• Fresh & Healthy: Fall Harvest – Community Supported Agriculture (Week 10)

    We enjoyed our Fall Harvest with our Local Farm with Community Supported Agriculture program.   We are now done with the Fall Harvest.  The Fall harvest was 10 weeks long through our farm and we received a lot of wonderful produce as well as fresh eggs!

    Fall Harvest Week 10 of Fresh Goodies from our CSA!

    Fresh goodies from our local CSA Farm!

    Items in our Basket this Week:

    • 1 large bundle Greens
    • 1 large bundle Carrots
    • 3 large Beets
    • 5 large Sweet Potatoes
    • 1 large bag fresh Pecans
    • 2 heads of Broccoli
    • 1/2 Dozen Fresh Eggs
    I am looking forward to eating these goodies this week!  Thanks everyone for the delicious Recipes!    To find out how you can be a part of a local CSA check out this post – Fresh & Healthy:  Community Supported Farms
  • Fresh & Healthy: Fall Harvest – Community Supported Agriculture (Week 4)

    We are enjoying our Fall Harvest with our Local Farm with Community Supported Agriculture program.  The Fall harvest is 10 weeks long through our farm.  We were thrilled to get the produce and fresh eggs.  Our family is doing a half share again for this harvest.

    Fall Harvest Week 4 of Fresh Goodies from our CSA!

    Fresh Goodies from our Local CSA Farm

    Items in our Basket this Week:

    • 1 Acorn Squash
    • 2 Sweet Potatoes
    • 1 bundle White Radishes
    • 1 White Eggplant
    • 1  Black Eggplant
    • 2 Milk Thistles
    • 1 bundle Greens and ?
    • 1 Half Dozen Fresh Eggs
    I am not sure what the vegetable is on the left front corner of the picture, I’ve seen them before but cannot remember what they are.  I am looking forward to eating these goodies this week!  Thanks everyone for the delicious Recipes!  To find out how you can be a part of a local CSA check out this post – Fresh & Healthy:  Community Supported Farms
  • Book: “Farms ABC: An Alphabet Book” by B. A Hoena

    We read this book “Farms ABC: An Alphabet Book” by B. A. Hoena to the girls when they were really little and after the Grandparents were here visiting us from Kansas a couple weeks ago the girls picked this book out again from the library.  As we were reading it again I was impressed with how well the author incorporated many aspects of farming / ranching into the small book.  It is an excellent beginning readers book filled with information about farms (including Irrigation, Oats, Tractors, Planting Seeds, Repairs, Harvest and more).  The author goes through the alphabet highlighting each letter and describing the highlighted word in more detail.  In the back they add additional fun facts about farming for the kids to read.  For example:  “A dairy cow produces about 100 glasses of milk a day” and “Did you think that only cows eat grass?  Wheat is a type of grass that people eat.  It is used to make bread.”  Our girls know their ABC’s already but were fascinated by the pictures and descriptions.  This book would be a great addition to your library especially if you have  family in the farming business or your little one is fascinated by farm animals and equipment.

  • Family Outings: Strawberry Picking

    We went Strawberry picking this past weekend and had a blast!  The entire family was picking so we had our gallon done in no time.  We stopped by Hunter’s Farm in Easley, South Carolina. The strawberries were $8.50 a gallon if you pick your own and bring your own container.  Here are a few pictures from our adventure Strawberry Picking:

    Karlie and Brina picking fresh strawberries at Hunter's Farm!

     

    Brina with a handful of strawberries!
    Karlie with a handful of strawberries!

     

    Brina showing off her strawberries!
    Karlie showing off her goodies!
    Brina enjoying her time picking up strawberries!
    Gallon full of fresh strawberries!
    Fresh Strawberries!!!