Playing catch-up after a long hard week...

Saturday I was up at 6AM and spent a long time editing photos. I finally got the post up around 10AM. My sister is here so there were a lot of chatting breaks. I got the kitchen cleaned up and we headed

On Friday I was up at 5:30AM and got the post up. Then I cleaned up the kitchen and my helper friend arrived at 8AM. We figured out where the bed for my sister would go in the living room and got it downstairs

Foraging is a beautiful way to connect with nature and discover fresh, wild ingredients right from the land. It turns a simple walk into an exciting adventure, where you might find juicy berries, flavorful

Thursday night it did get down to 36F. I was up just before 6AM and got the photos edited and the post up. I cleaned up the kitchen and my helper friend arrived at 8AM. The job of the day on Friday was

One major thing that I am sure most people are trying to find solution to at a time when there is a high rise in the cost of commodities, especially food, is how to spend less and save more. As a wife

There's something about pickled walnuts that feels like a throwback to simpler times. It's one of the most classic and beloved English pickles. Pickled walnuts are a traditional English accompaniment for

Watching for the chipmunk that lives in the stone steps On Wednesday I got the post written and up and cleaned up the kitchen. It was cold in the house so I wrapped in my blanket and sat in my chair until

Wildflower area in September On Tuesday morning I was up around 6AM and got the post up. Then I cleaned up the kitchen. I hadn’t cleaned up from dehydrating the Walla onions, so I got all the trays and

On Monday, I didn’t get much done. Started the laundry, cleaned the kitchen, looked around for the materials I needed for doing the onions. I couldn’t actually do the onions as I needed someone to cut

Sunday sunrise On Sunday morning I got up and got the sprinklers going. Then I got the photos edited and the post written and up. Next was cleaning up the kitchen. I got the house closed up and didn’t

On Tuesday morning I was up at 5:45AM and got the photos edited, the post up, the cat fed, the kitchen cleaned up, and the laundry folded. Then I went out and cut these 2 cabbages. There are 3 nice big

On Friday I got up at 5:30AM and got the post up. Then I got the kitchen cleaned up. I had this big bowl of giant beets to process. My helper friend arrived at 8AM and I had 2 pots of beets cooking by

Well, I did it again. And it wasn’t good. I managed to delete the entire lot of yesterday’s photos before transferring them. I so hate it when I do that. Fortunately it wasn’t dark yet and I went out and

On Wednesday morning I got the post up, the kitchen cleaned up, made a cup of tea because it was only 60F in the house, and sat down to find the information I was sure I had somewhere on my computer about

On Saturday I didn’t get up until 5:30AM. I got the post written and up and worked on the amendment project until my brother got up. We went out to deal with the tarp. It wasn’t dry, so we put it on top

On Friday I was up at 5AM and got the post up, then got the kitchen cleaned up. I went out at 7AM to pick all the green beans. But there weren’t very many. And many had been chewed on. So I decided to

On Thursday I finished with the gardens, notes, and photos around noon, just before my helper friend arrived. The first thing we did was get the tarp up to the house and on the clothesline. I was hoping

On Tuesday morning I didn’t get up until 6AM. I got the photos edited, post written and up then cleaned up the kitchen. I finished the laundry and was out in the gardens by 7AM. I started with the 7th

On Saturday, even though it was a nice day, I decided to get the amendment project finished. I worked on it all day with a couple hour break mid afternoon. I didn’t finish. On Sunday morning I got up and