Life at Homeland Farm

                 Another summer blasted by and here we are in October. Autumn means fair season, and locally, we have the Fryeburg fair. It is a large agricutural based fair, with lots of farm animals, exhibits and a midway for the kids. It is huge event for our small western Maine area, drawing tens of thousands of people every year.          This makes the second year Cam and Cliff have worked there, and they both enjoy it. It is a long 8 days, as they have to report early and stay late. They are provided three hot meals a day, which is good, as it gets pretty cold at this time of year. The wind seems to just blow through the fairgrounds all the time, since it is nestled nicely in the white mountains. Cliff came home fairly frozen last night, and Cam, who works security, wasn't even going to get home until midnight or after. I am sure he was ready to get inside by that time.           They are joined by Nolan this year, who wanted to earn some money, even though it meant m

          This is a very different blog today, as I share something that happened to me this past Sunday. It is something I still am trying to wrap my mind around, so please bear with me as I try to find just the right words. It was amazing, moving, wonderful, and awe inspiring all at the same time, and to be honest, I am still in the process of understanding it. Here is my best description, as I recall it.   Early morning cleaning and mowing..My grandparents stone in the back corner            Sunday was a warm, partly sunny day, and drier then it has been, so I decided to mow the lawns. My mother's mower was in the shop, so I decided to start in the family cemetery..Homeland Cemetery, located in the back of our hay field. I rode over on the mower, and started mowing, saying hello to all the relatives that are buried there. As I mowed, I noticed the deer had been munching on the geraniums we had planted on Memorial weekend. Several plants had just stalks sticking up, and

SUMMER BEAUTY  (Computers, man....Grrr) 4PM...A drive around the farm checking out the pretty stuff... Pole Beans! Acres of clover! " "Look Vance! The Tiger lillies are in bloom again..." 4 PM....Pea shelling time! Supper is cooking, and smelling good! 430...Cocktails on the glider! Couple of tired farmers 5 PM...SUPPER TIME Chicken and Dumplings, fresh peas and cukes, homemade biscuits and strawberry jam! YUM TIME TO WRAP IT UP FROM HOMELAND FARM! hOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT WEEKEND! SEE YOU SOON!

          Good Afternoon from Beautiful Bridgton, Maine! After a terrible, wet and cold and LONG Spring, we are finally enjoying a warm, sunny stretch of summer weather. The flowers are blossoming, butterflies are flitting about and the garden is in. Time to get out and enjoy the season, although we have plenty to do here at Homeland Farm.            Today, I am doing a blog post called A DAY IN THE LIFE AT HOMELAND FARM. It could easily be called "A day in the life of Carmie and Cliffy," or "Watch Carmie and Cliffy work", but I will go with my original title.           Anddddd Here we GO! PS..Doing this in two parts since my computer is being a pain!                          A DAY IN THE LIFE AT HOMELAND FARM      6AM...wake up to the Peke snoring on my head.      7AM... Coffee and we make plans for the day. The dogs are clearly awaiting instructions.         9 AM....It is time to start making strawberry jam. Three batches later, we wer