Im back! I have been a little too busy and lazy lately. It has been 5 months and it still feels like we have just moved. I am not done arranging things yet and it seems like forever. Everytime I turn around there are still tons to do and more mess to clean. My house is still a chaos!
While everyone hits the road and head toward the beach.......
We have been busy with our microfarm....
Those are corn behind her.
On her right are lettuce plants. They are already bolting.
We have giant pumpkins too!
Before.....
After...but not ready yet.
The pumpkins are supposed to be in the fence!! We didnt know how big they are gonna be until we saw how huge the leaves were! It was just a TRIAL vegetable garden. Atleast we know that the soil is good and suitable for planting!
I told hubby to make me a lil vegetable box bcoz I figured it will be easy to maintain. Then when I went outside after a couple days, he is digging a big 'ol section of dirt!!!! I ended up with a big garden which I helped him plant and he maintains...
Raising quails.... (And it is so amazing to watch them hatch!)
We took a video of one of them hatching.
I think there's 8 of them on hubby's hand.
1 or 2 day old quail.
Hubby decided to raise quails for his love of kwek-kwek. (I will make a different post for that recipe)
Size of quail egg
Our first set of quails
Our small brooder box (small fish tank). From incubator we transfer them here.
The big brooder box (90 gal fish tank). When they get a lil bigger we put them in this one so the lil ones dont get trampled on.
The incubator, with a hatching area where they can get food and water after coming out of their shell.
The inmates in the big brooder.
We had a hard time finding Jumbo Quails. We heard about Bird Expo in LA, Drove there and picked-up some more.
Our newest hatchling is blonde! From the tan Hens we got @ the Bird Expo.
The Quail hen's are laying 5-8 eggs a day.
We are also raising a couple chickens.....
When they were still chicks.
This is them now.
That is a naked neck turken...Hers died that is my son's turken.
A Naked-neck Turken.
She looks like an ostrich, doesn't she?
My daughter messing with the turkey.
.......And a turkey, which was named "DINNER" by the kids.
Meet DINNER!
She's very tame and would come to you when you snap your finger.
I do not know if hubby will ever have a heart to butcher her for Thanksgiving :(
We are also going to try to breed finches....
We also got them from LA fairflex BirdExpo.
So far we have harvested...
Radishes.
Left: Lettuce of different kinds Right: Spinach
Lots of Corn.
Dried Peas
My daughter helping daddy.
Getting peas out of dried pods.
Grape harvest.
....A friend came over and picked-up some of our bokchoy and leeks too...
Plus I have broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, onions, tomatoes, bell pepper to harvest still!
It's a little bit work. But the garden is bountiful!! Helps stretch your budget.
We spent summer nights outdoors BBQ'ing whatevers...Smores, Burgers, Hotdogs etc....
We also welcomed a NEW PAWmily member!
Meet Queen.
We named her after my royal dogs Duke, Prince & King.
We're pretty busy huh?!
How are you keeping yourself busy this summer?
I am sure you are all having a blast and finding different activities for your family!
I am not one of the many women fortunate enough to splurge on gifts for their loved ones on valentines. I am but a LUCKY stay-at-home wife/mom blessed with family to care for. I am blessed to have a gift of creativity to make something for my spouse. Handmade gifts is totally PRICELESS. The effort on putting together gift and words is far more special than a store bought one....
I woke-up at 4am to start my plan...When my hubby hopped in the shower. I immediately snuck out of the house to take the gift and chocolates in the car, placed it on the dashboard where he can see before he takes off.....and I ran back becoz it's freezing outside. Hoping he wouldn't notice I hopped on the computer and read the SWEET message he posted on Facebook.
Out of all the picture...becoz we met online and he was browsing my friend's friendslist when he spotted my profile picture, the rest is history.
I went back into the room and under the sheets before he got done. Then later on he asked if I went out....not to spoil my plan, I used the camera that I left in the trunk for an excuse.
Hey its the thought that counts LOL
He left and came back to leave something for my step-son (an excuse)....He brought me EVERLASTING flowers (artificial LOL he knows I only like one stem but he couldnt fine one)!!!
Tossed in my kid's bags their suprises.
I gave my handmade pop-up card when hubby came home. I received LOTS of hugs and smooches. He surprised me with CHOCOLATES (Im a CHOCOHOLIC!), a gift.....and got back rub!
I prepared a different menu for the night. I usually do on special occasions.
Pulled pork @ mini-muffin with hershey in the center and home-made strawberry syrup.
Hubby LOVED it and was stuffed.
I try my best with whatever resources I have to take each occasion up a notch...That's just what I am, I love LOVE....I want people around me to feel special and loved...
Eventhough my Valentine started with a news that my friend MYRIC@PetitesPassions's brother-in-law passed away and I had to send her the message. He died valentines day. It just made me realize that we should ALWAYS show the LOVE to people around us...Not only on valentines or any occasion BUT EVERYDAY. We cannot bring back life and regret we didnt show them enough of our love, or thank them for the opportunity to be loved by them. LIFE is PRECIOUS.......We don’t know whose name God will call next. We don’t know when any of us will be called home. It’s best for us to show our love and appreciation to each other while we can, while we are still alive. Too many times we neglect to do so and live to regret it. So many times funeral wishes are where all the love and appreciation are expressed. Many people don’t know how much they meant to us until they’re dead—we don’t always tell the people we love how much they mean to us until it’s too late.At funerals all the flowers, messages, and tributes written would make any heart melt, but the person who would have appreciated them most cannot read them. It’s always better to express how we feel when people are still alive; then the tributes we write when they die would be just a reinforcement of what they already knew.
1 John 4:7,8
“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”
