Good Morning, Living in the country has it's advantages like privacy and seclusion. It also has it's disadvantages like privacy and seclusion. Even though this is a low crime area I thought about looking into some home security cameras and surveillance cameras. There is a great site with high quality and competitive pricing home surveillance systems. Sun Security. I checked out the features of this 4 camera home surveillance system It is a 4 channel home surveillance system which... Read Full Story

Good Morning, It seems like yesterday when my little biddies arrived. What a day that was. Click here to see more>Biddies. Now they look like this. The Rooster Award for the month goes to. Drum roll please......... Mainly because this little Silver SeBright didn't chase me around the yard while I was taking these pictures. The most crowing award goes to this Golden SeBright. Crowing again on another gate. Here are a few of the Turken chickens. A BB Red Bantam, Buff Orpington and a... Read Full Story

Good Morning, If you haven't ever tried Silver Queen Corn you are missing out on a good sweet corn. With the drought we had this spring and early summer, the corn really suffered. We didn't make very many ears of the Silver Queen this year. The Silver Queen makes a pretty white ear of corn. It is good cut off the cob and has a sweet, smooth taste. It freezes well too. I found this site.Click here>Silver Queen Corn that tells a little about the corn and you can order seeds too. I... Read Full Story

Good Morning, I wanted to answer some of your questions you had lately. What exactly is a crowder pea? Click here> Crowder Peas for information on the crowder and cow peas from southeast U.S.A. Do you shuck those yourself or take them somewhere? Here is my shucker/pea sheller: Farm Man-plus I am also a full time pea sheller lately too. Have you ever just put your shelled peas in a pillowcase? No, but I have read about putting peas in a pillowcase and freezing them. I have used gallon... Read Full Story

Good Morning, This is Annie. I raised Annie and Lil' Annie on bottles last spring after both their mothers died. Annie is just a common goat. No special breed. But she is special to me. Annie actually does not know she is a goat. I did spoil her as did the rest of the family. My grandson loves Annie and Annie loves him too. Annie could not understand why she wasn't allowed to live in the house with us. When we finally fixed all the fence so Annie could not get out,she spent a lot of... Read Full Story

Good Morning, This is where I spend my mornings. Picking Brown Crowder Peas, among other vegetables. I wanted to add about the garden.... we used only compost, manure, and old leaves for fertilizer. We haven't used pesticides either. I am just so proud of the way our hard work is paying off now. A close up of the peas, bloom, and a Bumblebee. Peas waiting to be shelled. Peas shelled. Peas ready to be ate. I have 5 gallon bags of crowder peas froze so far. I can just take out the... Read Full Story

Good Morning, I know some of you have missed seeing Jack. Today is all about Jack. Jack is a Mammoth male gelding donkey. He is around 7 years old and has lived here on the farm for 4 years. Jack is quite the clown at times. Jack's true love is Belle the Jersey cow. Jack really loves Belle. See more here. Jack in his Holiday Spirit. Click Here to see more. Jack is always exploring anything new. This is Jack smiling. Jack has a permanent home with us because he makes us smile too... Read Full Story

Good Afternoon, I just wanted to share with you how 2 months can make a big difference in a garden. We got a late start this year on the garden. We planted on May 5th. This is now. July 12th This tomatoe has grown so fast it is splitting open, since we FINALLY! got some rain in the last couple of weeks. All the tomatoes appreciated the rain too. The garden is producing so well. This week I have canned greenbeans(Roma). Froze 16 bags of okra.(Clemson spinless). Pickle 6 jars of... Read Full Story

Good Morning, Snowball (someone put her out on our rural road when she was a kitten and we took her in) had four little surprises under the house. They sure are cute surprises. We didn't think there was another cat for miles around. Lionel ( my best friend gave me Lionel when he was a kitten 7 years ago) has been neutered so he is not the babies Daddy. I have new homes for 2 of the kittens. I plan on keeping the little one out of the basket. She is the sweetest one. Now I have 2 cats to... Read Full Story

Good Morning, The Garden Green beans cooking to get ready to pressure can. Pressure Canner on just the right pressure so as not to blow up me and the house. The end result. Six Quarts of Pure Happiness! Have a great day! Read Full Story