Farm Post number 2-2021

Good Evening everyone!  

So happy to have you drop by the Blessed Hearth Blog tonight.. 

We have not been out to the farm a whole lot the last bit due to so much going on and the weather is not very warm here yet.. 

Terry has been out and working the gardens some but I have only been there to stay once.. 

This was on a lovely day and we arrived early... 

I love getting there early as I am my best in the mornings.. 😉

As the afternoons wear on I tend to slow down... 

Anyway.. 

Before we left home I made sure to get a lovely big bouquet of 

Forget Me Nots...

The most beautiful part of Spring are all the gorgeous blooms .. 

I set them in a jar and lit one of my homemade candles.. 

Made from my own Lavender... smile.. 

And by the way my Lavender once again this year.. 

Thank you dear Lord.. 

Anyway... 

My main goal this day was to clean the old back porch.. 

That is where Terry has resided each day he went out all winter... 

Oh my! 

He shelled beans there and put all his tools and such.. 

He says it is his room and wants hats and fishing rods and such hanging everywhere.. 

What am I to do but make the best of it.. 😏

We opened the door to air it all out.. 

But what a gorgeous view.. 

So many shades of green... (my fave colour)  

He painted it last year but he has to replace a piece of sheetrock in the ceiling and other stuff.. 

I decided to just clean it and hang a few pics and such to brighten it up.. 

I found this hoop at a thrift store but have to put a bit of stuffing in the geese.. 

So old fashioned but it goes with this old house.. 

These were thrift store finds also. 

I believe I will paint the frames to go with the hoop.. 

Then this old book shelf needs a paint job too.. 

All good projects for me to work on once we are there for the summer.. 

No internet so I need to have lots of projects to work on.. 

After awhile I went into the kitchen to start lunch.. 

This is the old cupboard we brought up from the cottage.. 

Terry put some legs on it and painted it for me.. 

I decided to change it up a bit on top.. 

As this post is a bit boring and short I took a few pics of the old dishes I have in the cupboard.. 😊

An old mason jar molasses dish.. 

And a mason jar water pitcher..  

Then it was time to get lunch and set the table.. 

We didn't have anything fancy..

A spring like Maritime Canada meal..

Hake Fish Hash and Fiddleheads and a Cucumber Salad.. 

If you would like to make the Fish Hash it is really simple.. 

First you peel and boil a few potatoes... (how many you need)

You can use any white filleted fish you like.. 

It is best with cod but all I had out there was Hake.. 

Saute up a chopped onion or two with oil, butter or bacon fat in a large frying pan. Mash your potatoes and add.. Then add your fillet which you can cut up smaller.. 

Add salt and pepper and some herbs of choice.. 

Just put it on medium heat and stir every little bit.. 

Terry likes the crispy bits.. smile.. 

When the fish is cooked through throw on some fresh parsley or dill and serve..  

It makes a nice lunch.. 

My Gram used to do the same thing but instead of fish she would add pieces of stale homemade bread and summer savoury for the herb.. 

And I believe she cooked it in bacon fat.. 

My Aunt Eleanor shared that recipe with me.. smile.. 

Last year we planted violets out by the spring.. 

Terry had picked me a bunch along the road but it is so nice that these ones came back.. 

I am making violet oil and  salve with them... 

Terry was working outside so after awhile I had a cup of tea and read for awhile.. 

My newest book that arrived from Amazon.. 

See who the author is.. 

I also read Let the Hurricane Roar..

I could download it on my Kindle. 

It was excellent!

I had to buy this book as it is not on there.. 

I know I will enjoy this one, too.. 

Here is one I loved also..

 

Passing this one on to my sister... smile..  

Well, we had a good day but was happy to get back home here.. 

I will enjoy it more when it warms up and it will.  

This is a project I would love to do out at the farm.. 

I have been looking for this wallpaper for a few years now.. 

I wish I could find something similar but thus far no luck.. 

If you have any or know where I can buy some please let me know.. 

Just email or message me please.. 

I have been collecting wallpaper borders which are all different and think I will do that if I can't get the roses.. 

This is a sweet pic of our daughter that was taken yesterday.. 

I so loved it and thought you might like to see it too.. 

I know some of you have followed this blog for over ten years and have known Shonda through the blog that long.. smile.. 

Don't we mommas love our children.. 

We look at a pic of them even when they are grown and smile.. 

They are as dear to us now as they were when they were in their cribs with their little arms outstretched to us.. eh?

So thankful to the Lord for the sweet blessings of our families.. 

No wonder the Lord created the family first.. right? 

I pray that wherever you live in this world that all is well with you and that you have hope.. 

That you know the peace giver and that you know Him by Name.. 

His Name is Jesus... 

 

Thank you so much for dropping by.. 

I downloaded a bunch of other pics of stuff I have been doing but will do another post on it later.. 

Have made some dandelion jelly, salves, lotion bars and such.. 

 The rhubarb is being made into jams and jellies and such.. 

What have you been busy doing.. 

Our gardens are not all ready to plant yet but soon..

The nice thing about raised bed are they are ready sooner.. 

 

I hope to hear from you either here or on Face Book.. 

I am called blessed hearth on Instagram if you would like to join me there.. 

I love your comments here and was wondering if you leave one on Anonymous if you would just leave your first name so I know when you comment again.. 

K?  

Thanks dearies.. 

May God bless you this week..  

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.. 

Loving Spring in my kitchen..

Hello everyone.. 

Just a few pics of some lovely Spring doings.. 

It certainly has been warm here the last few days and everything is blooming... 

Apple blossoms, choke cherries, violets, and such.. 

The rhubarb is ready so that means one double batch of Rhubarb Muffins.. 

I froze 3/4 of them so that Terry and I won't eat more then we need.. smile.. 

This is a Harrowsmith recipe.. 

Apple and Rhubarb Muffins.. 

Then the fiddle heads are all ready for the picking if you can find them.. 

Our son brought us a big bag and when we went to church on Sunday another bag was given to us by a friend..

Bless them.. 

So on Monday I froze up about half and then the next day made the pickles... 

We love them and they are lovely on a tray with cheese and such.. 

The recipe is on my Pinterest here...

I changed mine to dill, though.. 

Then of course, there is 

Cream of Fiddlehead Soup.. 

1 cup chopped onion.. 

1/2 cup chopped celery 

3 cloves garlic 

3 sprigs thyme

1/2 cup wine 

Salt and pepper 

2 T. olive oil

2 T. butter 

5 cups of fiddleheads..

6 cups of vegetable stock 

1 cup cereal cream.. 

Saute onion, celery, garlic, thyme, salt and pepper in olive oil and butter over medium heat for 5 minutes..

Deglaze pan with white wine and bring to a boil.. Add fiddleheads and stock and simmer for 20 minutes.. 

Puree with stick blender 

Add cream and garnish with lemon zest...  

I halve this recipe as Terry does not like cream soups.. 

I found this somewhere on the web...

Terry and I had town day yesterday and on the way home we picked the violets for my salve.. 

They are in olive oil in the crock pot right now and hopefully I will get it made tomorrow.. 

Thank the dear Lord my taxes are done, too.. 

Finished them today just before supper.. What a relief to get them done again for another year.. 

Tomorrow, I also need to clean and such.. 

When I do taxes then that is what gets done.. 

The first of the week was busy but I kept the stuff on the table and worked at it when I could.. 

But I am too old to do everything so I did what had to be done and the house is waiting for me.. smile.. 

Well, dear hearts.... 

I am tired and going to get some rest..

Thank you so much for your visits and comments and for praying for my friend, Kendra.. 

Take care and God bless...