Noshing!

I don't know about the rest of you, but our farm is super green! Thank goodness we've had some good rain storms here lately(the thunder and lightning added were not favored by our animals ) but were happy to have the pollen washed away. I wish I would of take some pictures of all the rain water we collected in anything that didn't have a hole! Matt is saving alot of it for when it becomes super hot. He refuses to use tap water on the garden unless he has a filter on it, but he hasn't gotten one yet so he is saving the heck out of some water. Helping on our water bill as well!!

We've been noshing on some ridiculous spinach and lettuce lately. I eat it straight out of the ground with dirt and all....it's amazing! I've included quite a few pictures of the garden and other fun stuff around the farm. 

I think this is the row of yukon gold potatoes, but who knows. There are four different varieties of potatoes and they all look the same to me.

If you look to the back of the photo you will see strawberries under the red tarp(for increased growth), watermelons and canteloupe on the mounds with the drip line and then if you look closely you can see a few leaves blooming off one of the fig trees. All three are blooming. I hope it bears fruit this year!

The apple tree has some growth too. Pal is searching for "treasure" aka cat poop!

This is a hydrangea bush in our front yard. It's blooms are ridiculously gorgeous!

Strawberries that we will get to eat this year! YUMMY!

SPINACH! 

Heirloom Red Leaf Lettuce

I stopped outside the barn while Savvy was enjoying the view while she was munching on some hay. You can barely see her head popping out.

Mama Kitty enjoying a nap on one of my dirty saddle pads.

Pal is continuing to do well on his treatment. We upped the dose up a bit more because it has been so hot so early this year. I refuse to turn on the A/C yet and he hasn't been too uncomfortable. Savvy will have her treatment in just 8 days. I'm feeling very good about it!

Love to all our friends and family!!
We hope you are noshing on some flavorful food like we have been!

Mushroom Adventures!

Matt and I feasted on fresh mini portabella mushrooms last night straight from our mushroom box!! All I ate was mushrooms for dinner....seriously!! Matt at least had the common sense to pick some red leaf lettuce from the garden to add to his plate. 

This is the box we grow them in, which is located in our guest bathroom. There's lots of fungus in there! HAHA! You can see the website on the bottom of the box if you want to order one. Sooooo worth the money! www.mushroomadventures.com

Here is the first harvest! Directions tell us we can get up to 12 harvests once first picked!! God I love fresh mushrooms!

Pal chillin' outside while I do chores. He is doing FAB!!

I wish you could really see how FILTHY Ebony is in this picture. She had just rolled in the sand and was soaking up some rays. What spoiled dogs we have!!!

Long live the mushroom!!

...til I'm red in the face.

As I have been sitting at home for the past two days due to an adverse reaction I had from taking steroids....not those kind of steroids. I want to lose weight, NOT gain weight! Unfortunately, I had a reaction on my face, but all is well from the help of some super duper antihistimines!

So hanging out at home with my unfortunate red face, I've gotten to lounge around with our wonderful animals. They were MORE THAN HAPPY to keep me company. We have had beautiful days here in the 70s. This lack of winter really makes me worried about how hot the summer is going to be but I will deal with that as it comes. BUT what I've noticed is Pal's lack of breathing. What I should say is his lack of LOUD breathing! Every time it gets hotter than 60 degrees in either the house or outside, he would breathe super super loud and uncomfortable. These past two days I've barely heard him pant!!!!!

What does this mean, you ask?!!! It means that the Neoplasene is working!!!!! He is only been on a low dose for 2 weeks now and there are huge signs of improvement!! I can't tell you how excited I am!! I highly recommend this product to anyone!!

Owen is now demanding my attention by sitting next to me petting me and I actually just got bitten, so I should shove off.

Remember life is short! Eat pancakes, not rice cakes!

Growing Machine!

Matt has been a growing machine!! He is starting off most of his seeds in the smoke house(you can see to the left of the picture) under a constant light. He is checking the amount of moisture(since each plant needs something different) and checking the pH thru out the garden to make sure it is correct. I think he said it was too alkaline(a higher # for all of us non-chemistry people). I'm excited for him AND excited about this wonderful food we get to eat! 

He found some fencing(you can see in picture below) that he put around the entire garden to keep out deer, dogs & cats:) He seems to believe Mama & Owen won't jump it to get it....let's hope he is right!!

To the right is lemon balm and under the cover is watermelons, which he started from seeds.

Here is garlic, elephant garlic and red onions that he planted just after Thanksgiving. Vampires won't be visiting our house with all the garlic!!

Here is one of the potato plants, not sure which one.

This is red leaf lettuce.

Spinach

Being resourceful and collecting rain water!

I wanted to give an update on Pal, who we started on the Neoplasene, nine days ago. We kept him on the lowest dose possible and he was doing so well we bumped the dosage up a notch. He did lose a little weight but now he is really at a healthy weight as he was overweight before. There were all those fillers in the dry dog food so his new diet of ground beef, white rice and veggies and some dairy when he gets his meds is giving him more energy and spunk!

He really is doing fabulous! His appetite, water drinking and bathroom habits have all remained the same. The color of his stool is different, which is to be expected with the change of diet, but he goes like normal and with normal frequency. All of us animal owners know that checking color & consistency of the stool may be gross, but necessary!

It's hard to say if his breathing has gotten less labored, but then again he has only been on the medicine not even two weeks. I'm very happy with how he is doing all around! Which makes me VERY HOPEFUL about how Neoplasene will work on Savvy!!!

Remember to be an original, even if it means being a little eccentric !