To reduce the Christmas stress, I’m starting early baking
Fortunately, the weather has been subzero and still snowing, so we spend more time indoors lately. My son, Bill, and his family have been without power for nearly four days, while he's been sick...
We’re loving the squash/pumpkin crop this year
As it was a warm summer with plenty of rain, our pumpkins and squash did wonderfully well. So did the squash and pumpkins that our friend, Dara, grew. She helps us grow out different...
We feel so very blessed
After watching the news and seeing the devastation from the band of killer tornadoes that ravaged the center of the country, we feel so lucky to be living in a nice, warm house, with...
In between seeding out squash seeds, I’m canning venison
We've been really busy, seeding out the melons and squash in the greenhouse as we're heating it with propane, and it really isn't sealed up tight enough for economical heating yet. We're trying to...
Wow, the cold snap is finally moving off
For more than 10 days we had highs of below zero, with lows dropping down to -40° F or lower. Not complaining but that was a long stretch of cold. We were fine but...