Spring's in full swing!

Howdy Friends and welcome to Homestead Blessings!

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Life has settled into late spring, early summer rhythm, the early garden is prolific with produce and the later crops are coming along nicely. With all the rain we've been having it seems like things are growing over night! The heat has finally hit us though with temperatures in the 90's and humidity rising every day. But there is still a nice breeze through the valley and it brings with it the sweet, sweet aroma of blackberry blossoms, honeysuckle and wild roses. Canning season is just barely around the bend with crops like snow peas, new potatoes, cabbage, and strawberries being harvested now. We've been canning dried black beans and pinto beans that we've had in storage for a couple of years. They have turned out beautifully and we're excited about being able to just open a jar for bean soup instead of soaking and boiling for days. We've got a lot of projects looming ahead of us these next couple of weeks, building an outdoor shower, breaking in the filly, more plowing, and planting field corn and purple hull peas- just to name a few. So with that I'm gunna sign off and go check the canner on the woodstove… Y'all have a blessed day! 

The two newest members of our farm, "Quick" and "Quack"

Planting cucumbers

The lovely bluebird couple who lives in the cherry tree

Part of the spring garden, it has grown about a foot since this picture was taken!

Hilling up the potatoes

Planting tomatoes. We have 130 in the ground so far!

Getting ready to cultivate with Shenandoah

Building a drag for plowed ground from an old pallet

Hammering on the "dirt guard"

The drag in use. Hannah is standing on it as Shenandoah pulls.

Our horses in the pasture {of buttercups}

Our pretty little filly

She is the cutest thing, we love her!

We are still trying to settle on a name for her

There's a pretty girl!

Tonto, the handsome horse.

Taking a bike ride on a Sunday afternoon

The elusive cowgirl

Laundry day was hectic, we had an overloaded clothesline so...

we used the barbed wire for the denim. It works great!

The Tennessee state flower

Beautiful bluebells.