Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Farmer's Wife Check In: Week 13 Oh My Goodness!

Two blocks this week and again I seem to be gravitating towards fall-ish fabrics.  It is very sunny so please bear with these photos!

Block # 54 Kitchen Woodbox  (and I love this block!!!!!!)


Block #69 Practical Orchard


Husband objected to me taking the picture in the little pear tree but I thought that it was appropriate with the name of this block!

From this Farmer's wife, more bread and butter pickles went into the cold room and many pints of green beans.  More green beans are waiting to be canned and the counter is covered with blueberries for the freezer.  The blueberries are so late this year and now Husband is picking them solo with me back to work.  Once those berries are ready, there is no stopping them!  We actually thought the crop would be a big giant bust but they are surprising us now with the quantity.  Blueberries are apparently a "super food" and a food that does not lose any of its nutritional value when frozen.  There you go.  Eat blueberries.  They are good for you.  They taste awesome too!!!

And big thank yous go out to Paulette who blogs at the Cheerful Thrifty Door.  Paulette has added me to her list and thrown me the Versatile Blogger recognition.  I will do a little bit of work on that and more to follow!  Thanks Paulette!

7 comments:

  1. Love your blocks. Your farms sounds amazing with all the different things you produce! Do you ever have to buy vegies and fruit - seems as though you must just about be self sufficiant!

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  2. Beautiful blocks! Love the fabrics you have selected :)

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  3. Your blocks are gorgeous. I don't know how you find time to sew with everything else you're doing.

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  4. they look lovely, especially displayed outside like that. My daughter has eaten blueberries everyday since she started solids (14 months and counting). Ours ripen in spring though (we only have a couple of bushes) so its frozen ones the rest of the year, must investigate later ripening ones, be great to have her eat fresh from spring-autumn x

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  5. I love your blocks, and how fun to have a farmer's wife in the group. I love reading the letters in the book. The wives are so proud of their ability to cook, can, sew, market their produce and their strong relationships with the women in their neighborhood.

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  6. i love your practical orchard block. i wish i had blueberry bushes in my yard, too :)

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  7. How apt to show your Practical Orchard block on a pear tree...love it. I am a total city girl and in awe of the canning and so on that you do on the farm. I have no idea where to even start! And even worse now I am craving blueberries!!! LOL

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