Farm Post number 3, 2021

Hello everyone.. 

Welcome to the Blessed Hearth this Sunday evening in June... 

Mid June already... 

I don't want the spring to be finished and summer at the door.. 

But that is time, eh? 

It passes and I am still trying to catch up.. 😙

This is farm post 3... 

It is actually a post of several days.. 

We were there most of the past week but came home in the evenings.. 

Hockey is on, you know... 😀

 

So several of these pics from a couple of weeks ago and such.. 

The apple tree and Aunt Eva's lilac tree have blossomed! 

And so have the Lupins and the lovely cows are out in the pasture.. 

all is well there as you can see... 

Usually, when we arrive at the farm I look around at the herb beds and pick a few for the day.. 

\And a little bouquet of johnny jump ups.... 

In a wee salt shaker... 

In the kitchen I unload my bag of goodies and light the incense.. 

I so love Sandalwood and Patchouli but one of you sweet readers mentioned you love Nag Champa and that it was a remnant of your hippie days... 😀

Well, I was enthralled shall we say and tried to find some.. As Terry has always called me a hippie-want-to-be I wanted to see if I would like it.. And thanks Sue, I love it... 

Terry appreciates it too.. 😃 

So on this particular day I headed for the pantry..

Such a gorgeous day out there but we were out of bread and I wanted it to be ready for lunch... 

Our farmer tills our gardens when it is time.. 

Much later then most of my readers but we still have a harvest even when it is late getting in.. 

Not late for us here in New Brunswick but the rest of the world.. lol.. 

I only made a loaf of no knead as we would eat it with our chowder.. 

I divided it in two loaves and made one chive.. 

I almost always make my own salad dressings as I have mentioned many times, I know... sorry.. 

Terry likes Kraft..  go figure!! 

One part lemon juice, 2 parts olive oil, dash of chili flakes, smashed garlic cloves and salt and pepper.. 

Add herbs of choice.. whisk.. soooo good!!

I was making myself an herb salad so didn't add any to the dressing.. 

He wouldn't like that one so I made him a tossed one.

We didn't have a lot in the fridge yet but the dressing was good.. 

You just mix up herbs that you love and add a bit of this and that.. 

I think I added cukes and onions, probably...

But mostly herbs.. 

then set the table.. 

I will confess... 

We don't eat every meal at the table.. 

We should and if we had children we would for sure.. 

But some evenings we have it on our tray.. smile.. 

Old age tricks, I guess.. 

I know what you are thinking.. grin.. 

That we eat a lot of fish chowders and you are right.. 

One of both of our favourite meals.. 

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I bought these flowers as they look like violets.. 

Aren't they sweet?

Another day I pasted this little piece of border under that old cupboard.. 

There was just enough... 💗

More pics of the pantry... 

Sorry to have so many pantry pics but I was working in there quite a bit.. 

I still have an old cupboard to paint.. 

Hopefully this week, we shall see.. 

I always have time to read, though.. 

And pick some flowers and press them... smile.. 

This past Saturday I made Chili Dogs from my friend Marie who had the English Kitchen blog.. 

They were so good... 

Her pics were much better.. 

I do have chili there on top of the hot dog.. 😀

One day we had Greek Orzo Salad and on cheat day we almost always have Shrimp Pasta.. 

Oh dear... 

I see I have a food blog going on today... 

Pork Tenderloin on another day.. 

Someone was asking about the green fern vegetable on our plates.. 

They are Fiddlehead Ferns that we eat here like spinach.. 

Our son picks them beside the streams and rivers and cleans them really good... 

We eat them many ways but this is our favourite with butter and vinegar.. 

Just make sure you have the right fern... 

Some are poisonous!

I made some pickles with them this week and tried a few rhubarb ones  .. 

I love fermented rhubarb pickles and the fiddlehead ones but this is a new recipe for the rhubarb so we shall see... 

I love making Herbes de Provence from my own herbs..

a thrift store find..

from France   

And Garlic Scape Salt..

Here is a lovely way to use them when you want a snack or are entertaining... 

Our children took us to Gustos last year and this was one of the appetizers.. 

We tried to figure it out and this is pretty close.. smile.. 

Here is my Herbes de Provence recipe for you.. 

3 Tablespoons dried thyme

2 Tablespoons of dried Savory

1 Tablespoon of dried Oregano

3 Tsp. dried Rosemary

2 Tsp. dried Marjoram 

1 Tsp. dried Lavender.. 

Put in your mortar and pestle and smush it up.. 

Keep in a mason jar... 

For the salt I just blitzed up some herbes and garlic scape salt.. 

Lovely.. 

Cut up a banquette or whatever, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle a bit of the goodness on.. 

Don't tell Gustos... grin.. 

Well, time to go home again dear hearts.. 

Home is where the heart is... 

Just wanted to share my beautiful cactus blossoms.. 

These are here at home.. 

Thanks to Laura and Kathleen for giving me a piece of their antique cactus plant.. 

I love it so.. 

And a few more plants.. 

Love being home too.. 

But you know there is another home I am longing to see... 

My brother in law went there this past week.. 

 

A home way beyond the skies.. 

A home not prepared by mortal hands but by God, eternal in the heavens...

He has made a plan whereby we can prepare to go there when our journey is over.. 

We just have to place our lives in His hand  and follow the plan of salvation.. 

He made it so simple..

Then when our life is over we have a hope beyond the grave..

I love the verse in II Corinthians 5:1

For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is when we die and leave this earthly body), we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.. 

Isn't that wonderful!! 

 

My sister lost her husband who she loved so dearly but she knows she will see him again some day.. 

Life is precious dear ones.. 

Live it to the fullest by living it for God.. 

Sending hugs your way.. 

We will hopefully give you some garden pics or something different next time.. 

God bless..  

 

Farm Journal 2020 Number 1

Good Evening dear hearts!  

Welcome to the Blessed Hearth on this Sunday Evening in June... 

A very cool and cloudy day here in Maritime Canada.. 

Hope all is well in your world as it is here in ours.. 

We are of a people most blessed this Sabbath.. 

After three months of not attending a church service we were able to go this morning!!  

So happy about that!  

And it was lovely! 

The presence of the Lord was so real and so exciting to see everyone..

Online services were great and so glad we were able to do that but there is not anything quite as wonderful as going in person to a building and worshipping the Lord with others... 

Anyway.. 

That made my day..smile.. 

I decided that I would start my farm journals again.. 

the year 2020!

This is quite the year and so it will be interesting to see how it works out compared to the past ones.. 

I think this is the fourth time that we will be summering at the farm for most of the time.. 

With the world situation as far as the pandemic goes we did not know what to expect but happy we can be there..  

We have been out doing garden work and such..  

Everything is finally getting green... 

Early morning mist .... 

So beautiful!  

So happy that my herb beds are doing well even though it has been cool often.. 

That is Lovage on the back left with Comfrey on the right.. 

Out front is Tarragon and Parsley just planted.. 

How do you like my new ride?  grin.. 

That is the most wonderful contraption for this old gal... 

It helps me to get much more done as my feet are not great... 

The basil is in although I have several more plants.. 

This is one herb bed but I have two others plus a couple of veggie raised beds.. 

Do you see our garlic and onion plants in the back one.. 

The front one has Oregano, Ground Cherries, Fennel and such... 

There is the happy man over there... 

Doing what he loves.. 

That is a veggie garden and two over on the right that you can't see.. 

He took the wheeler up and I drove it while he held onto a plow and made rows for our potatoes!  LOL.. 

It was pouring rain and as I am waiting for him to do something I am thinking to myself that most people would think we had lost our marbles.. 

Why do we do the things we do?  lol..

I was soaked and so was he.. 

Most of the potatoes got in though.. 

Nothing that a hot bowl of soup won't fix... 

He is in his happy place.. smile.. 

Homemade beef broth that I made and then froze and barley and veggies..

Homemade bread and coleslaw... 

Plain old farm fare is what he loves best..

My sweet Aunt Eva's White Lilac are in bloom..   

How lovely is that, eh! 

They smell so heavenly.. 

We were so happy to see our farmer's cows out and in the pastures.. 

These are not our cows but a farmer who uses some of our fields... 

We love seeing them as you know.. 

They always coming running when we go out our lane if they are in the pastures there.. smile.. 

We picked up our chicks this past week... 

We only bought 20 this time and will see how it all goes as there are other chick days coming up... 

They are so cute right now...smile.. 

We will enjoy them this winter though for sure.. 

Some make and do things that I have been at.. 

Picked a bunch of wild violets.. 

Such a dear little flower.. 

Violet Oil to make Salves and soaps with... 

I was reading a wonderful book.. again!  lol.. 

How I love my books... I know.. 

I read everyday.. 

I always have since I was a young girl... 

I love books that were written about the 1800s for some reason.. 

An author I discovered this past winter was Donna Hubbard Scofield...

That First Montana Year and Back Home.. 

I loved them.. 

She is a Christian author.. 

In one of them she wrote of making a wedding cake and decorating it with sugared rose buds ... 

I looked it up and there were violets done so of course since I had some I decided to try it and will put them on something some day this summer.. 

To celebrate one thing or another.. smile.. 

And as always if there is some flower I can pick... 

I pick them and if I can't get to them my dear husband picks them for me.. 

He is a good man!  smile.. 

Made some perfume from a recipe on the web.. 

Just unscented lotion and add essential oils.. 

This has patchouli (of course), a couple drops of ylang ylang and a couple drops of lavender.. 

I like it... 

Found the sweet containers at the dollar store so will make some others for my gift pantry... 

Some days at the farm I am still going through boxes of stuff from our cottage and shop in St. Martins.. 

Last week I found a box of linens.. 

And lace... 

Pillow cases, luncheon cloths, table runners, doilies, napkins and a tea towel.. 

How I love thee... grin.. 

Some rainy day I will pull down the ironing board that is built in the kitchen wall and start ironing them.. 

I love stacking them on shelves here and there.. 

Do you?

I mentioned in my last post about planting some sprouts in these dear little egg cups..  

 

I told you I would just do a short post with just pics and show you them.. 

Sorry.... 

Another long post.. 

But you can skip right on by the words and look at the pics or not.. grin... 

I am almost done.. Honest.. lol.. 

Just wanted to share my view from my happy place.. 

My swing here at home.. 

On the windy evenings we have been having I just plop myself down and cover up with a sheep lined blanket Dustin gave me and watch the world go by.. 

So thankful for these wonderful blessings ... 

Where is your happy place? 

I have several to tell you the truth.. 

But I wanted a swing for years.. Literally.. 

So.. 

I really enjoy...

I always like to leave you with a recipe too.. 

I copied this off a group site I joined ... 

We love pasta salads although I know they are carbs but everything in moderation... right?  

This is tuna, peppers, cukes, onion and parsley and a bit of parm...\

My grandsons most requested salad..  

Well my friends I am finished for now.. 

Hope you are enjoying this wonderful season... 

The month of June is my second fave month.. 

May is my first.. smile.. 

Thank you for stopping by.. 

I know that I am as bad as a long winded preacher but so it is.. smile.. 

Looking forward to hearing from you all.. 

Take care of yourselves and your sweet families.. 

Trust in the Lord and He will direct your paths.. 

The main thing in this topsy turvy world is keep our eyes on the main thing.. 

Jesus!  

God bless..