Life on PatchWork Acres

 You can tell fall is here even though it was quit warm today....The pecans are falling heavy and the goats are slowing up on milk.I also am not getting enough eggs to sell.Just enough to provide for our family......It also has been really busy in the shop this week.Trying to fill all the orders coming in.I do not want to fall behind.....As I was milking this morning I noticed it is time to trim goat hooves and fall clean my barn.    I also have started making goat milk kefer and I must say it is delicious....and fresh every morning...I will show you how this works in the near future.It is also time to make the winter soap and can the dry beans that have been waiting.....     We have a fresh batch of baby chicks .27 Red Star that should be laying by the spring.I have to say I am loving the long evenings already.Getting caught up on some reading projects and crocheting cotton wash clothes to go with my soaps. Here are some of the projects I was doing in the sh...

Hi...we are in the process of getting my shop ready to open. God has blessed us tremendously .   When going thru some old wood patterns I came across some of my moms patterns and her hand written notes on them....Well my Mom was killed in a car accident 25 years ago this year....she and I worked together on projects and crafts 5 days a week....So it left a big hole in my life and creativity...and life and children came along....But this year I had felt a deep nudging to again dig out my scroll saw and pick up my brushes....then I came across these wood patterns with her notes...I felt sad and yet hugged,at the same time....if you know what I mean.....but that wasn't the end. I went to visit my dad whom had fallen and broke a hip....He wanted to know everything I have been up to...well I told him about starting my shop up again...He was excited....he asked if I had a band saw yet, I told him no but that was our next purchase that we just hadn't gotten there yet.....He said tha...