Category Archives: Farm life

Free Quilting Class- Craftsy Block of the Month Club

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

About this time last year I started the Craftsy block of the month club and starting learning to quilt.  Over the course of the year I made the blocks assigned each month and learned so much!!!  And now there is … Continue reading →

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Cheviot Lambing season begins on the farm

Posted on March 3, 2013 by

Each spring we wait anxiously for our new lambs to be born.  Cheviots, the breed of sheep we raise, typically do not breed out of season, so many of our shepherd friends have many lambs on the ground before we … Continue reading →

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Busy time of year- county fairs and sheep shows

Posted on September 22, 2012 by

Each September there is a 10 day period when we show our sheep 5 times, and we are almost at the end of that time for 2012.  It is an exhausting time, late nights and early mornings, driving while pulling … Continue reading →

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Fall baking day and pumpkin bread recipe

Posted on September 8, 2012 by

Fall is almost here.  Well, maybe it is just beginning to not feel so incredibly like hot summer.  It is a rare day with little on the calendar, so I decided to do a bit of baking today.  I was … Continue reading →

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Purex “Let’s Be Honest” Contest winners

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

Thanks to everyone who entered the contest here at Dee’s Farm and Family.  While you all were sitting in your air-conditioned homes watching the humorous ”Let’s Be Honest” videos, we were at the Tennessee Junior Sheep Expo in Cookeville, TN.  Three days … Continue reading →

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Friday Cleaning Job

Posted on June 22, 2012 by

It is finally Friday!  What a week we have had, and I hope that your week has been filled with wonderful times.  Aaron was away serving as a Camp Assistant at Junior 4-H Camp this week.  I picked him up … Continue reading →

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Tues small cleaning chore

Posted on June 19, 2012 by

Last week was busy with kids coming and going, again, and we had out-of-town company on Sunday afternoon.  All that is to say that I did some rather large cleaning:  vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, etc on Sunday.  All the kids are … Continue reading →

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Cleaning up after college kids leave, again

Posted on June 12, 2012 by

What a week!  Lots of happenings around here, but now things are calm again.  The two college girls are gone for the summer or longer, and have vacated their room, again.  In the rush of packing, there were several piles … Continue reading →

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Wool Pool- cleaned wool from the garage

Posted on June 9, 2012 by

Today (Thurs) was our day for the TN Sheep Producers Wool Pool.  We took all the wool that we had sheared from our sheep, and the wool from the other flocks the kids had sheared to the wool pool, where … Continue reading →

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Tuesday cleaning job

Posted on June 5, 2012 by

The end of last week and weekend was extremely busy with preparing for 3 of the children to travel (to different places).  Now things are very quiet around the house.  And the 1 remaining child and I are doing all … Continue reading →

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