Pastoral Symphony Farm

Yesterday and today we had our first snowfall of the year. We don't get much accumulation here but we make the most of what we do get! ...

I have *finally* got all the CdV's uploaded to the other site. I did the last 40 yesterday and today and I'm so glad to have that d...

On the sewing front, I completed Abigail's quilted petticoat today. It is brick red on the outside and mustard on the inside. I machine ...

Today, November 3, 2008, is the eighteenth anniversary of our wedding day. We were married in the local Presbyterian church on a Saturday e...

I have long had an admiration for Fraktur and especially for the Distelfink birds. Fraktur is Pennsylvania German folk art that saw its heyd...

I finished Elisabethe Mercy's new dress today, she needed some new winter dresses and I wanted to complete them before the snow flies. ...

Tabitha's 10th birthday is technically tomorrow but Mr. G got called for a job interview tomorrow so she got to open her presents toda...

We went today and got our apples pressed. This process started by going to the orchard earlier this week and picking up apples. The orchard ...

Mr. G is on an e-mail ring for self sufficient minded folks and one fellow remarked that his family had gone to kerosene lamps in an effort ...

As you may know, I'm an avid clothesline fan. I *love* to see the rows of shirts, dresses, petticoats and underbodies flapping in the ...

September is almost over and you can feel the difference in the weather as Winter prepares to make its debut. The mornings are chilly an...

We go pick up apples at a local orchard every year and dry them or press them into cider. The owner lets you take for free all that you wa...

Upon coming home from Church the boys discovered where one of the missing banties has been, she went broody in the barn roof overhang and ha...

The root cellar is coming along nicely. Aleks and the boys work on it pretty much everyday. With all the rain we got it flooded, so they ha...