It never snows around here but a few weeks back we had our first snow fall that stuck in the 32 years we have lived here.The first pick is the Auburn court house that is one of the most beautiful around.The second is our persimmon tree that is just loaded this year and cookies are in the works as I speak.The third is the snow four days later by the side of our new green house and yes we had a few broken pipes those few days that kept me busy.The fourth is just a pic of a wonderful Christmas yard I just had to have.No our yard did not look this festive

This was such fun that night as my son Tim and I got to serve the Ladies at this wonderful restrant in down town Rocklin.Well it was at our church but by the pics you would never know it.The ladies did a wonderful job decorating each table and I just loved serving once again.I was asked a few times have you done this befor.Yes I said I studied in Canada between welding jobs {smile]

The corn patch

Well this first pick isent much of a corn patch but I wanted to show you the meddow and the flowers.Now back to the corn patch I have never grown corn this tall but I sure want to see if I can get those seeds for next years crop.Diana and I had a full loader bucket when it was all picked and we put up 21 qts of corn in the freezer .We are already planning our next patch for next year as we love the corn we put up in those cold winter days.

whats going on down south these days

Its been a while since I have done anything on this blog so I thought I would take some time to update things.I have always wanted a little green house so out came my hamer and nails and here is how it looks today.Sorry I look so mad I really am not just hanging on for dear life ho did I tell you I dont like high places.I orderded the 6mil plastic for the cover and I am about to install this as soon as it comes in so when I get this done I will post it.I will have water and electric installed or yes I will install it as I am doing this on a budget and so far I will have only 500 dollars in it when I am through.The little tractor hung the trusses and I am using all my scraps as I go I have even used some 100 year old lumber from my pearents old house.Wouldent this look good in your back yard Jaen well who knows maybe some day I can sneek up and build you one.

fun with the chickens

We have been having soooooooo much fun with these chicks down here as we have Jersy Giant rusters and smaller red and white and black hens .The chickens we are getting from this mix are so diffrent and fun watching as the chicks poke there way out into the new world.I have never seen this befor and out of 24 eggs we now have 17 little wobbly birds looking for food.The next batch should come into the world June 30th so I will keep you infommed on how many we have out of this hatch.I just hope this next batch will be as cute as this bunch

Danny Donnely

today was a mixed bag as we started our day at our friends studio in the beautiful town of Colfax Cal.Danny likes Andrews music so much he invited him up to cut a CD.As you can see he had is young daughter listen as she loves piano music and is learning how to play.I think Andrew will go far with his talents God has given him and to see this talented man mentor him is a blessing.Danny has played with people like Kenny Logins and another friend Larry Tagg who has played with Hall And Oats is also helping him and tonight George Tamayo wants to here his music as well.Now for the bad part of my day was a trip to the dentest and it did take away from a very exciting day.But I did have a very gental dentest so I am finaly feeling better so I will not complain can I

Bunnies

Our muther rabbit finaly took and we now have four new bunnies they are so cute.We also bought six New Zeland white rabbits as they really are better rabbits to raise.But the other five were given to us so we can not complain.Well I could but whose there to listen

Spring is here for us

Well this is our spring garden the top pic is our watch Canadian goose well I should say geese.I am so thankful these birds do not like onions and sweet peas.Next week I will be planting patatoes and getting the rest of the garden ready for summer.

summer garden

Its fun to watch new seeds comming up for the summer garden.This little green house has been such a wonderful addition to our comming summer garden.I have all my tomatoes and peppers egg plants and other plants we will be growing this summer.Now for the part I have been so upset about for the past week.It seams our government wants to make it illeagal to grow our own vegetables or raise our own chickens or what ever.Well we might be able to grow them but we might have to get every thing inspected and that is expencive.It isent easy to watch your country fall but this is what I see today

My ladies hard at work

these are my girls hard at work making eggs and yes manure for our garden.I dont just look at chicken eggs as all I get for all the feed I put into these birds but the fertilizer we get is just as importiant as eggs and meat.Any one who has bought fertilizer these days knows it cost a lot these days

These ladies are working hard to please me dont you just love them birds.

These birds are rare chickens and get very big for chickens.They are called Jersy Giants and as you can see these are big already for only two months.When you look at the birds in the bottom pic you can see these birds are almost as big as the ten month old birds we bought last year.So this is what chicken scratch has been up to nown on quack flat and yes those Canadian geese are back this spring and watching us from atop our barn roof.This place is really a fun place when we look at all we have happening on just two and a half acres.

All this work keeps us in food and out of trouble

Diana and I have been working every day to get things done and cheep food on the table.As you see Diana pulls her own around here and is such a great partner for any one The compost piles are ready for the summer garden and should be even better this yeas as we have rabbet and chicken manure in the compost this year.Dang where would we be without this tractor

Our brockly and onions are doing very well and this winter we have had lettuce and green onions every night from our garden.In the next few weeks we will put in our garlic and potatoes for the summer garden.We have also worked up another large garden plot and plan on keeping people who need vegetables who can not afford then this summer.This is just a few things we have been doing down south this past few months but it dose keep us busy and out of trouble.

A few of the things going on down at quackflat

this is a pic of my trees we planted years back for our own fire wood and as you see my dog is keeping watch so they are still there when I need them We have some new rabbits and a new rabbit and chicken barn heck we are almost farmers these days.It is our plane to raise rabbits and chickens for food and eggs.I kind of hate doing this but we will need food and these will help when prices get to high.

This is our new wood shed and mower shed we built this winter and soon we will get some paint on this and it will look somewhat better