Got the Black Krim tomato seeds planted yesterday.  Then my seed order came in, so this morning got Homestead and Floradade planted.  Floradade is the new variety for this year,  hopefully they'll do great here in East Texas!

Made cookies today :

 Then 2 loaves of bread:

 Then chicken spaghetti for supper!

Been working getting our raised beds cleaned up and ready to plant.  Got snow peas,  beets and spinach in today ahead of tomorrow's expected rain.

Baby chick hatch not good. Only had 5 hatch,  but 1 has died. Will set up the incubator again in a few weeks. 

We've decided to go to the Mother Earth News Fair in Belton this year.  We skipped last year,  but looking forward to it this time around and Kaytlynn is going with us!! 

Only at our farm! He finally got the legs stuck in the fence and Jeff was able to pull it off his head. Never a dull moment!!

Got the baby quilt finished this morning along with two burp towels. The picture makes it look much darker than it is. Not perfect; I like to think of them as artisan!!

The tomato seeds are finally popping up! The older seeds haven't yet, but I'll give them a few more days.

Birds have finally shown up on my birdfeeeders at the back porch. I love watching them! Our weather is so sticky and warm, supposed to stay that way all week. Another cold front is due in this weekend; sure hope we don't need to turn the a/c on. We can't even hang the laundry outside, it gets wetter out there..... Have a Blessed day!

Soap Making/Quilt Sewing Day

Decided to try out a new soap recipe/ technique.  Crock pot soap was a little different than what I've made in the past.  We'll see in a few weeks how it turns out!!

Mixing it all together. 

After a few minutes,  it comes to "trace". Looks like pudding...

What it looks like after cooking for 50 minutes. 

Got it in the molds to harden overnight.  Will pop them out tomorrow and let them cure for a few weeks.  I added lavender essential oil, so we'll see how good they smell....

Spending time getting the quilt top sewn up today and also planning to make homemade tortillas for supper tonight for the first time.  Fingers crossed,  been wanting to try doing this for a while. 

New Quilt

Been a busy week around here. The girls went back to school, I've been working on taxes, and just various other farm chores. We went up and banded Little Red's bull calf yesterday and wormed Maggie (our milk cow). She's been looking a little rough lately, so thought we'd give her an extra dose of wormer.

Started working on another baby quilt today. Hopefully I've got enough squares cut out; it just seems to take me forever to get them cut out and almost no time to sew them up.

I'll post a picture of it when I finish it. 

We are expecting some really strong storms tomorrow night, hopefully we won't lose power! Have a great rest of your week. God Bless and stay safe!

Bread Making Day!

Decided to bake a few loaves of bread today.  Haven't tried baking bread in awhile and had actually lost this recipe. 

 The dough ready to rise for an hour. 

Fresh out of the oven! It smells amazing in here! And almost a whole loaf eaten with supper says that it tastes awesome!