HARVEST IS OVER FOR ANOTHER SEASON, BUT WE HAVE THE MEMORIES

NEEDED TO MAKE AN ENTRY INTO MY JOURNAL OF HARVEST 2009. WHAT A SPECIAL HARVEST IT WAS. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE LORD FOR ALL HIS PROTECTION AND CARE FOR US IN GETTING IN THE WHEAT IN. IT WAS A TOTAL BLAST FOR THE STUBBS FAMILY THIS YEAR. GOD YOU ARE SO AWESOME TO GIVE FARMING BACK TO US, WHEN WE THOUGHT IT WAS OVER!!! YOU ARE AMAZING TO YOUR CHILDREN.

HOW MANY STUBBS BOYS CAN YOU GET IN A COMBINE CAB?????

TAKING OFF! “ HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE HARVEST! OUR TRUST IS IN YOU!!!!

A SMALL BREAKDOWN, AND WE WERE OFF AGAIN!

THIS WILL MAKE A LOT OF BREAD

THE FIELDS ARE READY FOR HARVEST. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SITE.

11 YEAR OLD'S FIRST TIME TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE THE WHEAT TRUCK IN THE FIELD. A DAY HE WON’T FORGET!

YOU CAN’T RESIST A TRUCK FULL OF WHEAT

OUR YOUNGEST GRANDSON IN THE WHEAT

BLESSINGS, LINDA

THE FIRST APRON IS FINISHED

I KNOW THAT THIS IS MY SECOND POST FOR THE DAY, BUT I FINALLY FINISHED THE FIRST APRON!!!! I LOVE IT. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT IS RED?

THE BACK SIDE

THE POCKET HAS A LITTLE BIT OF OLD LACE FROM MY GRANDMA REID'S SEWING. MAKES IT KIND OF SPECIAL FOR ME TO THINK SHE WILL BE A PART OF FARMER’S MARKET WITH ME.

REMEMBER THIS PATTERN (EXCEPT THE POCKETS) IS FROM Busy Bee Quilt Designs

HARVEST IS HERE!!!!!!!!

THE WHEAT IS READY FOR HARVEST. WE WILL BE CUTTING TODAY. CAN’T WAIT!! OUR SON'S BOUGHT AN OLD COMBINE. YAY!!!!!!!

OUR DAUGHTER TRESSA TOOK THIS PICTURE OF TAYLOR. WHAT MORE CAN WE SAY. WE LOVE YOU LORD AND CAN’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE FOR OUR HARVEST. YOU ARE

GOOD, HOLY AND OUR REDEEMER!

I HAVE BEEN SO BUSY WITH MY GIRLS OUT IN THE GARDEN EVERY MORNING AND EVENING. EVERYTHING IS GETTING BIGGER

AND CAN’T WAIT TO START EATING FOOD FROM OUR GARDEN. WE ATE TWO TOMATOES AND A CUCUMBER YESTERDAY...... MMMMM GOOD!!!!

HOPE ALL OF YOU ARE HAVING A BLESSED SUMMER. OUR FATHERS DAY WAS A VERY SPECIAL DAY. WISH I HAD TIME TO POST MORE PICTURES.

PICKLES I ATE ONE MMMMMM GOOD!

LITTLE PUMPKIN

LITTLE CROOK NECK YELLOW SQUASH

ROWS OF GREEN BEANS AND ONIONS TO THE LEFT

CHARD

BABY ZUCCHINI

OUR POTATO’S ARE GROWING SO HUGE. EVEN HAVE POTATO BUGS. YUKKKK! MY GUINEAS ARE NOT DOING “THEIR THING.” MY GRANDCHILDREN ARE!

BLESSINGS,

LINDA

Happy Father's Day Mr. Phil

"My special man"

I love this picture. We were able to go to Nevada this last spring to see my sister for her birthday and mine also. My niece and nephew blessed our family by buying tickets for us to come and surprise my sis for her birthday. My sis and brother-in-love are living on a horse ranch. It was surrounded by mountains and horses. I loved it! Well, so did my family. The girls enjoyed everything! They could ride horses anytime they wanted. Phil hadn't been on a horse for some time and was a natural. This picture was shot by our daughter. . It is one of my favorites now.

I do have a very special man. Phil got saved soon after we were married. I am so grateful to have the privilege to have lived with him for 36+ years. Can't believe that it has been that long. We have walked side by side in what ever the Lord put in our path. God has known what He has been doing to make our marriage strong. We have 5 precious children and 9 grand children.

Tonight we will honor him with a cookout. May he feel the love and gratitude that we all have for him. He has sought the Lord for our family and given his children a heritage. I am so thankful for the Dad that he has been to our children.

Psalms 127

³ Sons are a heritage from the LORD,

children a reward from him.

⁴ Like arrows in the hands of a warrior
are sons born in one's youth.
⁵ Blessed is the man
whose quiver is full of them...... Your quiver is full Mr. Phil. You are are a blessed man and so are we that God gave you to all of us!!!! Happy Father's Day. You are loved and will be loved forever! May our Heavenly Father continue to bless you and keep you safe!
My real daddy has been gone for a real long time. He is missed today. As I get older and realize the sacrifice that he did on my behalf as I was growing up I am so grateful. We lived in Alaska and we homesteaded 48 acres. It was hard in Alaska. My daddy did not know the Lord personally. I gave him a Bible and have it to this day. He never professed Christ. He lived a hard life and had a lot of sadness in it. I was able to be rescued from so much and he would love to come to my home now and see the husband that I have. Phil has given us such joy and happiness in our home. We have both worked hard to make it a priority to have a Godly home. Not perfect but always trying in the Lord's strength to do better.
Today I will honor my other dad. Mr. Leo Leach. He married my mom and has been very close to me. Poppa has a little house and lives close by. Being a wonderful grandfather to my children has not been hard for him. Poppa will be turning 80 this next Aug. Where has the time gone! Happy Father's Day Poppa! You are loved!
Blessings to all of you out there as you honor your father.
Blessings,
Linda

Life..Beautiful

It is out in the stores!!!!!

This magazine will be a feast for your eyes. Each page is wonderful. I have enjoyed life:beautiful from the first day I found it in the store last year.

Here is a picture of the cupcakes that you could make for your 4th of July table! There is not a recipe for the cupcakes, but a white cake, white frosting and raspberries and blueberries on the top would be easy enough to do. The cupcake holder is tooooo cute! Don't know where they got it, but I would like one.......

It is getting quite warm around the farm these days. Hail came and pelted my tomatoes the other night. It was a sad day yesterday going around the garden. We have had this happen before and the tomatoes made it through just fine. It is amazing what they can take. They were just laying down. Everything else looked okay. We are getting so excited for market. I have my first pink tomato. It should be red real soon.

The other day my husband walked out in the yard. He heard Lilly making her "sweet noises"(she talks allllll the time, to herself). He couldn't see where she was and started looking around. I had taken the flowers out of the crock to give them some water. Lilly had hopped up in my little wagon (given to me by my friend Vickie for my last birthday) and was under the two flags cooling off. She is just too fun.

I am working on the first apron and finishing up the pockets. It is turning out ssoooooooooo cute. I love the pattern and will post it soon. It's been a joy to get back into sewing. The time doesn't seem to be there with the garden and all. Gardening seems to be taking all my time.

I am off to go get some golden wheat straw. I can't wait to have it "lookin" so pretty around the plants. I lay newspaper down first and then the straw. I tuck the newspaper real close to the stem of the plant and then lay the straw. It kills the weeds and then we work it all into the ground in the fall. We are making the soil richer every year we do that!

Blessings,
Linda

Flag Day Sunday

I'm proud to be an AMERICAN!

It is late Saturday night, but I won't have time before church tomorrow to get this post up. I have been saving this picture for just the right time. This is my little grandson. I took this picture and then Tressa used picnik and changed it for me. We love using picnik. Even I can do it!

Is this the most precious picture? My little American Boy!

Happy Flag Day Everyone. May we continue to ask God for protection for our land.

Blessings,
Linda

Everyone It's FLAG DAY

Sunday is Flag Day. Let's all get out our flags and wave them high.

I just love the red,white and blue!!!!!!! We need to be praying for our President and leaders in Washington. Pray that they would make wise decisions for our country. Please pray for them daily. I am sure they would appreciate it.

I found a great treasure in the barn. An "old milk bucket." I filled it with one of my favorite flowers, Scarlet Red Verbena. I can't wait to find them at the garden nursery in the spring. I have to get some for the farm. It is really pretty to put in your garden. If you like color in your garden this is the flower. I also use the Blue Salvia a lot. The color will just jump out, from wherever you look.

This will really grow and spread. Sometimes it comes up for me again the next spring. It doesn't smell real good, but I use it a lot in my flower bouquets.

Here are my boxes. They are starting to fill out a little more!

I started my little cucumber seeds early this year and they already have little baby pickles on them. I am sooooooo excited to get my fridge full of dill pickles. I will give the recipe soon.

I put the nasturtiums by my cucumber plants. Getting seeds in by my squash and pumpkins. Trying it out this year. It is suppose to help with the bugs. If you do plant nasturtiums, nick the seed carefully. It helps it to germinate.

I have been waiting until last Feb. for this!!!!!!!!! Went out to my garden and found two Sweet Pea's had popped out just for meeeeee! I just love them. Kim, who entered our giveaway wrote the sweetest comment. I thought it would be helpful to those who are planting Sweet Peas. "I am enjoying your blog and am working on my garden too. My sweetpeas are blooming and we have blessed many friends with boquets. You know that to keep them blooming you must keep them cut so that they can not pod. Once they start to dry out and pod you will lose the whole bush. I will send you some seeds at the end of summer. A patient gave them to my Nana who is in her 80s MANY years ago. She worked for a doctor. They are an unusual color and I never see them in packets. They are the most fragrant I have smelled." Blessings! Kim I can't wait to see what her Sweet Peas are like. Thank you Kim for the wonderful garden hint. I did not know this! I will start to do this now.

Again thank you for stopping by. Please leave a comment about what is happening at your garden! I would love to have any helpful garden hints. I am always learning. I forgot, to tell you my tomatoes are doing great. That will be the next pictures..... I even have a little pumpkin. I love to decorate with pumpkins...... in the fall.

Blessings,
Linda

THE WINNER IS...........

This morning my grandson Ian helped me with the drawing. We mixed and mixed the entries. He picked the first one out and.......

THE WINNER of the Original Lilly and Her Chicks Tea Towel is..............

Mary Roots

She said, "Your blog is such a blessing to me and the pictures are very beautiful."

Thank you Mary for commenting on Prairie Flower Farm blog.

All of you that signed up did not know that I had plans for

7 more bloggers to win a giveaway. I wanted it to be a SURPRISE and so here goes!

Piece of fabric from our "WINTER IS IN THE AIR" fabric line.

2nd place...

A Sprinkling said, "What a cute towel! I don't have anything like this and would love to see it hanging on my oven!"

3rd place....

Kentucky Farm Girl said, "What an adorable give away! I would love to be entered!"

4th place......

Keep it Simple said, "Cute, cute, cute! Enter us into your contest. I don't get much traffic, but I'll post about your giveaway over at our place."

PRIMITIVE ANGEL ORNAMENTS

A favorite past time of mine is to make ornaments. I had these on hand and thought it would be fun to give them as 5th, 6th, and 7th place winners. The winners are....

5th place.....

La Gitan Mystique said, "I just love all things kitchen and chicken themed as well. What a sweet giveaway you are having. Please sign me up. I'd be so tickled to win the tea towel. My blog is new so nothings there yet, but I am looking foward to getting it all going.
I will get signed up for your email subscription." Gina

6th place....

Aquarian Bath, "beautiful towel. I love chickens and would love to win."

7th.....

The Schmidt Family, "Wow thanks. What a darling towel. I have the pattern and might try it myself sometime!"

I also want to thank Sarah from Sewn for the wonderful opportunity. She gave all of us the chance to spread our wings and go and do something that would bless so many bloggers all around the world. It makes us all a little bit closer don't you think? May we keep her in our prayers as she works on this new adventure. It will be fun to see what she will do. Blessings to you, Sarah!

Thank you alllllll for coming to my blog. I wish you all could have won. It has been a true pleasure to meet you. I loved going to each one of your blogs and "oohed" and "aaahed", they are all beautiful. It is truly a gift that we all can have the opportunity to have blogs to share with others. I have been so encouraged. I hope all of you who came to my blog, "Entered and left with a Happy Heart".

Blessings,

Linda

At Noon Central Time!

At noon Central Time I will announce the winner! Please check in. I am getting ready! 

I will have 6 extra winners that will win small gifts!!!!!!!! I want you to all know, that this has been a real blessing to me personally. Thank you for all that entered and left comments. I am excited for the future and have some interesting plans for the blog! Keep coming back.

Blessings,
Linda

WE ARE IN A MAGAZINE!

Peace Creek Collections Article In Girlhood Home Companion

Don't forget to sign up if you haven't already, for our giveaway on Monday. Scroll down to June 1st post!!!!!!!!

The garden is almost planted!!!!!!!!!!! I found a little time to look at the two articles our family wrote for The Girlhood Home Companion. Jill and her family have done a wonderful job putting the magazine together. The color and arrangement was just breath taking. We were honored to be able to do this! Our fabric was featured that came out this last spring. You will be able to find Farmer's Market at JoAnn's Fabric or Hancock Fabrics near you. When I get some time I will be making curtains for my chicken house with the Farmer's Market fabric.. Can't wait for things to slow down. Like when will that ever be the case : )! We will also have a Harvest Thyme Collection, that will be out for Fall 2009. I will write later. I just love Remembrance Press and all they have available for every age lady.

I have not talked much on my blog, that I design fabric for a company called Fabrics by Spectrix. Designing fabric was never in my thoughts. One day a friend from a distributor called and asked if I would like to do fabric. I was 42, had just had brand new baby girl, just been put in Country Women and "ton's" of mail in the mailbox. We prayed about it and decided to go ahead. It was very hard at first because I didn't know how to paint ( I painted by cutting out stencils) or do fabric. I told the Lord I really needed to learn to paint and in a day I was painting. The fabric company worked along with us and it ended up being very interesting. We have gone to the mill two different times over the years. To watch your designs be put on fabric right before your eyes was just toooooo fun! Our name will be along the selvage edge with Peace Creek Collections by Linda Stubbs. Over the years our daughter Tressa has also done 3 designs.

We also have our own pattern company called Peace Creek Collections. Over the years with the economy, caring for my husbands dad, farming and the Estate, our business has slowed down . We are featured in Keepsake Quilting with our quiet books, so that has kept me busy. I just didn't have the time to design on a large scale. Now that we won't be farming in a big way and we have a blog I will be designing more. I get really excited about where the Lord wants to take us. We have some of our patterns up along the side in e-patterns and will soon be adding to them.

When we did the International Quilt Markets, meeting people was one of my most favorite experiences. The lives and stories of the people I met were wonderful. I never thought I would be a pattern designer or a fabric designer, but I enjoy both. It has given me the means to stay home with my children. I have 5 on earth and 2 in heaven. I also have 9 grandchildren that make my like fun! Please if there is anything I can do to help, let me know.

Blessings,
Linda

Still Time To Enter

Scroll down to June 1 post and leave a comment. You still have time to enter the giveaway!!!

Blessings,
Linda

"SEWING APRON DAY" And A Few Other Tidbits

SEWING APRONS FOR FARMER'S MARKET

Good Afternoon ,

Please everyone, you still have time to sign up for my drawing if you haven't already. : ) Last day is June 8th. It has been just delightful! All the nice comments being left have blessed my life.

Our family was out traveling a few weeks back and I just had to STOP at one of my favorite quilt stores in Salina Kansas, called The Quilting Bee. I found the most adorable pattern Lilly Apron. I thought this would be sooooo cute for my daughters and myself to wear when we

do Farmer's Market. I let the girls pick out their own fabric. From top red square (surprise?) is mine, bottom left is Tressa's and bottom right is Taylor's (hers is brown and green, even though it looks black). I will let you all see when the aprons are done.

I wrote Michelle, that owns Busy Bee Quilt Designs, to get permission to put her information up on my blog. You must go over and see what she has. Her website is so beautiful. You will enjoy looking, if you like quilts, cute bags and the Lilly Apron. I thought it was so funny that my chicken and tea towel was named Lilly.

This is my" Little Garden Girl" who keeps watch over the Prairie Flower Farm.

I am finally getting some other things finished around the farm, since we have most of the garden and trees planted. Now we just sit, pray and wait for the Lord to help everything grow. I already have tomatoes on the vines. The basil is doing well and we will be making up pesto real soon for our foccacia bread. mmmmmmmmm can't wait.

I hope you can see this little rake. I was just talking with my hubby the other day saying that I wish someone would design a little rake. I had forgotten that I had bought one that was just for decoration. Yes! I am using it now when I weed the peas. It works fantastic.

I wanted to see if these strips really work. If you have tried them let me know. I wasn't sure so I thought I would try. As you can see by the little lettuce it worked great. I think it was well worth the money. Just thought you might like to try it if you haven't I have two trays in with flowers and herbs. I let you know how they work. Enjoy all your gardening.

My baby ducks are getting huge. They wander around eating my grass and maybe bugs? I don't know for sure if they eat bugs. You can let me know. Thank you for taking the time to read my blog. If you have children or grandchildren the ducks need names. You can help them leave a comment. I think they are both girls. Thanks so much, it will be fun to see what names come through.

All Sewn Up Party and Prairie Flower Farm Giveaway!

We will giveaway the "Original Lilly & Her Chicks tea towel Party on June 8th JOIN UP!

Hello everyone!

Well, since I started my blog, I have wanted to have a giveaway............. sooooooo here goes. I was blog surfing again.......... and came to a fun blog called A Thread of Red. I signed up for her free giveaway. Go to it and say I sent you please. Then I went to another blog called The Last Piece. Just what I needed to get myself started on a give away. You will see by the blog that Sarah is soooooo excited and so are the rest of us! Read her May 1 post. If you want to enter into the free giveaway to SEWN click here.

I am going to enter into the party. If I had more time I would of been able to get some fabric together from fabric I designed, but due to time I had to do something else. Anyway I have decided to giveaway the "Original Lilly and Chick tea towel" that I designed and stitched for my blog free giveaway when we first started. You can get the free download if you want also.

To enter our giveaway you will need to leave a comment at the end of this post with your email address included. If you are an email subscriber or follower, you will be able to have a 2nd entry. The drawing will be held on June 8th. I will have the package ready. I think I will put in a cute little something besides. Blessings to you all who enter!

"Home Depot 100.00 Gift Card Giveaway"

Went to this really beautiful blog this morning and saw a free $100 gift card give away. Garden Chick would appreciate if everyone would get the information out. The contest runs from June 1 through June 21st. The post is Monday June 1. Wow if you could win how nice would that be? The blog is called Garden Chick - in My Garden click here

You will also have to look at her May 6 post on Create a Healing Garden. I loved the pic's and info. I will be posting tonight a chance to win the original Lilly and her Chicks tea towel. I will tell you all about it as soon as I can get the post done. I am really excited and have wanted to do this since I started the blog. Now it is going to happen. Keep watching...........

Blessings to your day!