Rain , rain and more rain

                          A critter from the garden.

            I have been busy putting up peppers and making more tomatillo sauce.  Want to do some chicken enchiladas  this weekend and plan on using some of the sauce.   The tomatoes are not being very cooperative, and I am not quite sure why.   I planted a few more that are supposed to do well in the heat,  but they don't look too good.

          I worked on a quilt this week and got it done.  I think that some people would get a great kick out  of it.  I know that I do .

It is a bit hard to see but they are all old fashioned camping trailers.   It was certainly lots of fun to put together.  I have not done a lot of applique and this was all applique.  I figured that I now know how to do that.  I have a few other quilts that I need to do with applique,  one that I have been holding on to for many years.  Guess I have no excuse not to get it done.

         My Easter lilies are blooming now.  I think that they are a bit confused.  but it is quite a sight to be walking back in the woods and all of a sudden you see thousands of Easter lilies.   Mom had some in a garden many years ago, and these are all the offspring so to speak,  because  she forgot to gather the seeds.  So they blew every where and now just come up where ever they want.

                               Well,  that's all the news from the south,  
                              Happy" farming" to all the farm girl sisters out there.
                              See you next week. down on the farm.

Peppers, Peppers everywhere

    The peppers are growing like crazy and I am going to have to put some up tomorrow before I lose them.  I have this variety which I don't know what it is and I have some Padron peppers also that are growing quite well.  I want to use them in canning,  but I have so many coming off the vine right now.

   I have been quilting and getting caught up on lots of small projects in the studio as well.  I had a beautiful Santa that the raccoons had tore up and I have been working of getting him back together.  I think he is finally finished and here is what he looks like.

  He looks a bit washed out but  I think he looks good.  Now I need to work on the old fashioned doll and hopefully get her done this week.

       Lacy and the rest of the flock enjoyed some good scratch today.  I managed to get a good photo of Lacy and the rest, but one single one of Lacy I liked the best.

   Here is a great photo of one of my sunflowers that has gone to seed. 

                               Well,  that's all the news from the south,  
                              Happy" farming" to all the farm girl sisters out there.
                              See you next week. down on the farm.

Having been away

  

      at the egg show and then having to go to Indiana to get the house up there in order,  which is really a laugh  I am back and working on getting things caught up at the farm.  I have spent three days just getting the weeding done in the garden,  but on a bright note for that ,  there were enough tomatoes for me to can three quarts of Tomato Sauce and three pints of tomatillos  for Salsa verde. The Padron peppers are growing like crazy and so are the others,  but for the life of me I can not recall their name.  But they are spicy. 

   The reason that I find the house in Indiana to be funny,  is that I walked in on new residents . Raccoons.  They had taken over as evident in the above photo of the basement.  They had totally trashed the house ( basement and first floor) and I was not amused.  I am still trying to get the house back in order and get the rest of the stuff home.  so probably going back next month to move the second floor home.  Hopefully by then the new house out at the farm will be started and I finally can get my life in order.

     Beautiful blooming lily outside the studio door.  Saw a 6 foot corn snake yesterday right outside the door,  I said Hello  and just closed the door again.   Trying to work on some quilts, but my sewing machine has taken leave of its senses and I have sent it to the shop.  I will still get some work done.  Too many beautiful pieces of fabric have come my way.   


                               Well,  that's all the news from the south,  
                              Happy" farming" to all the farm girl sisters out there.
                              See you next week. down on the farm.

The Rain is finally here

                                       Roses Blooming 

       Every afternoon  the rain storms have been firing up because of the heat.   The peas are just about done in the garden and the beans have been so prolific, that I have already put 3 quarts up, and need to do more.     The tomatoes are starting to produce and I can not wait.  We have three heirloom varieties this year.   Bradley,  which is good for canning and sauces,   Black Krim,  and Duetch Fleiss.   They are all growing wonderfully and hopefully no horned worms to eat the leaves anytime soon.

         I have been working on getting some projects done,  I have organized all the quilting fabric again,  and have started getting all the directions for the quilts together with the fabric.   I have also been working on quilling so cards so that they are caught up and done.   I am also going to do some art work with the quilling.  

    The Mimosa trees have been in bloom this week,  the blooms are so dainty  and the leaves curl up when you touch them.

                   The beans and tomatillos growing in the garden.  Can not wait to make some salsa verde with the tomatillos.  They have had lots of blooms on them  so hopefully a big crop. 


                                  Well,  that's all the news from the south,  
                              Happy" farming" to all the farm girl sisters out there.
                              See you next week. down on the farm.
 

The garden is

 

                Going crazy.  Everything is producing  and I am getting started on putting stuff up in the freezer.  Especially the beans, they seem to be on over drive.   But I am not really complaining.  Now  just to get the watering system straightened out.   We have not had a lot of rain, so watering is very important,because of the heat that we are having. 

                I have been getting ready for the next show,  and just about have everything done, except cutting the eggs into the design for the class that I am teaching.  I hope to get that done by the end of the week.  and then pack everything up.   I have 4 eggs entered into competition, and I just hope that they pass.

 the girls eating scratch and  Henny Penny sitting on the nest.  I have two Buffs.

Looks like I found a little hitchhiker on this rose.  The rose is only about 1 inch wide,  so that tells you how small he is.

         Well,  that's all the news from the south,  
                              Happy" farming" to all the farm girl sisters out there.
       See you next week. down on the farm.

 

Everything blooming

                                            Magnolia tree in bloom

     Everywhere I look the flowers are blooming.   Magnolias, roses, ginger lilies.  you name it.   I sometimes wish that the blooming season was a bit longer.  but then it would be spring all the time.
   So far the garden has given us squash, beans , peas and snow peas.  The potatoes are growing like crazy, and I even have volunteers in the compost pile.    We had to move part of the garden to make way for the garage on the new house and since everything is in raised beds,  we just put some plywood underneath them and also some fence poles and just lifted them up with the big tractor and moved them.   Everything so far has survived the move.

                 This is some beautiful bougainvillea that belongs to my friend Yvonne.   I was down at her house working on getting ready for the next show.    Here are a few more photos for the show in Penn. that we attended.

                                Well,  that's all the news from the south,  
                              Happy" farming" to all the farm girl sisters out there.
                               See you next week. down on the farm.

While I was gone.

                 While I was gone,  the roses and other plants in my garden burst forth into bloom.   I love seeing all the color, and really wish it would stay forever.  But sadly it does not.
             I have been busy getting ready for the next show in June. and trying to get some competition eggs ready.  I still have 2 to try to finish and that is taking all my time.  I also have the bead blog hop coming up this weekend and I need to make sure that everything is finished there.   I don't think I will get it all done,  but the first project will get done.

            While I was gone,  I saw these cars at the hotel where I was staying.  I love seeing old cars and these certainly fit the bill.

            There is a green one on the other side of the gray one.  All nicely turned out  but this one was the most colorful.

             Here is one of the cute eggs from the show that I attended.  This lady have a very creative spirit, and was 93 years young.  She had a wonderful out look on life.  I really enjoyed talking to her.


                               Well,  that's all the news from the south,  
                              Happy" farming" to all the farm girl sisters out there.
                               See you next week. down on the farm.