Key fob button protector (so you won't mash a button when you don't mean to)

We have a family member, who will remain nameless, who accidentally bumps buttons on his key fobs with undesirable, and sometimes unknown, consequences. I went searching for key fob covers/protectors and found they were all very large and needed two hands to operate. So today I made one. It works so well that I made several for other family members, too. Here's how to do it.

Gather these supplies:

• A thin plastic flexible cutting board (they are sold in multi packs)
• A ruler.
• Scissors.
• Sharp paring knife.
• Paper clip.
• Self stick Velcro buttons.

I made a prototype first with paper to get the right dimensions and test it out.

Then I just cut a length of the cutting board with the scissors, made a slit with the knife for the ring on the top of the fob, slid a paper clip through the ring, used the paper clip to pull the ring through the slit, folded the plastic around the fob, positioned the Velcro buttons, rubbed the Velcro buttons on firmly (using the handle of the scissors against the table, not the fob), and it was finished! Make it any color you want.

Heading into Fall on Our Tiny Farm

Currently we have five donkeys on Our Tiny Farm. Two of them, Chester and Meadow, are ours. The other three are visitors.  We have Faith, the mother,  Hope,  her yearling daughter,  and Corey Love, her son who was born just a few months ago. They make for a very happy,  and entertaining little herd.

We have Black Angus steer on the farm again. These two aren't ours. They belong to a friend,  but I missed having the big boys on the pasture so we are happy to give them a home.

We grew a small garden this year, mostly for the family. We have enjoyed delicious summer squash, lots of tomatoes, a wide variety of peppers, eggplant, sweet corn, and peas.

In late June,  for the first time, we had hay from our pasture cut and baled. We are very pleased with the quality and it will make for a good savings for us this winter. We plan to do a second cutting in October.

In May we received about 21 inches of rain in a two to three week period. This was bad timing for our garlic crops. We lost all of the elephant garlic. The hard necked garlics survived but the bulbs are small. We cured them and they taste good,  but because their quality is not what we like to provide to others.

We did have a great honey crop this year. Most of it was sold at the Obermiller Strawberry Farm nearby during their strawberry and blueberry seasons.

Thanks for checking in with Our Tiny Farm. And as always, you can buy a copy of my book at local and online book sellers.  Thanks! Jeanine