Were moving to a New Website

We are already growing and it's time to move to our own website!
You can keep up with us on The Blue Water Farm by going to http://www.thebluewaterfarm.com

Welcome to Blue Water...

'Blue Water' to us describes a place you visit to rest or vacation...
...We found our 'Blue Water' in Skamokawa

Cezar greets guests this 4th of July weekend

Country Kids

All kids LOVE a tractor ride!

Great Things Begin Here

Bread rising in the oven to go with the pulled pork marinating in the crock

Columbia River Jumbo Cupcakes

Carrot Cake, Cream Cheese frosting and white chocolate swirl candy sea shells

A Brothers Wedding Gift

Carl and Ashley Mae's Wedding
Love this. The link will take you to the You Tube Video our Son created for his Brothers wedding.

Grandchildren helping

Homemade Bread and Chicken Salad

Genesee's Blue Water Farm Bread.

Potatoes

The potatoes are thriving in grow boxes despite the scarce sunlight seen in the west valley.

Western Tanager

He enjoys the color of his new perch atop the kubota

Visiting Elk

They spotted the garden

Weekend plans...

Step One: Print two copies of our template and cut out. Leave one template intact; cut the other along the dotted line (as shown) to create a total of three patterns.

Step Two Use the resulting patterns to cut three shapes from half a yard of oilcloth ($8.99 per yard; fabricdepot.com). Place the largest oilcloth shape on a table, right side up. Twist a hair elastic into a figure eight, with the bottom loop larger than the top (as shown). Center and tape the elastic atop the oilcloth. Baste in place a quarter inch from the edge; remove tape.

Step Three Align the two smaller oilcloth shapes atop the larger one (as shown), right sides facing down; tape in place. Stitch around the outer edge, leaving a quarter-inch seam; remove tape as you go.

Step Four Use scissors to make small slices about every inch along the bag’s seam allowance (as shown) to allow for easy turning.

Step Five Turn bag right side out. Topstitch along the flap’s edge, then finish by hand-stitching a button onto the bag (as shown in photo).


Read more: How To Sew a Clutch Purse - DIY Purse Template - Country Living

Oregon Lavender Festival

http://www.oregonlavenderdestinations.com/festival.php

Local Chanterelles

Pictures of last years Chanterelle Mushroom Quiche. Looking forward to this years harvest!

Home away from Home

The Tractor arrives safely.

Lavender Starts at Work

What Size Tractor Do We Need?

Apparently a Kubota 3240 is just right.

A New Experience

I love following my families blogs. My daughters have wonderful stories that make me smile as they describe their experiences as mothers. My sons discuss politics, geology, medicine and photography. I even have a daughter in law with a masters degree in creative writing who paints vivid pictures in my mind with her gift of language. My family is filled with artists, musicians, doctors, nurses, mathematicians, scientists, students, associates degrees, bachelors degrees, masters degrees and doctorates, all with something to say. But as I love to follow their writings, I never thought that I might have something to write about... until today.
We have been encouraged to journal. To record our experiences both good and bad. To leave a written account of our trials, our triumphs and the lessons we learned along the way. I knew that. But today while enjoying the scene of a freshly mowed pasture, the smell of tilled and turned earth, the oil of lavender on my hands from freshly planted new starts, and the company of our new grandson.... I contemplated the idea that I might just have something to record.
Our experience is one of finding self reliance, living close to the land and close as a family on a small lavender and herb farm in the Pacific Northwest.
So here I begin.