Meet mr. Bear

Meet my dog mr. Bear, he's a 9 year old border collie X blue healer! He's pretty hilarious, loves to be dried off with a towel, loves going for rides in the back of my pick up! I had to change his name from bear to mr. Bear cus yelling after him on hikes would scare people thinking there was a bear in the area haha

Organic strawberries!

First strawberry of the season! It's small but has tons of flavour! Next year I'll be working on a strawberry field next to the fence of the garden! :)

New barn area :)

The area where my new barn is going, started clear cutting tonight! Thank you daddy for the huge help :) 

My famous Apple cinnamon muffin recipe!

My famous apple cinnamon muffins, i have to usually triple the batch otherwise they are gone in 24hours! 

3/4 cup sugar

1/3 cup butter

1 egg

1/2 cup milk

1tbsp vanilla extract

1tbsp cinnamon

1-1/2 tsp baking powder

1-1/2 cups flour

1 cup finely chopped apples

Preheat oven to 350F (175C)

In a mixing bowl add butter and sugar, then mix with an electric mixer. Then add the egg vanilla extract and milk and mix thoroughly. Next add the cinnamon and the baking powder and mix. Slowly mix in the flower till the batter is fully mixed. Start chopping the apples very fine( sometimes I will chop apples before making batter, then add them after batter is complete, especially when doubling or tripling recipe). After apples and mixed in,  spoon batter into muffin linners, about 3/4 full and put in oven. Bake for approx 20-25 mins until golden brown, do a tooth pick test to ensure muffins are ready! 

Makes 12 muffins

Enjoy :) 

Dandelion recipes, simple way to get rid of dandy lions.....eat them

Ever wonder what to do with dandelions?  Eat them!! Here are some great recipes you can do with dandelions! When I was trying to cut my coffee down I tried doing the dandy lion coffee and it tasted great! I also add the leaves and the flower to salads! And there are so many health benefits too! Healthy and delicious :) 

Tips on growing an aloe Vera successfully :)

 This is my 5 year old Aloe Vera that is for the first time flowering! I'm so excited because i have 3 of these beautiful big aloe Vera's that I grew from when they were 5 inches tall. I will make sure to post pics when the flower blooms!

Here are some tips to growing a successful aloe Vera plant: (and don't worry if you've killed some, I killed 2 aloe Vera's before I got the hang of it)

1. Make sure your aloe Vera gets lots of sunlight, right infront of a window is perfect

2. Don't over water, I usually water once every week to three weeks, depending on the soil, make sure the soil is dry before watering 

3. Make sure to transplant the aloe Vera once it gets bigger, go one pot size up each transplant until you go to about the size of pot I have in the picture, that should be the largest it goes to

4. You can always ask me or Google your questions if you need any help or are unsure

Hedge hog cookies :)

Got a hedge hog cookie recipe from a magazine! Tried it out and it's super delicious and fun! Enjoy :)

The recipe from the banana bread I make

Banana bread recipe:

1/2 cup butter

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 Tbsp vanilla extract

3 medium bananas

2 tsp baking powder

2 cups flour

1 cup walnuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 375F or 190C, lightly butter or oil a loaf pan

In a large mixing bowl add butter and sugar then mix with an electric mixer. Then add the eggs and vanilla extract, mix again until fully mixed. Add all three bananas, make smaller chunks and put into mixing bowl and mix, until there's no large chunks left. Add the baking powder and slowly mix if the flour 1/2 cup at a time. After flour is in the batter scrape the sides of the bowl and mix on medium speed for a few minutes. Then stir in walnuts(optional) 

When batter is mixed, pour it into the loaf pan, then put into the pre heated oven for 15minutes. After baking for 15 mins reduce heat to 350F and bake for 45 mins, make sure to do a tooth pick test before removing from oven. After banana bread is done remove bread from pan and let it cool. 

Enjoy :) 

Crops stitch pattern I just finished :)

The cross stitch pattern I finished and put wine corks around the outside :) this is my favorite so far!

First baby chicks of 2015

Got 3 baby chicks this morning! First 3 of 2015, hopefully more to come :)