Homesteading with Jackie Clay
I’m spending these rainy, cloudy days inside, canning, canning, canning
I got Sherri's celery all canned up and can just taste cream of celery soup, celery in poultry dressing, celery in stews. Yum!
Yesterday was a tomato day as I had four crates and a...
The frantic pace is keeping up
With several crates of ripe tomatoes on the front porch plus other "must can soon" crops waiting, I've been kind of busy lately. Yep, it's getting colder every day now. Tonight, it's supposed to...
After a 20-degree freeze, we’re really pushing to get things done
We hauled in boxes and crates of tomatoes. Then, yesterday, our friend Sherri came over to help pick the sweet corn. As the birds were starting to get into the Seneca Sunrise we save...
You think we were busy before?
Well, yes, we were. Grandson, Drew, came up for the weekend and helped out a bunch. He and Will split a whole lot of firewood and brought it up to the woodshed while I...
Our harvest weather is continuing
And thank God! Boy, are we ever busy since our daughter, Jenna, left. Will's been cutting more hay, breaking down, fixing it, cutting, fixing, and today, more cutting. And praying, I'm sure! Meanwhile, I'm...
With the world in chaos, we’re so peaceful here
We know we can't do anything about horrible mass killings, wars, hate, and divisiveness. We do know we can be grateful for what we have on our homestead, day by day.
Beautiful fall weather continues,...
We have a wonderful visitor
As a surprise, Will's daughter, Jenna, drove up from Illinois to visit us! Fortunately, we've gotten over the rain and are having beautiful fall days. She can stay a week, so Dad gave her...
Three days of rain
After several days of dry, sunny weather, we got socked in with three days of rain, some of it hard rain. Today, we woke up to fog as it's supposed to warm up and...
Harvest is in full swing now
Will is busy raking and baling hay. Yes, he's late but so are most of the other farmers in our area, due to our crazy weather. And breakdowns! It's a beautiful fall day for...
Our fall weather is helping with harvest
I've been very busy the last few days, pulling in more dry beans to shell out. I'm talking about 5-gallon buckets plumb full and several of them. Thank God, my knees have been slowly...
