Warm Days in May!

      The weather has finally warmed up! And I think it's here to stay! I'm at the place where I stay inside after 1 or 2 in the afternoon until about 6 at night. I have lots to do during that time though. I just now got through working out with Jillian Michaels! Isn't it nice to have a celebrity right in your own home? During the other hours, I clean, cook, do dishes, and laundry.Tonight I'm making chicken fajitas, so I won't have to cook them until the guys get home. Skylar has finished school and will graduate on the 29th. My baby! Where did the years go? I remember when.......!

      The garden is doing better than last year, so far. One tomato has a bloom! I wished they all did! Something is eating the leaves of the beans. What can I do to help that and keep it organic? I purchased some non-organic sweet potato slips and am going to see how they do. I planted organic heirlooms I ordered a couple of years ago and they didn't make it. I have more knowledge how to grow them now. I just don't know if chickens will eat the sweet potato leaves. Do ya'll know? There's a great spot to plant them in the chicken yard. I'll have to read up on that. How's your garden doing?

      The goat girls are doing well. Their bellies are beginning to get bigger. The brown one is bigger than the white one. Maybe she is further along, or has twins. They are due mid-July. The babies will be here before I know it! I hope ya'll are experiencing a warm in your temps! I'll try to send some of our warmth to you! Have a great week! Blessings from Bama!

The making of biscuits.

I think he's the cutest boy in the world, even if he doesn't smile!

The candy striped amaryllis is fading fast!

I need to look up this vine. Do you know what it is?

Hillbilly chicken shade! They love to gather under here!

I hilled the potatoes but it doesn't look like I did enough!

How high should the hill go? I think it might start to fall down if I go further.

The bees are calm and carrying on. I don't know if I told you in the last post, but Guy had to put the nuc in a larger box because there was no more room for them in the small box. They were honey bound!

These are right next to the bees. Funny how purple shows up blue in a photo.

My one and only bloom so far is from an heirloom: Nepoli.

I wanted bread for breakfast but it was too late to run the bread machine. I thought of the bread that is the easiest, from Jim Lahey's book, My Bread. It is delicious!

Hot and fresh, right out of the oven!

      

They Predicted a Winter Storm, But all we Got is RAIN!

      The kids have been out of school for two days, all on account of....rain! The temps just didn't get cold enough for snow, sleet, or ice. I'm glad! It's nice to have another break from the everyday routine. The guys stayed home yesterday, but have gone to work today. The temp is 32 and could get messy after dark. But it should warm into the forties tomorrow. Hopefully, they'll get home before it 'could' freeze!

      I don't have any photos of snow or the girls, but I do have a few photos. I have been busy baking, just in case the power went out. And laundry. I thought I wouldn't have as much to do today, but I should have known better. I decided to grind some pork into Italian sausage for Spaghetti later this evening. I will do that when I finish this. I also didn't get my seeds planted yesterday, so I will do that when I finish this. I will show photos in the next post. The girls are coming Friday, so I will have photos of them as well.

      Hopefully, this post will find all you my wonderful readers, safe, inside, and warm! I don't go outside when it's all messy and raining and cold! I take that back; except to gather eggs. Randy has been feeding the animals before he goes to work. The hens have been laying about three a day, and I have been enjoying eating them and using them to cook with.

      Next week, I hope to be able to be outside a lot! The temps are suppose to climb into the sixties! Wow! Spring! I won't know where to start! One thing for sure: walking! I have missed walking outside, so much! My other exercises are working good for me, but I really miss my walk. Hope to hear from ya'll soon! Blessings from Bama!

Yummy granola!

My husband can fix just about anything! He noticed water in the floor around the door of the freezer, and had me to remove most everything from it. Then he went to work. It was a long, tough job, and I helped. 

Thick layers of ice that had to be removed from the bottom of the freezer.

He really gets 'into' his work!

The day the boys went to live with the girls, for while.

Checking each other out.

Ran is opening and emptying the flour we ordered from Amazon. It was shipped just like this. No bag or anything! Even the UPS guy was surprised it wan't in some kind of bag. Imagine the mess if it had gotten punctured!

The reason we use this flour: non GMO. It's Wheat Montana, an excellent brand!

Valentine cake for Randy!

Brownies for Skylar!

Biscuits!

A second tray!

Jim Lahey's ciabatta bread in the making. Two containers of pita bread.

Pita bread. Made almost exactly like tortillas, just cooked in the oven.