Barn Door On Thursday mornings I sneak away. It's usually just for a couple of hours and I usually just go to the local coffee shop, ...

A Daily Portion's post on giftedness, fullness, emptiness, and so much more.  Chatting at the Sky's thoughts on making art wh...

We're planning our garden this year while staring at a lot of snow.  We're going to start this year with an area for my flowers and...

I am still processing apples & tomatoes. I am planning on making some homemade Vicks Vaporub stuff today. Hopefully, I get some Body B...

I've been so busy in the kitchen I haven't had time for writing. When I'm not cooking, I'm trying to spend as much time as ...

Curried Apple Chutney 2 qts (about 16 medium) apples- peeled, cored and chopped 2 lbs seedless raisin 4 cups brown sugar 1 cup chopped o...

That's the best way to describe the Curried Apple Chutney I made yesterday. It's the most amazing recipe of apples, raisin, brown s...

The sun returned & disappeared throughout the day, but I am just glad for the amount we had! The boys and I took a bit of a country dri...

Good Morning! Here's a little sunshine for your day. Hope it's a lovely one. It's been a wonderful week with a lot of work tha...

If you don't hear from me in the next week--bring a shovel! I think I'm about to be buried under canning jars which seem to be mult...

Why do we call it canning when it's all in jars? Just wondering. Yesterday's work: Strawberry Jam from strawberries we picked on T...

Even though we got a late start, things are really growing! This picture was the beginning of July just after we laid the sod: Here's w...

I just picked up a bushel of pickling cucumbers and a bushel of zucchini and Italian squash. Last year I put up a bushel of pickles and we...

My, but it has been a busy week! We had family in town and had such a wonderful time with them all. The boys got to play with their cousins...

It's summer, so it must be time to can! Too bad it doesn't happen in the dead of winter when I want to heat up the kitchen, but you...

Rhonda at Down to Earth is hostessing a discussion on canning foods. I decided to join simply to encourage others to begin canning. I figur...

Only about 10 more pounds to get through. 80 pounds of apples makes a lot of applesauce, spiced apples, apple butter, apple chips, an apple ...

This handy gadget is sooo wonderful. Sweetheart bought it for me when I was about 1/3 of the way through the apples. It sure made the rest g...

Peach pits, that is! There is an end in sight. I am working on a couple of peach pies this morning and that will finish up the peaches. My 3...