It was so nice — then it snowed
After all, this is northern Minnesota, so we expect snow way into April. But after 60-degree days and no freezing at night, all of our snow had melted and the sun was out. The...
We had a surprise for my birthday yesterday
Not only did oldest son, Bill and his family pop in with strawberry shortcake but some kind of neighbors came to offer to help weed. (Not that we didn't need that!) It worked out...
Q and A: Canning green tomato relish, Fall garden prep, and Pumpkin pie filling
Canning green tomato relish
I am trying to modernize a recipe from a 1934 Watkins Cookbook that makes the best Green Tomato Relish. Here is the recipe:
2 pounds of green tomatoes
1 onion
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup...
My surgery was cancelled again; my cold came back
I was unbelievably depressed Saturday when I started coughing. It felt just like when I had my two-week-long cold that got my gallbladder surgery postponed. Oh no, couldn't be! Oh yeah? Well, I coughed...
With spring finally here, we are keeping pretty busy
With Old Yeller up and running, Will made ditches with the tractor and breaking plow then cleaned them up with the dozer. (I won't mention that he threw a track yesterday, and he waded...