September '09 on Our Family Farm

This was taken at the beginning of September. These are some of my "corn children" (just kidding! I couldn't resist!). They had a blast eating apples from our trees and hiding in the corn fields. I nearly had a heart attack when I couldn't find them. LOL. Little boys will be little boys, I guess!

Is it Big Foot? What has one of our farm's Stealth Cam's caught? Ah, it's my oldest son! LOL. He was walking up one of the trails and was caught on film. Smile-you're on candid camera!

There's nothing like canning your own produce! Plant it, tend to it, harvest it, can it and eat it! My Grandmother McNamara always used to open a jar of green beans and add hamburger, onions and sauce. It's a good way to get the little ones to eat their veggies.

They are just puppies, but they are huge! They are a German Shepherd-Siberian Husky mix. They already keep a watchful eye over the property and the other animals. My boys are wondering when I'm going to finish taking this picture so they can put them down!

I didn't know cabbage could be so fun! I had loaded the table with our cabbage harvest and was getting them ready for storage. My 22 month old son decided they were great "balls" and promptly unloaded the table from his highchair!

My Mom passed away last October 6th. It still doesn't seem "real" to me. She left me her favorite "arbor". We wanted to give it a place of honor. Dad brought it over (he's the one in the middle) and had my sons help him put it up so we could see it from the front porch. We made it into a St. Francis Shrine.

Dad and my oldest son are planting the rose bushes around it. I spray painted the area to be mulched. I will be ordering a special memorial plaque in memory of my mother. When I get a chance, I will also be putting a few solar angels around the arbor.

Couldn't resist posting this picture! BTW..ignore the John Deere shirt, I'm a Massey Ferguson kind of girl (my boys are John Deere guys!)

Can you identify it? Yep, it's a turkey! She has her baby following her. They usually have a whole bunch of little turkey's in tow, but they were probably still hiding in the brush. Did you know that turkey feathers are super for fly-fishing? We are blessed to have tons of them on our farm.

The apples are ready! We have about 1/2 dozen different varieties on the farm. We are planting a few new orchards in the Spring.

Here's one of the "girls". We love our dairy goats! This one is named Lavender and she is a Saanen. My daughter and I milk the dairy goats twice a day. Not bad now..but..in the winter...brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.