Eating From Our Little Acre

Fresh from the garden . . .carrots :)

 Zucchini and yellow crook neck.

 My first picking of green beans.

 We are getting onions and all kinds of peppers.

The cherry tomatoes are starting 
and the others are close behind :)

Our cucumbers are starting and
we have plans to make our very first
Bread & Butter Pickles . . .
I'm so excited!

Last but definitely not least, 

a slightly lopsided apricot pie :)

I love doing my grocery shopping in the backyard.
It just feels so good!
&
Everything is so fresh.

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I'm simply loving my new county life :)

Keep Smiling!
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Your blogging sister,
Connie :)

Growth, Progress, Hard Work & Enjoyment

Remember my gate makeover . . .

The grape vines are growing up

the trellis . . .

And in another month they should be 

all the way across :)

I watched a few You Tube videos

on pruning raspberry bushes . . .

So after my last berry picking I started pruning.

What a mess! 

This is what I took out . . .

this is from 3 original, 3 year old plants.

This is the berry bushes now.

I picked apricots, 

some for eating & some for drying. 

I still have some jam 

and some frozen ones from last year.

 My latest project is this area.

We put in drip-lines to the boxes,

but I was still watering the plants

on the side of the potting shed.

Then I found this long skinny PVC pipe

in Steve's shop.

That's all it took to start an idea 

forming in my wild & crazy brain, LOL 

I painted it brown, put a drip line through it,

and started gathering branches 

and raising it up and over 

the gravel to create this twig trellis.

Now water goes up and over to the other side

and I can drive my tractor under it

without damaging the lines :)

I found this pipe with a perch,

Steve built it for a project then didn't need it, 

so it was laying in his junk pile.

I think it's the perfect spot to add a birdhouse.

The other side needed a little fun

so I hung this wind chime

And added this abandoned robin's nest.

Under it and at the side 

I found this hollow piece of log in the wood pile

and planted it with hens and chickens.

Slowly things are coming along . . .

 I enjoy adding whimsy & personality to the garden.

I have a pot of climbing beans started 

on one side of this trellis

and morning glories on the other side.

I'll have to take another photo in a month

after they have more time to climb.

Steve calls this my Hippy Gate :)

 The green beans are starting to bloom

and this week we ate our first two cherry tomatoes 

and our first zucchini.

Harvest is right around the corner . . .

time to start doing my Happy Dance :)

Well, that's life on our little acre.

Lots of growth, progress, hard work,

and pure country living enjoyment.

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Have a great week,

Keep Smiling!

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Your blogging sister,

Connie :)

Doing The Yard Sale Happy Dance

  Cock-a-doodle-do!

Good Morning ~ My Sweet Blogging Sisters :) 

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I've been out finding some great 

yard sale finds again . . .

how about this rooster tea pot for $2.

I Know!

Cute, right?

And these 2 little love birds . . . for $1.

Can you see them perched on top of the cake,

at a vintage style wedding :)

 You know I love hens & roosters.

I bought 3 of these plates for $3.95 at Goodwill.

On Tuesday I found 4 of these for $3.95 at the Goodwill.
I think they look perfect for a farmhouse kitchen.

But wait just a minute . . .

On Friday, out visiting a local yard sale,
I found a stack of 10, 
of the same plates for $1, 
that's 10 cents a piece!
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Can you jump up out of your chair
and do the "Happy Dance" with me?
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Back to my new rooster tea pot . . . 
this hen was a Goodwill find last summer.
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What do you think ~ perfect match, right?
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Friday I went to Home Depot
 and bought 3 fence boards.

Then Saturday morning I went out to Steve's shop
and built this for my tractor cart. 

Well, that's the fun stuff from last week.
I'm sure you don't want to read about me 
cleaning house, doing dishes and pulling weeds, LOL.

Life Is Good.
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Keep Smiling!

Your blogging sister,
Connie :)