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YIKES! Do you know what kind of spider this is?

Yes! That is exactly what it was! We have always let them be ‘cause I read they didn’t bother people and we have seen lots of insects in their webs . . . And they can have all the horse flies they want!!!

Well, more excitement on Devonviolet Acres. DH went out to feed the animals and noticed that Violet was really interested in some thing outside the fence, but there was a chicken there chasing her away. So DH took a closer look and saw two little brand new baby chicks running around, with two...

Rattlers and Diamond Backs are something that we haven’t seen here. Although, when I lived in Lake Worth, one time I saw a HUGE Diamond Back crawling, diagonally, across an intersection. We DO have Black Widows and DH saw a Brown Recluse spider in the feed shed once. Brown recluse spiders like...

Yes. They love our eggs. They are definitely NOT welcome on Devonviolet Acres!!!

Last night, I heard the dogs barking up a storm, which usually means something is going on out in the goat yard. So, I asked DH to go out and see what was happening. He was gone for a while, so I took my phone and headed out there. It turned out they had a 5’ rat snake cornered and they were...

We continue to work in the garden every morning. I got two rows of sweet potatoes planted last Monday, with hay mulch spread around the row, allowing the plants access to light and air. I also planted two 20 foot rows of Burgandy Okra - YUM!!! We are now keeping those rows watered. Yesterday we...

We have lots of crickets in our garden. I haven’t seen them in the house though. I know they eat plants and seedlings, but I’m not sure how to get rid of them in the garden. Years ago, when I lived in Burbank, California, we had a neighbor get bit, on her thigh while in bed, by a brown...

Yeah! I noticed that you and I aren’t in the burn ban area! Good thing! We have a good size burn pile that needs burning. We always wait for a low wind day, mow the area around the pile and have a hose hooked up, to wet the grass around the pile and spray anything in danger of catching fire.

Yes he is!!! God blessed me abundantly, the day He brought my DH into my life!!! 🥰

Yes, it IS hot!!! Right now it feels like 111° out!!! Our goal is to come in around 10:00 or 11:00. But sometimes I’m not at a stopping point and I end up going a little longer. I have a 2 gallon water cooler. I always fill about 1/4 of it with ice cubes. We take water breaks about every 30...

We have been working in the garden every morning this week. I am bound and determined to get at least some vegetables planted this year. We are working towards having a Ruth Stout style deep mulch garden. Next spring should be a lot easier, because everything will be laid out, and we will have...

Yesterday morning we got outside early to work in the garden. It was actually not too bad out that early in the morning - 71° with about 65% humidity. The humidity is what kills me every time. DH used the battery lawnmower to cut the weeds, while I dug up Bahaia grass :duc :he I HATE...

The elderberry juice finished in the freeze dryer yesterday afternoon. So we scraped it off the trays and put it in a half gallon canning jar. We put an oxygen absorber in the jar and vacuum sealed it with our food saver attachment. We ended up with about 3 cups of dried elderberry juice. We...

We have five freeze dryer trays in the freezer. As always, it was a pain to level the trays and pour the liquid into them. NOTHING in this house is level! :confused: So we have to put wedges under the trays and use a builder’s level to make sure the trays are level. We used about 1-1/2 gallons...

Sorry I was so focused on what I was doing I forgot to take photos until the end when the juice was in the pot. :idunno

Yes, it’s amazing how we farm girls prioritize our wanna/gotta have list. City folks just don’t understand how wonderful it is to have a brush hog! :lol:

I ended up having to enlist the help of my husband to get the elderberries off the stems yesterday afternoon. I have familial essential tremors, that makes it very difficult for me to do a lot of things with my hands, because they shake so badly. I was having a heck of a time getting the berries...

Yes, I feel blessed to have one! 😃 When I first learned about them four or five years ago, I figured I would never be able to afford one, because they were several thousand dollars. Then, in March of 2020, my dear sister (who lived in San Jose, CA) died and I was the executor of her estate. In...

Yes, it is an amazing technology. I have a harvest right freeze dryer, that I bought two years ago. They used to be the only company that made homestyle, freeze dryers. But lately I have seen another company advertising freeze dryers for the home. The basic process is, the machine first...