Saturday on the Farm

Gardening is almost done for the year here in Kentucky. I still have some lettuce, turnips and radishes left in the garden. We are covering and uncovering everyday to protect them from the frost.   I have flowers blooming, though! This cyclamen is in the Bible Garden. It was called a Hardy Cyclamen when I…

Fall is well underway, and judging by the weather this week, winter isn’t very far away. We’ve had freezing temps, heavy frost and even sleet this week. In spite of that weather, I still have some flowers blooming in a pot by the front porch. You can see the Hibiscus branches in the front right…

It was a gorgeous week here. It seems like everything is leafing, budding or blooming. Except the vegetable garden. sigh….Hopefully I will be strong enough to start working out there soon. The kids worked in the garden on Monday and got a section ready to plant. The spots for lettuce, spinach and peas are ready….

I really need to get better about posting this on Saturday.  Oh well, let’s pretend it’s still Saturday. lol This week is all flowers! Before long, I hope to be sharing awesome pictures of some awesome vegetables!   The Lamb’s Ear in the Bible Garden is starting to bloom.   The Day Lilies, also in…

We started harvesting the apples this week. My husband and son filled up the white bucket in the picture to overflowing. It barely made a dent in the tree, and we have a few more apple trees, too. The kids helped me make 13 quarts of applesauce. I plan on using two more bucket fulls…

I mentioned last week that another one of our cats had kittens. Here they are….Kittens are so cute. We now have 9 kittens, and 4 adult cats. We’re going to have to give away/sell the kittens. The kids won’t be happy, but what are we supposed to do with 13 cats?! The dogwoods were in…