Updates from Ryder Family Farm

Every minute of life we are learning some important lesson. We can choose to learn from the experience or we can ignore it. If we choose to ignore the lesson we can bet we will be experiencing the same thing again and again until we learn what we need to. I am learning about money […]

“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.” -Jim Rohn If you are interested in leadership and would like one on one […]

The over simplified explanation of Links and Exchanges: Take are trip with me back in time- We are going back to when the internet first came about. I am talking before search engines were all the rage. People wanted to get others to visit their sites. Sometimes they would have friends post links (directions) to […]

It is raining here in Flagstaff, AZ and it is so wonderful! Being a native Arizonan I tend to get really excited when we get rain. I feel like it is a sign of renewal and fresh beginnings. Also, here in town everyone has the most beautiful spring bulbs blooming! I am mildly jealous but […]

Wow, did you know that nail polish remover and tea bags will get rid of a cold sore?? I read that today on BestHomeRemedies.com! A number of helpful home remedies are listed on this blog. If you are ever looking for info on home remedies check this site out for loads of info!!

Gurustu.com- If you are looking for some piece of mind and a positive thought I think you should visit Gurustu.com where you can write to Gurustu, read what others have written about, enjoy a little humor and much more!! I stopped by today and read the post about pitstops. “You are a pitstop on someone […]

Okay so you know how potatoes that sit in a cupboard to long begin to sprout?? Well, I was bored and sort of curious about growing potatoes so I grabbed the one with the most sprouts and planted it in a pot! It seems to be doing great with all its sprouts and leaves! I […]

Okay so here is an idea I was exposed to while shopping for books the other day: Your body stores the secrets of your life. It is a believable statement right? So then I read more about the book. It discusses how we subconsciously suppress traumatic memories or events and that our body holds on […]

Obviously I spent some time gardening today. The rose bushes I ordered awhile back finally arrived and I was planting them, then I began to clip dead branches off my plants. This brings me to my 100% dead mint plants. I successfully killed my Moroccan mint and my spearmint.. I am attributing the death of […]

In Flagstaff, AZ we got about 3 feet of snow in 2 days. This was the long awaited and very overdue first big snow of the winter (in March). It was a lot of things all at once. It was scary because I had to drive home from Sedona in it Saturday night after working […]

I had a customer request maple walnut fudge. I began brainstorming the ways to concoct maple walnut fudge. There are several ways one can make maple flavored fudge you can use maple extract, maple flavored chips or maple syrup. To use the first or second method you would need a base for the fudge and […]

I placed an order for 1500 live lady bugs to help control the aphids in my garden. The order was placed back on 1/28/06. Three days later I find that the business site I ordered from (www.abetterplant.com) had been taken down. The site only displayed an expired domain notice stating that the company is no longer in business. […]

Do you believe in life force energy?? This is the idea that energy is present everywhere, both in animate and inanimate objects. This idea has been widely accepted and is also believed to apply to our physical selves. Some quotes about this are “where thoughts flow energy goes” or “You become what you think about […]

February 26th 2006 from 10am-6pm I will be working the Co-Op booth at the Flagstaff Swap Meet where my products are sold. Admission to the swap meet is free so if you are looking for something to do in the Flagstaff area come by and check it out!! The address is: 2530 N 4th St, […]

Well I have been crafting like a crazy woman over the past few weeks!! I just went out yesterday and bought tons of jean shorts, pants and skirts that I am going to turn into purses. I also stocked up on frilly yarn that I am knitting smaller “cell phone bag” purses out of. These […]