I made a batch of sourdough starter a month ago. It was sitting on the counter when suddenly we had to leave town because my MIL was dying. I tossed it in the frig and there it sat for 5 days. Once I returned home I was a bit numb and shell shocked from the [...]

It’s a lot of work for one girl to do around here, so I’ve had to hire out some of it. So far they are doing a splendid job! They work from sun up to sun down. They never complain. They don’t ask for much in return, except a nice place to sleep and at [...]

This morning I woke up and just had thoughts and feelings that “our” birth was eminent. I couldn’t get out the door fast enough to check on Joy. It started pouring rain yesterday and hasn’t stopped so I opened up what I call “The Birthing Center” for her yesterday. I moved the electric so she [...]

Last winter while sitting in my jammies wearing my sheepie slippers, I paged through the stack of seed catalogs. I came upon Garden Huckleberries (Solanum nigrum). What? I didn’t have to order a bush or bare roots? It was described as being an annual that would yield fruit in it’s first season…..duh, it’s only season! [...]