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I am Tricia. Momma of nine, homeschooler, artist, foodie and maker of all kinds of things. It's a pleasure to share here our family homesteading adventures, the things we make, and what inspires our days. Read more about my family and work here. Thanks for visiting!

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Stash Bash

By on March 22, 2012 in Stash Bash

I’ve never met a crafter without a stash of some kind. This year my goal is to use up all the craft supplies I have spent money on that are taking up mental and physical space in my life.  Join me here every Thursday for a Stash Bash.   

I had to take in our car to the mechanic this morning so I will be back this afternoon to post my stash bash projects for this week.  This week has been so busy, I have had no time to be on the computer.  So much planting being done and we are starting to eat a little of our labor.  We are preparing for a new shipment of baby catfish and tilapia fish to restock our pond (more on that in a few weeks) and lots of farm and house projects going on.  Yesterday I baked four loaves of bread, made mango jam and planted a few beds of onions…I hope my energy keeps up.

So what did you get done this week, I can’t wait to see when I return this afternoon with my pictures!   I love every one of your projects and hopefully you will join me this week.  Thanks for stopping by this weeks Stash Bash. Below is the linky list for you to add your project. 

Here’s what to do. There are no rules. 
Just use what you have and try to not buy new supplies, unless you need it to complete a project that you are making from stuff you already have in your stash. 
Take a picture of your project or progress and blog about it or post a picture to flickr.
Then come back here on Thursdays and post a link to your post.
Don’t forget to link back to the Stash Bash so others can find us and get encouraged too.
Fair enough?     

P.S.  Its so nice to hear from other stash bashers so if you visit some of the links don’t forget to leave them a quick little comment.



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Weekly farm update

By on March 17, 2012 in farm life, farm update

I am happy with my progress in the garden this week.  Almost all the beds are planted now with the exception of the two big ones and I hope to get those done on Monday.  I am dreaming up some wire towers to grow potatoes this year without having to take up lots of room so I need to keep working on that.

do you remember last weeks shot of these just planted pea shoots, they finally popped up out of the ground so I planted two more pots full.  These should be a salad in another week and a half.
first tomato of the season and on the smallest bush
Veronica’s squash finally popped through the ground
we will hopefully have a good blueberry harvest this year, every bush is loaded down with flowers and now berries.  The bees were buzzing everywhere.  There are so many more bees this year than last and usually in the blueberry orchard I only get the big fat bumble bees but yesterday I saw lots of different kinds everywhere.  To a farming girl, this is good news.
What I planted this week:  
mache corn salad
mild mesclun mix
spicy mesclun mix
russian kale
joi choi greens
red purslane
french breakfast radishes
pink beauty radishes
green onions
cilantro
lettuce leaf basil
yellow squash
The last of the grape vines, which I was sure was dead has come back to life.  I planted about 7 grapevines last year and put the pruning off till this year.  For some reason this really scares me, but they have to be trained to the trellis so I am busy reading up on it and watching youtubes.
I found lots of little mulberries growing on our tree down by the pond (the one that never gets watered and somehow still lives)
The feathered girls close to bed time, they come back to the coop right about an hour before sunset, from wherever their adventures took them during the day.  The boss (rooster) starts sounding the call and everyone nicely goes inside the coop.  I love the sound of roosters and this one is very good with taking care of his girls but I don’t trust him so I always have my walking stick next to me.  I don’t know why, he just has that kind of face.
Did I mention that we are once again totally drowning in eggs.  I have a handful of people who want to buy eggs from us weekly but I have just been too busy to have anyone come by here…I think I probably need to let go of my perfectionism and have some customers come by even though my garden isn’t perfect yet.
I will be making some good old fashioned egg custard though to use some up but seriously I have 90 eggs right now and we have been putting them in everything we can think of.
I am joining Ginny in her Saturday Garden Journal, check out how her garden grows.



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