Welcome - Join - Thank You - Garden - Peach & Strawberry Crumble

I would like to start my post today by welcoming a new blogger to my blog. Welcome Michaele at Sprout 'n' Wings Farm blog. Thank you for joining my blog, please sit back and enjoy the ride.  For those of you who don’t know it, Michaele and her daughters have a business that sells lotions, body butters and soap made of goats’ milk that is out of this world. Check out their business site here, you won’t be disappointed.

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The weather finally warmed up enough to start working out on the property with my gardens. Bug wasn’t too happy with me; I left her in the house so I could plant flower seeds in the dirt.  She just loves to roll around upside down in the dirt, and I really didn’t want to have to clean her up before bringing her in the house; so she had to stay inside while I played in the dirt.

I tackled the front porch flower boxes.  I started pulling up all the weeds and leaves, leveled out the existing soil, added new garden soil to the boxes, and mixed the old soil with the new soil. 

I then replaced the chicken wire on top of the garden before planting my seeds.  Okay, I can see you’re questioning why I have chicken wire on top of my garden boxes.  I do this to prevent the feral cats in the area from using my flower boxes as litter boxes.  The feral cats don’t like me too much, but I’m okay with that. 

With my fingers, I created 3 rows by making little holes, and then I planted Amaranth in the row closest to the house in each flower box.  The second row, I planted Chamomile and Shasta daisies.  The final row, I planted Texas Blue Bonnets. 

Then I watered each flower bed really well.  Now I need to find metal clips like those used for holding tents down, to help keep the chicken wire down in the flower garden beds.

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 Bulldog Man loves peach cobbler, and I knew I had a bag of frozen peaches in the freezer and some fresh strawberries I needed to use. So instead of making a cobbler for hubby, I made a peach and strawberry crumble.  I used this recipe recently found on the Food Network Site by Giada De Laurentiis.  The crumble was out of this world; Bulldog Man rated it with 4 paws.

 

 

 

 

Good Friend - Product Recommendation

 

My sweet friend Gail, from At the Farm blog, sent me several bottles of lotion, body butter, and soap, made from goats’ milk.   I originally sent Gail these wonderful herbal teas to enjoy in the comfort of her home.  A couple of days later, I received a package from Nebraska.  I thought to myself, who do I know from Nebraska?  I knew I hadn’t ordered anything, and wasn’t expecting anything.  I opened the box and found several bottles of lotion, body butter, and soap with this cute little note inside stating “Paybacks from GailJ”.  Thank you so very much, my friend, for the gift and paybacks, lol...    I’ve lathered myself with the beautiful soap, applied lotion, and body butter.  My dry skin feels soft and smooth, and I smell amazing, ask Bulldog Man, lol…….

Thank you Gail for introducing me to Sisters Five Soap and Lotion Works.  

I’m totally hooked on to Sisters Five Soap and Lotions.  I’ve ordered additional products from Michaele Oleson at Sisters Five Soap and Lotion Works and I’m happy as a pea!   

 

Sisters Five offer several types of body butters: Calming Clary Sage, Invigorating Orange, Uplifting Rosemary and Relaxing Lavender (All Butters are Paraben Free). 

Lotion types:  Almond, Lemon Verbena, Vanilla Cream, Angel, White Tea Ginger, Applejack, Dreamscicle, Earth, White Ginger and Amber, Citrus and Basil, Red Clover  Tea, Patchouli Rose, Cool Waters, Cucumber and Melon, Rise and Shine, Pearberry, Lilac and Lavender, Rose Jasmine, Green Tea and Cucumber, and Coconut Lime Verbena.

Soap types: Lemon Verbena with dried lemon verbena leaves, Unscented with ground oatmeal, White Tea and Ginger, Green Tea and Cucumber with green tea leaves, Apple Jack with rosehip powder, Gingerbread Spice, Cucumber Melon, Rise and Shine, Coconut Lime Verbena, Soapy Clean, Acorns and Oak, Lilac and Lavender with dried lavender buds, Cool Waters, Pearberry, Summer Fling, Angel, and Tea Tree Oil with ground oatmeal vanilla cream.

Lotion Bar types: Do Your Feet a Favor, Lavender EO, and Fruit Fiesta.

You can place your order over the computer here or contact Michaele Oleson b e-mail: oleson.michaele4@gmail.com directly to place your order.  Sister Five will also work with you to put together special orders or gift packs for the holidays.

For anyone with extreme dry skin, I highly recommend all of Sisters Five products.

 

 

 

 

Riscky Business

I hope all of my Blogger friends had a wonderful Easter weekend! 

Bulldog Man and I spent Saturday and part of Sunday down south in Texas at my parents’ place.  Since Mom is recovering from a foot infection and MRSA, and Dad is in the process of fighting cancer, we decided to go down and work on their property a bit.  We cleaned up branches, cut down dead trees, pruned several trees, stacked wood and piled debris for bulk pickup.  The visit was nice; I was able to see that my Dad is finally able to keep food down, and has put on a little weight.    In fact, Dad insisted on going out to eat as a family on Saturday evening.  He was craving BBQ Beef Ribs, since he was able to keep food down, and had a craving; we were not going to deprive him his request for ribs.  We piled into two vehicles, and drove into Fort Worth to a place called Riscky’s BBQ.  Dad had 3 ribs, and some green beans, all he could stomach at the time.  He was totally satisfied, you could tell by the smile on his face.  Exhausted because this was a major outing for him, we took him home and made sure he was comfortable in his lounge chair in the family room to rest and watch a little television.

The all you can eat beef ribs are to die for at Riscky’s, the wait staff was amazing, and Bulldog Man and I would highly recommend this restaurant to anyone in the Fort Worth area of Texas. 

Our overall visit down south was very productive, and special for me to see my Dad doing better, gaining strength to tackle the next step of his cancer recovery, chemotherapy.