tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16638913381456510402024-02-19T08:39:24.842-08:00Roan Creek Weaving and FarmRoan Creek Weaving and Farm is focused on God, family, fiber arts and farming. We have the usual farm menagerie along with jacob sheep and french angora rabbits to supply my spinning wheel and looms with countless hours of occupation. We also sustainably manage over 100 acres of hardwoods, and grow a large garden of heirloom vegetables.Roan Creek Weaving and Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572061157373790414noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663891338145651040.post-76990157141577005102017-10-04T14:18:00.002-07:002017-10-04T14:18:35.842-07:00New beginnings 2017 New post<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our Beautiful farm is only a short distance as the crow flies from the Tennessee River. Every now and again we just have to cut loose and make the short drive to go play in the river. We have been very busy trying to get the things that farm life and homeschool life demand done! I have been a very bad blogger and haven't included you in our journey. This marks the beginning of a new start for this blog... I hope that you find it encouraging, entertaining and inspiring enough to visit it often.... My interests in God, my family, sheep, chickens, vegetables, mushrooms, wild crafting herbs, natural health, weaving, woodworking, and all the many blessings here on Roan Creek have deepened. It sounds like I am a bit ADD. But diverse interests are what make life worth living. Roan Creek Weaving and Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572061157373790414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663891338145651040.post-40863265587894776242015-02-05T08:44:00.003-08:002015-02-05T08:44:55.369-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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January 2015<br />
<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The New Year started out rather mild- so the Shitake mushroom logs we did a few years ago just exploded with wonderful, healthy mushrooms! Here is about a half a bushel we picked into my husbands shirt there were so many....</span></i><br />
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This small spike Whitetail was seen on morning walk. His little nubby antlers reminded me that is is the beginning of fall. Much to get done before winter really sets in. <i> </i><br />
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<br />Roan Creek Weaving and Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572061157373790414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663891338145651040.post-85219868674023623012014-07-29T07:34:00.002-07:002014-07-29T07:34:40.427-07:00Implementing Intensive grazing here on the farm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the 5 day pasture. Notice the grass eaten too low? In Intensive grazing you place your animals in the pasture and figure out how long it takes X number of animals to eat the top third of the grass. This pasture should have had the sheep moved off of it after three days. The new Electro-netting from Premier is going to be great! That is what is going to make this do-able for me.<br />
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This is the new paddock. Notice the grass. I believe it will only last 2 days instead of three because it was bush hogged a week ago. The idea is to let the critters eat the top third then move them allowing the grass to recover and put on seed heads again. Then let them graze that off (top third) and move them again. I am hoping to eventually be able to move them through ALL the pastures and it take about 4-6 weeks. But that is on down the line. If done right the intensive grazing will create better pasture fertility and soil environment. The next step will be to bring on board a free choice mineral and vitamin program so the animals are getting what the soil is deficient in and then they are passing the minerals on to the soil increasing the fertility. The prospect of improving my soil through grazing is exciting! Cutting cost by cutting the amount of bush hogging is exciting! Creating better fleece through healthier diets for the sheep- NOW THAT'S EXCITING!Roan Creek Weaving and Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572061157373790414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663891338145651040.post-87658887807620801512014-06-18T07:03:00.001-07:002014-06-18T07:03:41.061-07:00Our Little Marian- our first GRANDdaughter<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioBvM24ljFep7w9BgxH0SgIqYcJJqUH9uQ1JrfvEGKLXgsWTkTL8qugWKith0X8U2WJmZokmqErTbpGAWkovgM-MU2y-xyM5EF6fj8KCSDslcJhsf8CqHy6VQXRCCjUWCQ00RPz6PGnwud/s1600/DSC_1302.JPG" height="320" width="213" /><br />
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Meet Marian Edith- our first Granddaughter! She was born February 17th 2014. I tried to put this up at her birth and it didn't post. Roan Creek Weaving and Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572061157373790414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663891338145651040.post-80947254798580255052013-10-19T07:45:00.002-07:002013-10-19T08:27:58.229-07:00THE HARVEST OF FALL<h4>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Fall Harvest of our Gifts</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> American Ginseng is one of the gifts! My husband carefully teaches each of us about this wonderful gift from God. Stewardship is serious business for the natural gifts here. American Ginseng is slow growing and requires diligent stewardship to increase it over time. The canopy can't be too thick or it won't multiply like it should, or too open and dry. So my husband takes note of trees that are in someway damaged that can be dropped to open the canopy enough to make it germinate and grow little ones. We came up on a few areas where the soil was optimal, the stewardship efforts had been optimized and the sunlight was just right to have a large plant, then cascading down the slope a medium plant and successively younger plants on down. That was really cool to see. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The age of a plant is pretty easy to tell by the leaf scars. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are careful to only dig 10 year old or older roots (as per the law in Tennessee) and to disperse the seed in a lateral line where the original plant was dug. The tops of younger plants are pinched off to keep for a tonic tea- and to protect the young roots from anyone who might not respect property lines. Good stewardship demands diligence and it is satisfying to see the fruit of that diligence aver time. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The nuts are falling too. Beach, Hickory, and Black Walnut. We gather them up by the bucket full! I save and dry the black walnut hulls for a natural brown dye. Then we crack the hard nuts and keep them in the freezer to add to special holiday treats.</span></span><br />
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<br />Roan Creek Weaving and Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572061157373790414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663891338145651040.post-46722785837092852962013-09-05T05:20:00.000-07:002013-09-05T05:29:46.719-07:00OUT WITH THE OLD... Lamb Shearing<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Today is the 5th of September, time to get the beds ready for Fall growing, sheer my lambs, and in general move from the Summer Season to the Fall Season. I have really been spurred on to cleaning up the residual summer vegetables by the early crispness in the morning air. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> The weather also is PERFECT for getting my spring lambs sheared....</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the little ewe who was born this spring. Her coat is not terrible long but she will be more comfortable if she get's a haircut and Next springs growth will be nice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After her haircut you can see that she is actually black spotted not brown as it looks like in the previous picture. Technically the Jacob breed is a "black sheep with white patterning". This is a 4 horned ewe. You can't see the other two horns because they are hidden by the hair near her ears. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the ewe and ram lambs were sheered, I put the sorted fleece in a tub with a squirt of mild soap....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...and fill it with the garden hose. Then I leave it to let the sun gently warm up the water and remove the dirt and lanolin. Then I will rinse it with cool water and lay it out on my drying rack to dry. This method works the best for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As for the newly sheared? They get moved into the older ram's moveable pen and spend a few minutes getting reacquainted before joining him on Lawn Mower Duty! Notice how light the older ram is? He was sheared in May. The sun will bleach their coats. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is always a bit that is second cuts or too dirty to deal with so that bit goes to the the Thornless Black Berries to help them compete with the Bermuda Grass on our farm. The wool mulch breathes but chokes out the grass and the "dirt" from the fleece is full of minerals that will leach down feeding the plants. Nothing get's wasted!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A conversation after yesterdays post brought up</span> <i>SPROUTING FOR YOUR LIVESTOCK</i> . <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I have seen, for a couple of years now, the fancy sprouting rig in FarmTek catalog. I have only made sprouts for my rabbits and only as an occasional treat. It's an interesting thought though. I would be interested to know how much time it would take to sprout enough for say 25, 50, 150 chickens and what the impact on their egg production would be.... I see another experiment coming on... </span>Roan Creek Weaving and Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572061157373790414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663891338145651040.post-71490543810481172702013-06-24T10:47:00.001-07:002013-09-05T05:21:05.488-07:00 GMO AND CHICKENS AND MY OWN FEED<h4>
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MAKING SOME CHANGES IN MY CHICKEN AND EGG MANAGEMENT<br />
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Don't you love those dark orange egg yolks! I do! I think they are one of the healthiest things I can feed my family. But.... to get those wonderful eggs my chickens seem to NEED to be out foraging. But then they like to play hide and seek with their nests. Not to mention they become the self appointed TOMATO TESTERS. So we are trying to re-access our port-a-pens... and feed. I have struggled for years now with the whole feed issue. If you buy feed from the feed store it has GMO corn and Soy beans in it to boost the protein level but the feed is $13.00 -give or take- for 50#'s. Of course you can get ORGANIC feed- most still has soy beans for about $25-40.00 for 50#'s. But that doesn't fit into our budget. Of course you can let them just forage but with our predator levels, we loose more chickens that way than we can afford. I have tried growing my corn for them but don't ever manage to grow enough for the whole year. So I am playing with different formula's. I need something that will give them the protein boost necessary for consistent egg production, yet cheap enough that I can afford to keep my own chickens. So here we go with my experiment- <br />
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Formula # 1: 1 50# bag Oat Groats<br />
1 25# bag Black Oil Sunflower<br />
1 50# bag winter weat<br />
1 50# bag of millet<br />
1 25# Calcium (agricultural) <br />
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This mix gives the chickens about 14- 16% protein, at about .52 cents a pound. Still twice the cost of regular scratch grains, but I think it is possible to get the cost down buying in bulk. The other thing necessary is minerals. Chickens like all the other farm animals and us humans have specific mineral needs. Unlike us humans though (who sill choose taste over nutritional value) the chickens will consume the minerals they need if given a choice, and not minerals they don't need. So rigging up some free choice mineral boxes in each port-a-pen will be a healthy choice.<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Where did April Go? March ended with a Wedding- my sweet son Jordan and his beautiful bride Atlanta. It also ended with babies: this is one of three new Jacob babies.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then came the Gardening and -more babies: Two does and a billy!</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chicks! Now it's May and the garden is screaming for attention. The spring is finally here and time to get as much in the ground as I can. First it has to dry out enough to cultivate.....</span>Roan Creek Weaving and Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572061157373790414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663891338145651040.post-36114646249611812392013-03-22T06:16:00.001-07:002013-03-22T06:16:50.127-07:00Busy, BUSY!We are busy getting ready for son Jordan's wedding the end of March. I have pictures of new lambs, new garden, and I have a new article to finish for Intersections so check back in April!!!!Roan Creek Weaving and Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572061157373790414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663891338145651040.post-77968043848373394542013-03-02T15:29:00.002-08:002013-04-04T08:37:29.342-07:00Intersections page moves to it's own blogINTERSECTIONS -DISCOVERING THE JOYS OF WEAVING has <i>MOVED!</i><br />
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That's right Roan Creek Weaving and Farms weaving page get's it's own blog. And I am working on the April issue (post)! Check it out at: http://weaving-intersections.blogspot.com/ <i> </i>Roan Creek Weaving and Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572061157373790414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663891338145651040.post-72779588988604649192013-02-10T15:36:00.001-08:002013-02-10T15:36:20.598-08:00AHHH! SPRING!Spring Happiness Is.....<br />
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The weather is almost perfect for making maple syrup! The nice coating of frost on everything this morning and the 50 degree blue-sky day it promises to be this afternoon is perfect for the sap to be running in the trees.<br />
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Yesterday we gathered about 100 gallons of sap. When it comes to the pan to begin cooking it looks like water, and tastes pretty much like water. Then we pour it up in the pan in the "sugar shack" and start a big fire in the "sap stove". After hours of cooking and then finishing it up in the house we get a wonderful maple syrup to pour over our Fresh Apple Pancakes. Watch the "Recipe" page for that recipe....<br />
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Today the maple sap ran soooo good! Too good to take a lot of time for cooking! But tomorrow will be even busier collecting and getting the sap cooked down before it get's sour. Today is <u><i>Homemade Soup Day</i></u>, so tonight it's Venison Barley Soup into the crock pot. My version of Soup from a stone...check out the recipe on the RECIPES page!Roan Creek Weaving and Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572061157373790414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663891338145651040.post-17451695274144847182013-01-31T05:21:00.000-08:002013-01-31T07:42:25.555-08:00LATE JANUARY- ALREADY!LATE JANUARY- ALREADY!<br />
I can't believe it! It is already late January. Time to start early garden plants, clean up the winter messes and start gathering maple sap for the years maple syrup! The syrup making is a very intense work, that everyone enjoys here. The gathering, cooking, tasting, bottling, tasting some more:), is work we all look forward to. Like so many farm related jobs, when the weather becomes perfect and its time to "do sap" it won't wait for us to finish this other job or be sick or whatever distraction there is. <br />
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After gathering all the buckets, some nails, cleaning our taps again and our tools, we head out to tap trees. This maple is so big we can put two buckets on one tree without it hurting the tree.<br />
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We use 1/2" cpvc pipe to make our taps. It's easily available, safe and it works. Cut the cpvc to 3 inch lengths, bevel the edge with a flat file and tap it into the whole you drill with a 5/8" wood bit. By summer the whole will be just about healed over and the cpvc is easy to clean thoroughly in hot soapy water. On a good sap day where the night was below freezing and the day is sunny and up about 45 degrees, you can expect to find the buckets full. Now we cook it down, but you'll have to wait until the next post for pictures of that process.....Watch the RECIPE page for some Whole Spelt Apple Pancakes to drizzle that delicious syrup all over.<br />
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For more about Card Weaving see Roan Creek Weaving and Farm's new weaving newsletter page "Intersections".</div>
Roan Creek Weaving and Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572061157373790414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663891338145651040.post-48609615153419868092013-01-08T13:54:00.001-08:002013-01-08T14:01:17.989-08:00WINTER SEASONWINTER SEASON<br />
Winter is finally here- I think! The weather acts very un-winterery, then becomes almost typical. So it is hard to move through the chores of the season without having to think "now what". <br />
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One chore that is easy to do regardless of the weather is plucking the rabbits. Here Penelope is getting ready for her mid-winter plucking.<br />
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WOW! does she ever have a bunch of wool to pluck this time..... She is enjoying the time in the house though! Lot's of unfamiliar sights and sounds to pay attention to. I prefer to pluck the rabbits for their wool to make yarn. The article I read 20 years ago when I got into raising Angora Rabbits for fiber for spinning said that plucked made nicer, softer, yarn. I believe that is true and so pluck my rabbits every 8-12 weeks to make the yarn that I use in my woven scarves and knitted items. Angora Rabbit wool also felts readily so I usually spin it with or ply it with another fiber to lend the whole yarn softness and bunny character, yet keep it from being too fuzzy, and too easy to felt....</div>
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I am working on the new page that will be out in January. It will be a Weaving "Newsletter of sorts. So keep checking back I just have a few more pictures to take..... </div>
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Wednesday is the day for new Recipes! When I was a girl we had a neighbor that made the most delicious bread- with oats and molasses. I'll have my version here tomorrow. </div>
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If the cold sunshine holds out tomorrow I will try to get the fruit trees pruned and mulched. Then the Raspberries need pruning and fresh mulch around them too. The list is never short, but I am so thankful to live on a farm where there is plenty to do and plenty of abundance to praise God about too.</div>
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<br />Roan Creek Weaving and Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572061157373790414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663891338145651040.post-32386262349139853792013-01-01T11:54:00.001-08:002013-01-01T12:04:18.301-08:00REFLECTIONS 2012REFLECTIONS ON 2012<br />
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2012 started (and ended) pretty much like other years.... A wonderful get together at a wonderful friends house. Good fellowship with friends I seldom see. Hugs that tell me there is life that gets in between precious moments of christian sisterhood. These are friends that have been there to pick me up when life has overwhelmed me, so when they call "just to ask for something" my heart is only too willing to answer even the smallest question if possible....<br />
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Then the moment came for my second son to propose to a beautiful young lady. Their relationship centered on the author of Love-Jesus Christ. A year of long separations, long phone conversations, and long distance bible devotions ensued. My heart ached for them at the same time I thanked God Almighty for the time for them to be lifted up together on eagles wings.... we look forward to the spring wedding and the new path that God has for them to walk-together.<br />
Vegetables. Sweet tomatoes, luscious, crunchy, cucumbers , delicious collards to wrap a spoonfull of rice and grass fed meat in. Peas. mmm sweet english peas. Summer brought a variety of good food and we even tried our hand early at selling a few vegetables at the local market. What a great feeling to provide good honest to goodness good-for-you food to people of our community. I am looking forward to expanding and providing more vegetables this next year. With the coming of the seed catalogs, hope springs eternal! Now if my energy and time were just as abundant:). <br />
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Jeremiah and I have increased our Jacob Sheep flock in the early summer of 2012. We added 3 young ewes and a young 5 horned ram. This springs shearing will decide who has the softest fleece.<br />
Our fleece is the center of my yarn production and I will be choosing for fleece quality with my sheep. So far the Jacobs have proven pretty hardy, friendly and a welcome addition to Roan Creek Weaving and Farm.<br />
Jeremiah has found filling the freezer an enjoyable pursuit.<br />
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This years sheep to shawl went well. Galena (in hat) was the recipient of this years shawl. Galena, Jill Wood, and Brenda Morely spun beautiful yarn that I wove into a shawl that Galena calls her "New citizen" red, white and blue shawl. We love the State Fair Sheep to Shawl and enjoy answering all the questions about weaving and spinning from the spectators....<br />
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The chickweed grew like crazy just before Christmas this year. The unusually warm early winter made the chickweed grow like it was early spring.<br />
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The unusual weather was also good for the oyster mushrooms we like to gather for mushroom soup.<br />
This winter I added a recipe page to this blog. I hope everyone tries and likes the tasty recipes that I will be adding every week. I will try to add pictures as well. I know that seeing the farm fresh food is even better than reading about it. <br />
I am also adding a page to the blog starting in January 2013 that will be updated every month like a newsletter. <i>INTERSECTIONS</i> will explore weaving in many different forms complete with a free project each month. <br />
All in all 2012 was a good year. We have been blessed and we know it! We look forward to what the Lord will have us doing in 2013 and we look forward to sharing our farm and weaving adventures..... <br />
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Roan Creek Weaving and Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572061157373790414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663891338145651040.post-69586220084639555992012-12-25T16:23:00.001-08:002012-12-25T16:25:11.335-08:00MERRY CHRISTMASMerry Christmas!<br />
Merry Christmas to everyone! May you draw closer to the our Lord and Savior in 2013!Roan Creek Weaving and Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572061157373790414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663891338145651040.post-47879932430004332552012-12-07T12:40:00.003-08:002012-12-07T12:40:28.037-08:00Pearl Harbor PEARL HARBOR DECEMBER 7, 1941<br />
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Remembering Pearl Harbor. Our own Papa Goodwin joined as soon as he could graduate high school in 1943. He became a submariner and spent his enlistment on the U.S.S. Pompon SS267. They patrolled the Pacific Theater, laying their lives on the line in defense of our country. May we never forget their sacrifice. Roan Creek Weaving and Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572061157373790414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663891338145651040.post-1694366962997256932012-11-21T09:23:00.000-08:002012-11-21T09:23:18.500-08:00HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYONE<h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Always a <span style="font-size: small;">happy time full of memories, Thanksgiving is <span style="font-size: small;">definitely</span> a time <span style="font-size: small;">for good food! I have posted a <span style="font-size: small;">Cream Pie recipe <span style="font-size: small;">on the recipe page that is full of yummy mem<span style="font-size: small;">ories! My Nanna made it and my Mom (my kids Nanna)<span style="font-size: small;"> made it, and when I am blessed with grandchildren and become Nanna, I'll make it for them. Good wholesome milk and eggs from the farm make it especially rich and nutritious!.<span style="font-size: small;"> And that is what I wish for everyone th<span style="font-size: small;">is Thanksgiving- <span style="font-size: small;">Happiness, Health, and an abundance <span style="font-size: small;">of Blessings from Our Lord<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
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<br />Roan Creek Weaving and Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572061157373790414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663891338145651040.post-38327186699243123892012-11-14T19:11:00.001-08:002012-11-14T19:13:31.223-08:00A NEW RECIPE PAGEI am going to place a few of our favorite farm recipes on this blog to share. So just in time for the Thanksgiving Holiday I've put up my mother- in- laws Cranberry Relish Recipe. When I was transferred to Newfoundland fresh out of "C" school in the Navy, I opened up my home to single service members during the holidays. My friend (at the time) Dalton called his Mom and got this recipe which he put together in the "Q" and brought to share for the Thanksgiving meal. It and him, have been a favorite of mine for over 21 years! :)<br />
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Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!Roan Creek Weaving and Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572061157373790414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663891338145651040.post-44945473361812729102012-11-06T12:56:00.001-08:002012-11-06T12:56:30.173-08:00<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">This hung on my mother-in-law<span style="font-size: small;">'s <span style="font-size: small;">refrigerator <span style="font-size: small;">until it was yellowed and stained<span style="font-size: small;"> and I believe she tried to do this in her everyday walk. May it bless all who</span></span></span></span> reads it<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></div>
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Roan Creek Weaving and Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572061157373790414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663891338145651040.post-56185622454855815592012-11-02T09:13:00.000-07:002012-11-02T09:13:42.704-07:00November is here!<h4>
<u><i>NOVEMBER IS HERE</i></u></h4>
November is here and the first few killing frosts are here! I have been pulling up tomato stakes and getting the garden beds cleaned up for the winter. Time to lay on the mulch and secure the covering over the fall planted spinach and lettuce. And yes, it is even time to plant a few more radishes and lettuces. In our climate, especially this year, we can enjoy fresh, nutrient dense vegetables fresh from our own garden just minutes after harvest. For most of the winter and for most vegetables that grow in the winter a covering of sheet plastic is all that is required to be able to harvest something fresh every day to add to your meals. Roan Creek Weaving and Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572061157373790414noreply@blogger.com0