be able to use to get out of the elements. It will be temporary cow quarters, and will then probably be turned into a goat/other animal shed at a later date. So many plans!
We also have a few restoration plans in the works. Our basement had some furniture, including a really old over 100 year old cabinet. It's too big to get out of the basement in one piece though. The previous owners must have had it put in there while the house was still being built. Since the cabinet is older than the house I'm guessing it was passed down to our previous owners. It is beautiful with 1 1/2 inch shelves, square nails and dovetail joints on the back paneling. I'm guessing it was used to store canned food. Sadly it has been slowly rotting because of the damp down there. We may cut off the bottom section which is just one big open shelf and save the cabinet itself. No pictures yet, sorry.
In the meantime I also brought this little table upstairs and I'm slowly removing the old paint and cleaning it up. There are also some square nails in this piece, as well as a lot of more modern screws. It should be a nice little piece once it's cleaned up, I don't know what I'll do with it yet.. the kids all keep asking what my plans are for it.. I think they all secretly would like to have it in their bedrooms.
It has been HOT, HOT, HOT here. Everybody seems to love this big waterer we keep filled with cool water. The hens all gather round it and have a drink and a chat and the dog "swims" in it. The kittens and other little feathered friends also use it.
The rest of us were responsible for picking up the weeds and carting them away to the burn pile.
Speaking of burn piles, we had our first fire the other day. We had hotdogs roasted over the fire and s'mores when the fire was done.. along with swimming inbetween. It was such a fun day.
The previous day we'd had rain and this beautiful double rainbow appeared. God is awesome.
Beautiful rainbow, followed by a beautiful sunset.
I love living in Missouri.
Last weekend we cleaned up along the side of the house getting rid of all the old brush/dead pine tree branches.
We carted it up and hauled it to our burn area which is where the old barn used to stand. Someday we hope to build a barn here again and we hope to be able to use at least part of the old foundations.
I would love to know what the barn looked like before it fell/was burned down. We will be building a smaller milking shed that Butterbelle will also be able to use to get out of the elements. It will be temporary cow quarters, and will then probably be turned into a goat/other animal shed at a later date. So many plans!
We also have a few restoration plans in the works. Our basement had some furniture, including a really old over 100 year old cabinet. It's too big to get out of the basement in one piece though. The previous owners must have had it put in there while the house was still being built. Since the cabinet is older than the house I'm guessing it was passed down to our previous owners. It is beautiful with 1 1/2 inch shelves, square nails and dovetail joints on the back paneling. I'm guessing it was used to store canned food. Sadly it has been slowly rotting because of the damp down there. We may cut off the bottom section which is just one big open shelf and save the cabinet itself. No pictures yet, sorry.
In the meantime I also brought this little table upstairs and I'm slowly removing the old paint and cleaning it up. There are also some square nails in this piece, as well as a lot of more modern screws. It should be a nice little piece once it's cleaned up, I don't know what I'll do with it yet.. the kids all keep asking what my plans are for it.. I think they all secretly would like to have it in their bedrooms.
It has been HOT, HOT, HOT here. Everybody seems to love this big waterer we keep filled with cool water. The hens all gather round it and have a drink and a chat and the dog "swims" in it. The kittens and other little feathered friends also use it.
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