Field Trip To Andy's Orchard

Today my girl and I took a little field trip to a local orchard down the street. I love supporting local farmers because you can count on their goods to be fresh, which is as real as it gets straight from their farm to me directly. I also like supporting the local farmer to help them out giving them a better return for their produce and gives them a fighting chance while they have to compete with food marketplaces and today's globalized economy. It brings me great joy to have the freshest produce and goods as I possibly can get for my family.

The prices are worth it knowing that each particular farm works hard at what they produce. It's worth the extra cost to be able to bring farm to table. Literally!

We brought home some local apple juice, chocolate covered cherries 

and fresh picked peaches oh my! I will go back to get a bit more fruit later next week and will be visiting our local Farmer's Market this weekend to get my produce and eggs. I encourage you to buy local too if you can. Help out your local farmer!!! You will be so happy you did!!!

Farmgirl Finds~Linens

My recent thrifting haul was a good one in my book. I found a plethora of hand crochet vintage pot holders. My collection has been ever growing for the last 7 years. I also found some embroidered items...The cow however gave me a good ole chuckle....It was not only cute but a functional piece to store bags in. I will surely fatten her up.

My haul included this holders embroidery which I believe is for napkins? A yellow gingham tablecloth, an embroidered tea towel, a quilty piece, some vintage scrap fabrics, an embroidered pillowcase, a lace scone holder and a lil vintage doll.

These will be perfect as all of these items will be well used and well loved in our homestead. Thanks for dropping by...Hope your week is going well!!!

Chicken Scratch

I thought I'd pop in and say hello...I was away for the last week and thought 

I would share some current happenings with y'all!

I have been working on little things like the clothesline basket and these fun dish scrubbers I crocheted from cotton and natural hemp. I am also going to be bartering some with a fellow farmgirl for some of her homemade jams. Last week I had morning tea with a friend while chatting over stitching and and felting. I made the little piggy in the first picture....She turned out so cute!

My recent barters came in the post this last week...Check out this darling crocheted hen and egg hot pad set! She also sent a cute crochet cup cozie and fabrics.

 In return she wanted soap and a salve I made. 

I also received this awesome package from Farngirl Whimsy in Maine. She sent two container of dried calendula. calendula oil, comfrey oil. two containers of fresh mint tea, a container of her bee hives honey comb and honey and two little local Maine bottles full of Maple Syrup!

 Everything is awesome!!! In return I sent three different slaves, soaps, and scrubs. Bartering has been really fun...the only part that stinks a bit is the cost to ship something, No matter, it is still fun!

Here are my latest reads....Also wanted to share the newest issue of Mary Jane's Farm is filled with chickens and eggs...There is also a new magazine out called Living The Country Life....EEEP great stuff in both these magazines. Lastly, we are getting excited for my girls school dance this Saturday which will be held at Emma Prusch Farm...They will be having a barn/square dance. Her last day of school is this week too! Can't believe how quickly this year has passed by...Yet in so many ways I am so glad there is much of the bad stuff behind us. We are mending well and moving on. 

Here's to a great week ahead! Come on back ya hear!!!!