Moments like these...

...are why I love this life.

Ashley

More girls home

Today more of our girls came home. Some from up north from a PFRA pasture and some from a pasture just south of home. 

Just look at my babies cheeks.... So squish able!! 

Ashley

A New Addition

I say this is a new addition but he really is almost a month old already!!!!!! Crazy how time flies. Our new nephew arrived on September 22nd (I think) weighing 9 lbs! Deklin Colt Friesen is his name! Tanner says, "Mom, I'm sure Whitley was never this small!" Ha ha!!

Ashley

Another beautiful fall day

 Can't believe she is 9 months old already!? Sigh.

 We found a broken wasp nest.

We enjoyed another beautiful fall day today!! Hubby helped a friend move his cabin out to his pasture today. (After fencing and chasing cows all morning!!) So the kids and i wandered out there later in the afternoon and just in case, I packed wiener roasting supplies. And we had a spontaneous wiener roast! It was fun. Forgot wiener sticks and chairs but still fun. And of course Mom always forgets to make Dad take pictures so she can be in them too. We also got to enjoy a nice bonfire last night too!

I really suck at blogging every day for Blogtober...but hey! At least you are getting more reading than last month ;)

Ashley

My favourite granola bar recipe

These granola bars are so delicious I could eat the whole pan myself!! So yummy. And I even make them gluten-free.

I'll add the recipe from the computer tomorrow.

Edited to add recipe:

Peanut Butter Granola Bars 

Ashley

Throwback Thursday

One of my favorite pictures. Where has the time gone? Tear. Sniff. Sniff.

Ashley

Silage and leaves

I have tried to do other posts but my phone won't publish them. So I'll try again. Today we got our silage all cut and I managed to get some pictures of my kids in the leaves!

Ashley

Make way for the girls

Today our first bunch of cows and heifers came home. This means more chores. It means selling calves. It means preg checking. And they weren't home for more than an hour and they pushed a gate open and let themselves in with the Bulls! Typical. 

Ashley

Gluten-free butter tarts

This is the second time I've made gluten-free butter tarts. They are super easy and very yummy.

I will edit this to add the recipe tomorrow.

EDITED to add recipe:

http://www.faithfullyglutenfree.com/2011/01/gluten-free-butter-tarts-and-pie-crust-for-anything.html 

Yummy! Tomorrow I'm going to tackle pies with this pastry recipe. 

Good night!

Ashley

Wordless Wednesday

Good morning! Have a great day!!

Ashley

Baked BBQ Farmer Sausage

Tonight I thought I'd share a favourite recipe of ours. We love farmer sausage here and it's nice to do more than just fry it. 

Ingredients:

1/2 cup ketchup

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 tbsp soya sauce

1 tbsp vinegar

1 tbsp cornstarch

Method:

Broil sausage for about 5 minutes. Keep an eye on it. Mix the first four Ingredients in a bowl. Then put 1 tbsp cornstarch into 1/2 cup of water and shake until smooth. Add cornstarch mixture to the sauce. Pour over sausage and bake until it bubbles. Serves good with rice or potatoes. 

(The recipe actually says to bake till sausage is done and then put sauce on, I prefer to broil them)

I did take some pictures but I'm not great at taking pictures of food. Especially sausage!!!! Lol. 

Try this recipe soon!

Ashley

Mongrel Monday

 What can I say? I love animals. Right now I'm feeding 14 pigs to butcher. We'll butcher 1 for ourselves. And sell the rest ready to butcher. They should be 8 for sure ready in a months time. Our morning routine is heading out to the barn to feed and check on the pigs. They have a large area to themselves in the barn. So far they've managed to escape three or four times. Never outside of the barn. I hope that never happens because I don't know how we'd catch them!! 

Also, did you know October is National Pig Month? So I figured I better do a post them. Lol. 

They are eating a couple pails of chop a day. And they LOVE my scraps from the kitchen. Anywho here's some pictures.

Ashley

Happy Fall!

Checking pastures

So I really suck at posting every day!! I'll do two today to make up for yesterday. Yesterday we went up north to check on a pasture. We had to have our cows moved to another pasture by October 1. We've been feeding them on the side we want them to move to for a few days now. Thankfully when we got there they were all on the right side! 

Here are some fall babies from another pasture. So cute!

On another note, I'm really enjoying the fall colours. I love fall.

Ashley

Blogtober & Favorite Fridays

So apparently this month is Blogtober, which means you post every day in the month of October! I'm going to give it a try. Today I want to share a little something a fellow farmwife shared on Facebook the other day. It really hit home because lately I've found myself frustrated with my messy house, piles of dishes and laundry and grouchy kids. This was a nice little reminder! 

Have a great day!

Ashley