Raising a healthy Jane (or just being a healthy grown-up Jane) comes from good food and proper nutrition. Grab your aprons, I’m on kitchen duty with food to spare and recipes to share! When time allows, here’s where you’ll find one of my how-to-convert-to-an-organic-diet recipes.
Winnie Nielsen says: Is this an apple? The leaves and stem on the left don’t look like apple trees to me. How about one of those oriental apple/pears? ????
MaryJane says: This one is an apple. I’ll take an Asian pear shot for you. We have several trees and they all look different. Man, they are JUICY and SWEET. I stood near the fence opposite my cows yesterday and ate several while feeding them to my cows. Little sugar cubes.
Winnie Nielsen says: Ohhh, I am jealous! Nothing like eating ripe fruit off the tree!
My consolation at the moment with all this oppressive heat, humidity and rain…..my orange tree is loaded down with hard green fruit! It looks to be a banner year! The little darlins!!
Of course that means……. next May, there just might be some Orange marmalade trekking cross country on Delta and showing up at a certain farm. Just sayin…
MaryJane says: I will have coffee/tea, cream cheese, and bagel ready and waiting:) Little darlins indeed!
P.S. Your quilt is finished. Just need to grab photos and it’s on its way.
Winnie Nielsen says: My quilt??? Already??? Whoop!! Oh my I can’t wait. This is such a fantastic gift I hardly know what to say. I am assuming Rose Etta and Lacy Lou approve!! Yay!!! Milk Cow Kitchen rocks.
Winnie Nielsen says: Look at those long eyelashes. Such friendly face!
connie-Killarney says: She is sooooooo sweet!! She looks like a cross between a Cow and a Cuddly Bear!
Kay (Old Cowgirl) Montoya says: Such a beautiful face. I so miss watching the miracle of birth. I was fortune enough to help the birthing of a foal. I have never forgot it and it has been a lot of years ago. Such a joy.
My handsome Beaumont napping and my newest baby girl (photo-of-the-day) born last Saturday, Lacy Lou. Go here for the step-by-step photos I took of her birth at the WSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital that include a darling video of Lacy Lou trying to stand up for the first time.
Winnie Nielsen says: Love those photos and videos of Lacy Lou coming into the world. Etta Jane did a good job! Lacy Lou is like a big chocolate Jersey Kiss in her photo debut. Congratulations on your latest addition to the Farm!!
Welcome to the world dear Lacy Lou !! You are beyond beautiful. Thank you so much maryJane for sharing her birth with all of us bovine lovers !
Looks like you’re have a lot of fun with your bovine babies!
We, are trying to get out of the cow business . . . . something we gotta do!
Love your photos!
CJ
Winnie Nielsen says: These heirloom tomatoes look fantastic and I bet they are juicy and delicious. Fresh tomatoes from the vine. There is nothing better to work with for so many dishes.
Winnie Nielsen says: I love cherry tomatoes right off the vine and into my mouth!!
Winnie Nielsen says: Is that a real owl or one of the figurines used to scare them away from areas like a chicken habitat?
MaryJane says: Hi Winnie. It’s a figurine who who-se head swivels. We have several of them for our cherries, blueberries, and strawberries. They do help although we end up sharing some with the rascally birds. I forgot to load what I’d written! Busy day yesterday. Will do it now. Great to see your smiling face first thing this morning!
Connie-Killarney says: He looks Real! We have lots of Barn Owls. When we first moved to the country and I would be walking thru the woods , they cast a shadow over your head when they fly over. It scared me at first, now I am use to them. On our trips to town, you can see them perching on the towers that carry the electric wires. They are very majestic on their stature!
Winnie Nielsen says: Summer tomatoes are the the sweetest. So many varieties and so many colors to enjoy!!
Winnie Nielsen says: Blueberry grandeur! Our season is well over, but we enjoyed a U-pick farm in June that also made incredible blueberry wines. They made their wine in three levels of sweetness and each had a distinct blueberry flavor and use. One was heavy and sweet like a Port wine, one was semi-sweet and a nice drinking wine, and one was drier and good for making reduced sauces, vinaigrettes, or drinking if you like that level of dryness. Who would have ever guessed blueberries could be made into truly good wines? We purchased the semi-sweet one and it was delicious with some good cheese.
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That’s what I’m talking about! I have been running a thread on the connection about Apples and hosting an Apple Swap. We have many apple enthusiastic Farmgirls!