A gift. 
Not for you.
For them –
(Not the best composition but they did their best). These shots were taken to print and send away to Triple T at basic training. I am sure he misses the dogs and his cat. And his car.
This is a Dodge Rampage that our John fixed up for his son. Beyond that I know nothing except that it is loud.
But back to the treats: The Postmistress made these dehydrated sweet potato chips for Boo and yes Boo LOVES them. How about that for a healthy treat. She is a member of the Fellowship of the Farmy and reads every morning so maybe she will tell us in the comments how she made them! I think they are going to become familiar treats around here.
Did you see how shiny those dogs are? That is because they jump in the cow’s water trough as often as they can throughout the day and the animals drinking water is always treated with Apple Cider Vinegar. Maybe I should wash MY hair in Apple Cider Vinegar.
My new fire hydrant. I have quite a few in the garden, they are useful for pulling hoses around. Plus they are beautiful. I cannot bear for them to go to the scrap yard. These are Rescue Hydrants.
That little set of photographs turned out autumnal. Ignore that – I am still in high summer mode, autumn is going to have to work really hard to get one over me this year.
I seldom have a plan as I shoot images during the day. I just tuck Camera House into my hip and collect images of whatever takes my fancy. It is in the evening that I sit down after dinner and the evening chores are done, the dishes stacked, the dehydrator emptied and reloaded, the last of the 6 daily quart or pint and a half (my favourite size) jars pinging as they cool on the counter, and a glass of wine beside me that I load the days images into my computer – then I see what my day has been like. Sometimes it seems like a very long time from the morning (it really is a 5 – 9 job) and even I get a few little surprises.
Often you have a scented pot pourri of colour, an eclectic mix. But all on the farmy. All right here on our eight acres. And all yesterday.
And now it is today. What will today bring I wonder.
Good morning. I hope you all have a lovely day.
your friend, celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
74 responses to “Sweet Potato Dog Treats”
I’ll have to give a try with those treats. A while back I made some baked (soft) sweet potato treats & had the neighborhood dogs come over for a taste testing. All the pups seemed to like them although my Lola wasn’t exactly the best hostess & swiped a lot of treats.
Your pics are absolutely lovely, as always but I am fascinated by the fire hydrants & had no idea that you could buy them. How did you ever find out about that?
Celi, i do have a Mac –it’s a desk top model. But I also have an iPad which was given to me by my sister and nieces for my– EEK–70th birthday. But recently I was unable to write a comment on the iPad. It wouldnt “take”.I am technologically challenged so I had to wait until one of said kind nieces was available to figure out the problem. Yesterday, she did. : )
Good for the niece! and the i pad is a handy size. john has one! c
Miss A would love to give those treats to Ton and Boo. And the fire hydrants are lovely. Great idea to send pics to triple t. 🙂
I thought you were on holiday at your farmhouse?.. c
I would actually like those sweet potato treats for me!
And … early in the morning just after my single wonderful cup of joe I sit at my computer and follow Celi around the Farm and am transported far away to Illinois and The Kingdom of the Farmy. How very, very fortunate I am to have this glorious place to travel to every morning. There are the sad times but for the me this is a place of inspiration, encouragement and appreciation of the life that surrounds us. V.
darling girl.. c
My Labrador loves sweet potato, along with a long list of other vegetables and fruit.
I heard that sweet potato is good for delicate stomachs, ones that suffer from diarrhea. (I mean dogs.)
teddy will not eat sweet potato treats. she is so very fussy. and pill taking, i have tried everything. i finally found that if i put the pill in something she really likes and hold it above her, she opens her mouth and i drop it to the back of her throat and down it goes…most of the time!
Same with Ton. Even when i put on in his mouth he just lets it fall, he just is not a treat dog. Boo very kindly came and took the second one out of Tons mouth to save him the bother.. c
Farming is a 5-9 job…and so it goes. We were up early cutting firewood, breakfast, then the heat appeared and the daily lives of everything and everyone else happens. Terry is getting ready to pull beans, the first cutting of the new hay field is almost ready to bale…and the list goes on and on and on.
But I would NOT trade this life for any other!
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
http://deltacountyhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com
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Question postmistress…do the sweet potatoes have to be peeled before drying? I hate to peel potatoes! 🙂 Plus the skin is good for you, right? Has anyone tried baked, sweet potatoe fries? They are very good too!
I love the photos today C. and who would throw away perfectly good fire hydrants?? Looks like the dogs have lots of nice ones for pee stations without having to go all the way to the city! 🙂
I do peel mine but I guess you wouldn’t have to. I just use my veggie peeler and lickety split they’re done. If you leave the peel on make sure you scrub them really well. You would be surprised at what comes off of a potato skin. Yuk! I love sweet potato fries…they are the best!
The Postmistress
also if you have bought them the pesticide residues in the skins of root vegetables is off the chart. Always peel unless grown in organic soil.
There is much to be said for your ability to come up w/ new images for us each day. You continue to amaze me with that talent. As always,they are such a treat to view.
Are the sweet potato chips for human consumption also? I recently discovered sweet potatoes, not having grown up with them except for the horrid ones served with brown sugar and marshmallows at Thanksgiving. Now I drizzle them with olive oil, spice them with sea salt and ground black pepper and a sprinkle of red pepper and enjoy. I never knew sweet potatoes could taste this good.
I was shocked when i came to america and was offered the strange and deeply unsettling sugar and marshmallow version. What is that all about?.. I love them straight with the pepper! or mashed with garlic! YUM!! c
i love autumn with all its colours =) great post. i do wonder if you ever did a farmy tour? virtual that is… i would love to stop by but its a bit far from the middle east to the us. (even though i can imagine that a lot of people would also come to a non virtual farmy tour 😉 ) i am only a follower for some months now and still dont have the bigger picture about where is what… but then maybe that is not too important. have a lovely day!
You are right though Cat. Israel right? With tones of europe? germany? I think i am right. I should do a drawing, that’s what i should do so you can all see what is where.. I shall ‘tink on it! c
yes, israel at the moment but originally from germany (and going back there with guy and cat in december to start our own small farmy in the north of germany). did you ever do a non virtual tour, open door day sort of thing? i am sure there are many people interested in meeting you in person. i would come for sure…. but we talked about that. think about it =)
Sweet potatoes for pups – who knew? Will have to try them with Molly who has a delicate stomach.
That Apple cider vinegar is an old old idea – my mom grew up using it and used it on us when we were little. Sometimes long hair can be “dipped” into a bowl if you don’t want to pour it all over the scalp
Oh, I know about those nasty pesticides…I keep my list of the dirty dozen nearby in the kitchen but ALWAYS try and buy organic, if I can’t dig them out of my own soil! 🙂 One of the worst for pesticide residue is strawberries, so if mine arn’t in season, we go without!
MM.. those strawberries.. plus their SUPER SIZE is a little unsettling.. ours are small, thin on the ground and tasty! c
Beautiful photos, as usual. I, too, found when we were traveling that I would just photograph things all day long, then after reviewing them decide what to write about. An interesting way to write. X
I have absolute confidence in the monster too. i know that it will work. Some posts are deadly dull, like now, middle of summer, we are just trucking along getting fat, but usually i have at least one good shot, speaking of which,i had better get dinner on and get out there again, the light is changing, it will be a beautiful evening.. c