Blackberries and Other Produce

 

This was still from last summer. I can't wait until this summer.

 

And I caught the culprit who was munching on our blackberries!

 

A particularly productive bunch.

 

We have several small apple trees that have begun producing.

 

Eating chocolate (what else?!). :D

 

First tomatoes (they happened to do really well last year).

 

 

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance:..." Galatians 5: 22-23

 

"...For the tree is known by his fruit." Matthew 12:33



Thanksgiving (Monday, October 10th, 2016)

 

"And having food and raiment let us be therewith content."

1. Timothy 6: 8

"...be content with such things as ye have:..."

Hebrews 13: 5

 

 

          Germany celebrates in September, America celebrates in November, and Canada celebrates in October; but no matter when it is celebrated, I think that it is important to keep a day for Thanksgiving aside in all countries. This year, we had a near drought; nevertheless; we had many, many tomatoes and blackberries, and we had an okay amount of other crops. We won't starve.

          What I have also discovered is that thanks comes from the ability to be content with what we have. Our country is probably ten times richer than half the countries in the world, and though we live below the poverty line in our country, we are still many times richer than those in some other nations.

          Along the same lines: our rich countries do not know the value of preserving things, and we become wasteful of our blessings. Being citizens of some of the richest countries in the world, we must share our abundance with those who have less and make sure that we - as God's stewards - may never treat our gifts as something to be careless about.

          Now, my excuse for not posting in months: school - I am hoping to keep my grades up, and it requires some effort to do that.

 

As an aside: I made horseradish yesterday - fun but teary.



 

Labour Day

     The best and most relaxing Labour (what does "labour" mean anyway [Sarcasm]) Day holiday we had before school started. We got a lot accomplished and it was the best way to keep the school jitters away.

Sooo many tomatoes this year!

Manual manure spreader (and a new driver who couldn't keep his eyes to the front, because he was so excited about that manure!).

Having a ride on the new tractor (I haven't gotten a chance to drive it yet).

Alphabet, the pony, helped with the weeding (aka "weed-eating." :D)

And a fine-looking garden at the end of the day.



Art credits go to bigger brother - accomplished artist, ain't he?

And of course, no day goes by without an "incident"!
As the story goes (related by my little brother), the bigger brother was rototilling when it suddenly lurched forward. The bigger brother flew through the air (so I was told, although exaggeration does run rampant in our family) and landed on his bottom into a batch of thistles (apparently they were just regular weeds, but who knows). As my little brother recounts, "I was just laughing my head off!"

 

And a gorgeous sunset (God's absolutely beautiful creation).

(I believe this was from another day)

Mapleton's Organic and Other Adventures

My brother was just finishing this up for his younger brother when we left.



This little piggy decided it liked human company much more than lying in the mud.

Baby turkeys.

Like this hens hairstyle?

I spy!

The little piglets.

Photobombing. She didn't like me taking pictures of the rooster.

She was very greedy. All her little piggies were hungry, but she kept pushing and shoving them away, because she hadn't gotten her food yet.

Pot-bellied Pig

 

We avoided the heat by spending an hour in the garden that evening.

Late birthday presents:

Her absolute favourite! It'll come in handy.

A barbeque set from the little girls.