Almanzo ate four large helpings of apples ’n’ onions fried together. He ate roast beef and brown gravy, and mashed potatoes and creamed carrots and boiled turnips, and countless slices of buttered bread with crab-apple jelly. ‘It takes a great deal to feed a growing boy,’ Mother said. -Farmer Boy What’s […]
The geese have already started heading south. I can hear them honk and take flight- it is the grandest sight to see them fly right by my little balcony, eye level with me. I love to see them in flight and, although some people think geese are a nuisance, I think they are beautiful! It […]
“Ma and Laura picked the tomatoes… There were enough ripe tomatoes to make almost a gallon of preserves.” ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder , The Long Winter I am so grateful – we have an abundance of tomatoes and I do mean an abundance – flowing out of our garden. It is wonderful! […]
It’s canning season! What have you canned for your pantry already? There are so many fun recipes out there to try – or time-tested ones passed down from mothers and grandmothers. This year, along with dill pickles, we added bread and butter pickles and a cucumber relish, to our canning to-do list. The girls helped […]
“Pie is slow food in a too fast world. Pie is a loving gesture. Good pie is simple, wholesome and real. You know what else pie is? It’s sitting on the front porch glider having a lively conversation with family and friends, even thought it’s too hot outside and there are a few mosquitoes to […]
