sticky kitchen floor...

UPDATE: 3:22 pm zuke loaves cooling, made a huge batch of homemade laundry detergent, cleaning counters, all goodies if freezer, lids a popping and I am loosing steam but making a french press pot of coffee to enjoy with zuke bread! Until next time...

UPDATE: 1:43 pm 6 zuke loaves in the oven, 8 quarts green and yellow beans in freezer, dilly beans and a few dill pickles in the water bath canner, all whole wheat breads out of oven and some into freezer for the week, lunch eaten... still listening to great tunes

kids making camps and playing tag in kitchen, baby crawling on sticky kitchen floor. Others at Hunter's Safety...

11:42 am update: bread in oven, making lunch and a photo of about a 1/2 bushel of green and yellow beans washed and ready to be made into canned dilly beans with our fresh dill and garlic too...

10:38 update:

8 quarts of tomatoes in the freezer (I freeze all tomatoes and then thaw and can all of them in one day at once)

6 loaves of whole wheat homemade bread rising and 2 dozen whole wheat buns rising...

more updates later...

It look like rain today...

If you stop by, I am in the kitchen:

listening to some great tunes,

canning beans,

canning pickles,

freezing tomatoes,

freezing zukes,

making zuke bread(S),

making whole wheat bread,

and more...

I may offer you a taste... I may be a tad bit ornery? Its hot, I confess I have the air-con on...

Stop in to say "hi", leave a comment, but you may be greeted by a sticky kitchen floor!

What are you up to today? God bless your day!

Hay Day at Eclectic Culture Farm...

Thanks to the Elzinga Farm for cutting our hay! Nate and his wife are the new "young generation" of up and coming farmers leading the new farm age in this millennium... No farms, NO FOOD! He is a third generation farmer.

recent visitors to E.C. Farm

These were some sweet young ladies that I coached into the chicken coop...

I have seen this guy around here a lot!

Breaking News...

Our produce stand took 1st place at the Hudsonville Fair!

Green Beans 1st

yellow beans 1st

yellow zuke 2nd

carrots 1st

beets 5th and more... updates coming!

we were competing with all the peole who had the advantages of chemical fertilizers... Hope you stop in and take a card at our mini-produce display stand! leave a comment if you saw us!

we have been busy!

We are trying to squeeze in every last bit of summer! I finally feel relaxed and not looking forward to the routine fall brings BUT I am looking forward to cider and donuts, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

Today Eclectic Culture Farm and brood entered 60 projects into the Hudsonville Fair! From green beans to hand hewn crates... It was lots of fun seeing the kitty cats getting ready to enter their projects! Mom had lots of fun too! Be sure to stop into the Hudsonville Fair and see our sweet little Eclectic Culture Farm mini produce stand of sorts on display and up for a ribbon or two... Remember, everything you see is 100% pesticide free! I will try to include some photos in the next few days. Tomorrow we will be back to the fair to see if we have won anything... I will bring you updates or any breaking news of blue ribbons.

Our display, with our sign, is located in the back (east side) of the ladies barn in the produce section. Let me know if you stopped in. You might see us there!

Produce stand will be open tomorrow too at the residence.

Hope you are enjoying the last days of summer!

returning visitors to E.C. Farm

my 93 year-old grandmother and momma visited the farm today!

August 6, 2008 visitors

The Voss family visited

Eclectic Culture Farm all the way from Bakersfield, California. We had a great evening of fellowship, garden fresh food and fun. When they first got here she was wearing white high heels... By the time she left, I had her in crocks and chasing chickens out back!

SOLD! TO THE "K" FAMILY FARM

Philip, our buck baby goat, is for sale. He is an American Alpine Goat. He is very friendly as he was raised around 5 lively children. He has his first VDT vaccine and he has been wormed.

He is not dehorned. He has not been withered and would make a friendly herd shire for your farm.

He can be registered in the ADGA.

$35-

or trade us something from your farm

Call for more details

616-688-5187

see more photos of him here

My view waking up this morning... I just love our little sunflower patch with zinnias out our south facing kitchen window. This entire flower patch cost only $3- for the seeds but I have enjoyed them since the middle of June and they will continue into October... What do you enjoy?