Spencer had surgery

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Our faithful "BIG DOG" Black Lab, has Spencer, had a tumor on his hind leg. Although it was relatively small and didn't seem attached, we opted to just leave it alone. But over the...

We don’t know what to do

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Hey, it's sixty degrees F outside today and the sun is shining! Yesterday it was 58 degrees with lots of sun. Boy does it feel great! But it sure looks ugly too, with all...

All those great plans

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You know, I planned on planting my first pepper seeds last Friday. Well, that didn't happen. I'll tell you why. We've been having a spell of very cold weather, with the daytime temperature reaching...

I canned up the first batch of asparagus yesterday

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I'd planned on canning asparagus for a couple of days then got busy, bringing in all the flats of plants off of the back deck. The forecast for the night was a frost warning...

Reader’s Question: Green chicken meat

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Hi Jackie! Love your column! Here's my question: Have you ever found GREEN meat in your roast chicken? If so - do you throw the whole bird out - or just pick out the...