Welcome to my little farm in the city.

This is a little blog about my life here on my little farm in the city. I am a wife, a mom, a grandma to 6 beautiful grandchildren. I live in a small Mayberry like town in the snowy midwest. We live on the banks of a lake in the woods. I raise chickens and this year I really plan to try my hand at a small garden so that I can use the products for canning this year. It will be a venture, but I have high hopes. I am an avid knitter and I love to work on new patterns that I find. You will probably find much of my work here as I finish it. Well thanks for stopping bye and please stop in often and stay as long as you like. Trudy

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Amy's Down Home Cooking:

I  love  to  cook  and  bake.  I LOVE  it and  I love finding  blogs  for  recipe ideas .  I have  found MANY blogs with  fabulous recipes and  there are a few of my  faves.   This  lady  and her  blog is  one of my  all time  favorites , she is the top of my list.  I  have  found this  lady on  face book .  I love  her  creativity, her knowledge and  her cheerful  upbeat  attitude and  willingness to always share.  She is a star in my book.   I love  her  blog and I love her group on Facebook.  If you want an idea  for dinner, or  need some help with some ingredients you have  but  not any idea of what to do with them ......  Amy is your  gal.  Thank you so much Amy, for all you do for us that  are recipe  challenged.  Please  take a few minutes and  check out  her  blog and  enjoy the  recipes;    Her  blog  link is below  and  I know you will love it.

 Amy's Down Home Cooking:

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Sweet Tea and Cornbread: Peanut Butter Cake!

I  LOVE  to bake.  It is what  I do and  I  love it.  Baking and Crochet ,  what  else  is there that  makes me   so happy not  counting my  grandchildren of course.   Anyway  because  I love to bake  I follow  many blogs.  This  one  Sweet Tea and Corn Bread......  they  are  amazing.  They have the  BEST recipes  I have  found and they so  graciously  share them with us .  Thank you folks  for all you do and  I give all the credit  to them for this  recipe . You really must  check out their blog .  You will not  be  disappointed  I promise.



Sweet Tea and Cornbread: Peanut Butter Cake!:     I have had so many requests for a good peanut butter cake with peanut butter frosting, so we decided to make a good one.  This ca...

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Crochet Baby Bunny Hat: Free Pattern

Crochet Baby Bunny Hat: Free Pattern

I  love  love  LOVE  hunting the  web  for  free patterns to knit or crochet .  I  so  appreciate  the  people that  take the time to create them and then so generously let us  use  them  for free.   This  lady  has  an amazing  blog  such a  fun  read  and  her  patterns are amazing.  Thank you so very much for  them and  she  also has  an Etsy shop and  is on face book .  Please take the time to look at  her  pages  and friend them and  support  her  beautiful efforts if  you can.      Her  blog  is     http://poochie-baby.com/index.html   and  her pinterest  page is   http://pinterest.com/MyPoochieBaby/      and  her  facebook  page  is      https://www.facebook.com/pages/Poochie-Baby/206062482830506.   Please  check her  out  she  is  such a fantastic  artist.

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Crochet Attic: Crochet Japanese Flower

Crochet Attic: Crochet Japanese Flower: The pattern details are on my Ravelry project page  here .   

I am totally smitten with these  patterns  I have  found  on some of my  favorite  blogs  and  if you are a crocheter  you must  try  them .   I  am going to make  some up  very  soon.

Would you like Yarn With That?: Japanese Flower Motif--FREE pattern!!

Would you like Yarn With That?: Japanese Flower Motif--FREE pattern!!: Hey everyone! I've been loving the Japanese flowers I've seen lately, but I just couldn't find a pattern. I'd find one, c...

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

The Time Has Come!!!

Well the  day is here  !!  The one  I thought  would never  come, the  one  I have been waiting  impatiently  for!!  We  have a moving van and  car hauler  sitting in the driveway and  a  mess of  boxes  and furniture  to load  so  now  comes  the  physical part.   This  will be  a long  day , then we  leave  tomorrow morning  and the  next  stop tomorrow  afternoon is  Florida and a new  home.  So  I guess this  is  where  I will jump off  and  the next time I see you I will be in sunny Florida!!  You  all  take care and I will be back very soon after I wade  through a sea  of  boxes and  put  everything  away!