He collected samples of bark, twigs, leaves, and acorns. His report is folded up inside the envelope.I am so proud.
Dallas had a project in art too. His was a leaf project and here is his...
He did a very good job as well. I love his handwriting. Here is one of his papers.
Dakotas next book report is on Billy Sunday, who was a famous baseball player who later became one of the worlds famous missionaries. He has made a 100 on his first Bible test.
I took the boys to one of our church members house who raises honey bees and collects and sells the honey. First, you have to scrape the wax off the comb. He let Dakota try to do this.
Then the combs go into this machine that he hand made to "sling" the honey out of the combs.
The honey is strained and poured into buckets to be placed into the jars. Dallas just wanted to keep sticking his finger under there and stealing the honey. Hes my little raccoon...
He loves cheese, fruit and now honey.
One day the boys helped me make home made bread. They thought it felt like playdough.
Of course, they loved eating it too. Dakota is still doing good in football. He has made a few touch downs and made me proud.
I have been video taping since Daddy is out of town so he can watch them when he comes home.
Everything is going well on the farm. Susie is doing well in her competitions still. She is close to earning her HRC title. Dixie has been helping me with the chores on the farm. Really she just likes to ride in my rhino and try to push me out of the seat so she can drive. She looks so innocent, but dont let those eyes fool ya.
She loves to grab an empty feed sack and just run around the barn with it in her mouth. I get dizzy watching her. We took three of the last older kittens to a warehouse in Jackson that was having a bad problem with rats getting into the boxes and things. That was just right up their alley. They knew they had a job to do and their doing it. The boss made them a bed and they have plenty of food and water not to mention all the free mice they can handle and they will stay very warm.
My Buff's are growing fine although I have lost 3. One was due to getting too cold I think and two the other day due to suffication by the bigger ones when they huddled together.
Im not for sure how many hens to roosters I have, but they will have separate living quarters than my others. I want a pure breed of buffs. Ace is doing fine and growing well. So beautiful.
Its the little white one with black specks. Looks just like its daddy.This is most of them out meeting me for breakfast. I look like Noah's wife sometimes, with cats, chickens and goats following me to the barn.
I still love my little Sassy.
She thinks shes camouflaged in the grass. She is so funny to watch.
I still worry about Cocoa. She would rather raise chickens than her own kind. Here she is in the barn with all them.
I have really got to work with her this year to have her bred. Ive got a buck rag Ive been using on Tisha to get her use to the buck smell, but when I come towards Cocoa with it, she heads for the hills. She insists on not getting pregnant. Well, if I have anything to do with it she will. I have to give her a shot first to bring on her heat then I will take her and leave her a few days with my breeder. She will watch them for a few days. If Cocoa doesnt give in, then we will have to put her on a stand and hold her still. I know that may sound awful but some goats are just different. Once she has one, shell see what she has been missing. Tisha, on the other hand, I will probably not have any problem out of her except trying to show the buck whose boss. We may have to put her on a stand too. Tasha is doing great. Growing like a weed. She still steals milk. Tisha is still enjoying being Mommie and not too worried about weaning her. She still thinks she has to get on the stand like Mommie. Thats a good thing cause shes not scared of it. Its easy to get her up there to trim hooves or give shots. She loves to come behind me when Im not looking and rare up on my back and push me like, "Tag!, You're it!" She is funny too. One day she did this and I about fell face first in the mud.LOL
I still have a little problem with her horn buds, they are still trying to grow, but I have learned one more process to help. yea, I know goats can have horns there's nothing wrong with that. But in a dairy herd you dont want horns simply for safety reasons. We do find the best humane procedures possible. You know I dont like hurting my animals.
This is the view from the front door. The colors of the leaves are changing, the animals are browsing and its crisp outside. A beautiful scene.
I have been enjoying some of the best juice I think Ive ever gotten my hands on. We picked some muskydines one day and came home and cooked them down, strained them and added sugar and wholah! I had muskydine juice. It is delicious. Then I did some blueberries that way. delicious again. I forgot to take a picture sorry!
Well, Dallas has just conked out during his last class. He'll just have to finish when he wakes up. We had a very good weekend. Had football practice Saturday morning and Me and Dallas froze and had to get back in the truck. Then we let Dakota clean up and we headed to Lexington to see our friends and spent the rest of the day with them and had a bday party for their grandson. We had a great time. She had been busy making apple butter, I gotta a jar. Yummy!
Sunday,, the boys had company after church for the day. This morning we slept in a little and just relaxed a little with school. It is fall break in public school, so Friday we will take off and I want to go see my mother. Then Saturday if its not raining, we will work outside.
I have been chosen to be the editor of an online newsletter for the homeschool section. You can check it out.
Our Homesteader News October issue is now online. Please come by and help us preserve this way of life. Look for my article under the Homeschooling tab. Go to www.homesteadernews.com today. Hope you enjoy.
Until Daddy comes back home the boys fight over whose turn it is to sleep with me. Dakota likes to kick alot, not so much fun. I feel like pushing him off into the floor with Dallas. Ha!I had to finally give in and go get a steroid shot for my RA. It hurt my feelings a little cause its been 2 yrs. since Ive had to have one. It has helped some, but my right elbow joint still is having trouble. Cant hardly lift anything, and having to do some things left handed. If it wasnt for my boys, I dont know what Id do.
Still getting a few summer peppers out of the garden, now were getting radishes. Yummy!! The peas, beans, potatoes, garlic are all doing well. My corn didnt make it, they just got water logged. That's ok though, we still have plenty from summer. This is why we do what we do.
Well, I hope this catches me up for now. I hope you have enjoyed another one of our adventures.
