Tomatoes and chicken feet

Fall is here and things are winding down. Now is the time to pull in tomatoes from 3 plants...I either have to do up green tomato salsa, eat lots of fried green tomatoes, or find places to let them ripen....maybe all three!

I still have a few beets and lots of acorn squash to bring in. Then we need to cover the garden spot with compost. A 100 foot square spot with 12" of mulch should do!! Guess to get that we have to muck the barns first! Whew! Everything hinges on everything else... And if we have more time we will go to the fields and pick up unharvested corn for our animals this winter. Every bit helps!

I took 20 birds in the back of the van up to the processing plant yesterday. It smelled like a pig farm in the van. I was frustrated because the back windows haven't opened in a year and I couldn't remove the stink. God was so gracious in opening the windows for me!! And I didn't even pray about it...

Then after I got there and had to pay I was just hoping that I would have enough money  to pay. Every time I have gone, somehow God sells something and gives me the EXACT change. This time was no different. I had exact change. I got goosebumps and almost started crying as I looked at Matt and said," God's done it again! Why do I doubt??!"

The lesson is that if God Cates aboit the small things that I haven't prayed about, how much more the things that are big and life-changing?! Thank you, God, for being so amazing!!

I brought home all of the chicken feet. Yuk, right?! Well, washed and peeled they will make delicious and healthy soup stock! The girls, however, aren't so sure!!