by Beth | Sep 3, 2012 | blog party, corn maze, daughter, farm, HOmestead Barn Hop
What’s been happening on our farm lately? Things are moving ahead with our 2012 corn maze. Here is our maze design this year. I can’t share our website since I try to keep our location and name incognito here, but this is our 2012 maze: Isn’t it...
by Beth | Jul 30, 2012 | chickens, HOmestead Barn Hop
It is time to show off the girls again! Last week I reported that one of my Buff Orpington chickens has started laying! I am thrilled, but she is DETERMINED to lay on the floor in the corner of the coop. I decided to put a crate (a temporary nest) in a chair over the...
by Beth | Jul 23, 2012 | chickens, farm, HOmestead Barn Hop
I awakened Tuesday morning to find something bad had happened in the night. I walked into one of our chicken coops and noticed a LOT of feathers near the watering founts. I thought, “Ut ohs” as I searched the coop for blood or a chicken body. The hens...
by Beth | Jul 16, 2012 | canning, HOmestead Barn Hop
Last night my husband asked if he could open a jar of my pickles that I made a few weeks ago. This was my first attempt at making homemade pickles~ Here is the fruit of my labor (well vegetables of my labor): After asking if he could eat some of the pickles, he ran to...
by Beth | Jul 2, 2012 | canning, farm, food, homemade, HOmestead Barn Hop
It is harvest time for the garden~ Of course the corn waited until the temperatures were 3 digits before it needed picking! I started picking Friday morning at 6am and finished 6 long rows by 8am. Even in those early hours before the sun was too bright, the humidity...