Wordless Wednesday

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Just Peachy!

Remember this Spring when I mentioned our two young peach trees were full of blooms that did turn into small peaches?  We weren't sure if those little guys would develop into anything worthy, but a few of them did!  Quite a few of the peaches fell off the tree, before fully ripening, during the heavy rain showers and windy days.  In the end, we were able to eat a handful of them fresh, and I was able to use about a dozen of them (plus a few additional ones from a friend) to make a peach pie!

I lost track of how many times the kiddos and Doug thanked me for the pie...I think it might have been a big success!

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Greensburg Power of the Past

As I mentioned in the last post, we were heading out of town and needed to get the tomatoes canned.  Where were we going?  To a tractor show!  We left that Friday afternoon once Dallas was out of school.  When we arrived at Gram and Pa's house, Aunt Josie was excited to show Dallas this picture of a half-scale 1206...Dallas' current tractor obsession.

We made it to the show on both Saturday and Sunday...here a few photos

The kiddos thought it was funny to see a dog driving a lawn mower!

I think Cockshutt was one of the featured tractors

Reba hanging with Aunt Josie

Dallas getting ready to take Daddy for a ride...

but first they had to pick up Reba too

At point, the kiddos were playing a rock pile, and Reba insisted on taking this "little" one home...

Dallas thinks this should be the next project for Daddy and Pa to work on...

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Fun Friday Fotos

On Friday, August 16th, while Dallas was at school, Reba helped me put the tomatoes through the sauce master before heading out of town for the weekend.  She loved being able to wear her apron like Momma, and she was a great helper putting the tomato pieces into the funnel for me.

She even tried to crank the handle, but quickly decided to give that job back to Momma!

In the end, we had enough tomato juice to make 5 more quarts of spaghetti sauce and 3 half-gallon jars of plain tomato juice.

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Sweet Potato Gold Mine

On August 11th, Doug and I were discussing when we thought the sweet potatoes would be ready to harvest.  We were having a hard time remembering when we dug them last year, so I turned to the blog to find out!  When we realized it was very close to the same date, and we remembered we planted them a little earlier this year, we decided to dig up the first plant and see what was underneath all those vines.  Look what we found...

When it was all said and done, we were very pleased.  The taters weren't quite at big as they were last year, but very few (to none) had split like they did last year.

After we were done in the garden, and we were putting things back in the barn, Reba spotted a lizard caught in a spider web.  I got a jar, and we watched him for a while.

We did release the little guy that evening...one last photo before he ran off!

Lastly, Reba had to do a little swinging before the day was over.

Until next time...