Heres Whats Pickin on Our Little Farm

It's been a Pea Pickin Time Lately:)

Our Chad, the Backbone of Our Garden
seems to be run over with peas  these days
we never do get the rows
far enough apart but once he burns the wholes in the plastic there is no going back!!
And when you are doing that Project we totally forget how Beautiful and Big those plants get and just how far those runners will go !

Our sweet Go Getter loves to shell he usually oops to babysit Sophia while the pickin is being done but
 he still gets his fair share:)

Our Rows are just short enough this time to pick and bring in a huge pot of Peas for Supper with a huge plate of Cornbread ,its so YUMMY
sometimes we choose to have only that for Supper!

Such a Hard working young Man

The Butterbeans have started filling our basket

                  We grew 2 different kinds of beans this year Kentucky
Bush and Italian Flat Beans both have been wonderful Producers

The kentuckeys we pick and bring straight to the Frying Pan I saute with Olive Oil , butter and Garlic and Onions that we Grew early Spring and add 2 huge Portibella Mushrooms
MMM there is never Enough of this Recipe 

These are the Italian Flats
Funny thou I call them Leather Britches to the kids but they are not but they get a chuckle out of it.

A Few of these Little treats are still coming in
the Okra has gone to a full Blown Cutting every other Day

LOL, this is how Farm Kids  look after Mom has Worked them
A nap anywhere will DO !

A few new Pecan trees have come up and we have been protecting them for transplanting to the back Field
( well if we can keep Hubby from lawnmowing them !)
But this one had me  totally STUMPED I had never seen a Pecan Leaf this big ,so I had to call an Expert IN to take a look and tell me if it really was a pecan tree.

MY DAD
he said in all his years of growing Pecan trees he has never seen leaves this HUGE !
This one we will diffenatley Baby to see how it grows and Produces down the years.

This is what is going on in OUR Little Farm Pickin,
May You have A Blessed Day
Love From My Smith Gang

Sunflowers help fill my Day

My Black Bucket Affairs
This is how my Mornings start and how my evenings End
Spending time with my cute little Black Buckets
The Rabbits get fed, then the Chickens and then Wilbur and Wallie ..
What a Minute !!!?
Wilbur and Wallie are Using my Sunflower Feed Bucket !!
What to do What to Do ...
I see a New BLACK BUCKET in my Future :)

I then tiptoe right over to my Sunflower Patch
and pull up about 5 heads that are drooping over (birds are getting their share now)
and head back to my bench and gaze at all our little animals while I shake seeds

I shake and scrap and gather them
 to feed the chickens ,rabbits and goats

 The Chickens love them
and they sure have grown over the last couple of weeks

The Rabbits sure do enjoy them as well
This is Dominoe verdict still out on the sex
My Brother gave it to us with it's a girl
um... actions speak louder than words !!!!!
I need to recheck Dominoe in another week or so .
Did read where the Black Oil Sunflower seeds help the Does produce more milk for their babies same thing with the goat nannies:)

 The goats love all the leaves off the stalks and goodness to get them to eat seeds I have found out I need to hand feed them
Seriously SPOILED!

 Forgot to mention
Someone else Loves his fare share too
CJ
he waits and waits,starring at my bench
just waiting for me to bring them over its so funny
who would have ever thought this big bear would like the sunflower pads ,I don't get it really but he does !

 Come on Moma give me some before those Goats get here
You know you see them rushing me from behind

  I just love CJ
Guardian
but such a Spoiled Sweetheart

I have several Sunflower Patches all thru the Gardens
Mostly Black Oil but some Ornamental
leaving those for the Table and the Birds

They have always been my Favorite

These are just opening

just like Sunshine

Look how much the Bees love them
thats another reason to plant them they attract bees to help pollinate the veggie patch

ahh a Photo OP lol
Everything is always taller than ME:)
notice those beautiful Pecan trees in the background

The Reds look so dareing looking:)

Chad took this pic I am still in such AWWW of it

That RED just pops against the Blue Sky

This is my first time having Orange ones

I just love how they are all so different
just like people

look closely can't ya just see a
smiling face:)

That looks like a nice Bouquet for the Smith Gangs Table

A Quick Kiss in the Garden

Blessings from the Smith Gang
May You all have a Wonderful Day

Some New Cute Farm Animals Arrive

        Introducing some New Farm Animals added this past weekend

This weekend we added 3 new Does ,
these are 2,8 week old Florida Whites
I am  excited to add these new Meat Rabbits to our Pens

The other Doe is an older Moma
also a Florida white
she was expecting but with the stress of moving her at her due date (Sunday)her babies were born sunday afternoon only one  made it ,,so far out of 5 .
Hoping she settles into her new home .we will definately wait awhile before breeding her.

   OUR NEWEST AND BIGGEST SURPRISE :)

Meet WILBUR and WALLIE
I was thrilled to get these 2 new cuties
Not so sure the hubby was but what fun I am having:)
Yes them babies rode in my lap all the way home!!!

See the trailor in the background they moved it beside our pecan tree so I could watch Wilbur and Wallie a few weeks before we move them to their new home.
they are still very small
so I wanted to give them some extra attention.

while  Tim and Chad worked on the rabbit pen ( I bathed lol )

And our California Buck Thumper thought he would jump and visit the new ladies
Alrighty Thumper get back to your side of the pen!

Wilbur

Wallie

The boys are settling In
I gave them an old asleeping bag to stay cozy at night

Naptime they went

           Later that evening Tim and I made our first  ever batch of Soap

we went with the  Cucumber Soap Recipe
since we had grown plenty of them in our garden
we added Cream Cheese Frosting Oil for the extra scent

Loads of soft Oils
Coconut Oil, Crisco and Olive Oil

Mixed with Lye water at 130 degrees and Poured Looks so Pretty

Wrapped in several Throw Blankets to hold Heat

After the 24 hours I unwrapped YAY !!!

Cut and ready to Cure for 4 weeks
It turned Out Lovely

Lathers up and has a light scent
So Hubby and I are now enjoying our newest Hobby
SoapMakers:)

May You have a Blessed Week from Our
Home Sweet Home,
The Smith Gang