I’m that girl that LOVES growing stuff!! So I decided about two weeks ago that I couldn’t take it anymore, and I got out my dirt and countertop greenhouse (because I don’t have a big one yet) and planted seeds.

I’ve been using a lot more herbs in my cooking, so it seemed perfect to start an herb garden! I planted basil, sage, thyme and oregano!! Woo hoo! They are coming along quite nicely if I do say so myself 😃👏👏👏👍 Also decided to see if I can grow an avocado tree…. We shall see how it goes…. So far the seed just hangs out like it’s in a hot tub lol

Happy Growing Folks!!!

So I rescued these two brown chickens a few months ago. These poor chickens were missing most of the feathers on their back ends when I got them and had been tortured so much I was worried they would never be welcomed by the rest of my flock… But with much persistence they have most of their feathers back and have finally made friends with the other ladies!!! Yay!!! This makes me so happy!!! Here they all are in the coop together snuggling!!

Well sorta snuggling, kinda funny how they separate themselves like that. Here’s my brown beauties enjoying a winter day!!!

So the other day I went out to get eggs and I found a green egg!!!! Eeep!! It just tickles me pink to have chickens that lay such fun eggs!! I’m so happy that my brownies are finally laying and to get such special eggs from them, it’s wonderful!!!!

Green eggs!!!!! Yippie!!!
I love my chickens!!!!

I never knew how bad I needed a dehydrator until this past fall. Mom had been dehydrating jerky for as long as I can remember it seems, but last year she started dehydrating our tomato skins, who knew?!? You can use tomato powder to make paste or sauce or just add it to anything tomatoey you are fixing! Great find mom! Wish I had pictures of this process… I’ll have to post on this with pictures next time we do it. So I thought I need one of these great inventions!! Since then I’ve dehydrated my own skins along with mushrooms

Dried mushrooms store great and are so handy to have around (for those mushroom lovers out there)
Then I dried garlic, it makes your house smell sooo good!

It’s a LOT of prep work but so worth it!!

I also dried onions, don’t have any pictures of this either…. I must get better about taking more pictures!! Onions are easier than garlic but not nearly as yummy smelling. Final product here. Made onion powder and salt, and garlic powder and salt!!! Yummy! And we know what is in our food!!

Happy dehydrating!!!

We are in the dead of winter here, and I couldn’t be more thankful of all the hard work I put into food prep last summer and fall. Cuz, I’m that girl that cans and freezes and grows stuff!! If I can’t or don’t grow it I buy it local or get it from mom n dads garden (they have more room for gardening than I do) 😄 This past year was the most I’ve ever canned and prepped, whether by myself or with the help of my mom, husband or kids. So I thought I’d share what all we did, because I’m anxious for this year!!!
I already posted about canning chicken, refer to my last post.
Then it went to green beans and corn (corn is better frozen)

Then celery, decided to freeze it in small pieces so I could just take what I need out of the bag and put it back in till I need more.

Then came the tomatoes!!! I LOVE tomatoes!!!! Especially the orange ones, and they say they are better for you!!

Applesauce!!! (First time for this)

Carrots, I did these in tiny soup portion jars!!

And pearsauce, I had intended on sliced pears but they are from a really old tree so sauce it is!!

Then I did banana peppers

We also did red beets and cowboy stew and sweet pickle relish. But I don’t have pictures of those 😕
One last picture here of my garden from last year. Can’t wait for the planting season to start again here!!! Here’s hoping I get to build a greenhouse soon!!

Ok, and one more of my canned goods, well most of them. Lol

Happy gardening and canning!! ✌️❤️😄

So almost a year ago now, we got chickens. I had 8 little white fluff balls in my basement in a kiddie pool.

They have been so much fun to have around!! As they got older and we could move them outside I realized I need to build a coop and run for them. Temporarily they lived in a rabbit hutch.

Then I rescued scrap wood from my dads job site (he builds houses and was just gona burn it up) and worked for about a week building them a coop! We don’t have much space where we are at now, so it needed to b small.

The end result was this beautiful coop that looks like a playhouse in my yard!!!

Next will be the run, but the fencing worked until I got around to it! As the chickens got older I found I had 4 roosters… I wanted laying hens, so I took my roosters to the local butcher shop and took care of that. Brought them home and then came my first experience with canning chicken!! Eeep! It was so exciting!!

There’s the canned chicken and broth on the top left! Then came the need for more hens. I came across some beautiful black n white chickens at a garage sale, of all places lol. They have been a great addition to my flock!!

Now I was getting back to where I wanted to be, 6 chickens!! We would go out and spend as much time with them as we could, because my goal is to have happy chickens, pets with a purpose!!! And here’s where my story gets sad , one of my white hens got sick…. She got an impacted crop which then became infected and soured…. As I didn’t want to give her antibiotics I treated it as much as I could for almost a month, thought she was getting better, but then one morning I went out to check on her and I knew her battle was over…. She just layed there with her eyes closed…. It was so sad 😓 We had to put her down…. Here she is on one of her last few days with us…

Then came the time to build a run! I love building stuff!

And here’s the finished run!!

Turned out pretty great if I do say so myself!! And my ladies love it!!!! Yay!!! I’d say that’s enough for this post on my chickens. Thanks for reading! 👍😄