Collecting the Moments

A tomato is a tender fruit that is easy to grow but there are some tips and tricks that help them grow more successfully - and I am go...

Sometimes I just want to sit and marvel at my little, hardworking space.  Neighbors behind, roads all around, and yet, country livi...

You might be a whole foodie if... You wake up each morning and decide what grain to make into flour for breakfast (or lunch, ...

If you are a member of 1 in 5 people who suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder, you can take a deep breath with me.   Don't ...

October is a hard month in our household.  It seems as soon as we start school we pass one thing or another through the house like wildfire...

This cake is the most light and fluffy cake I have ever made with beets.  I was trying to get a good recipe together for a ‘red velvet’ cake...

Starting with the most recent and going back to July 12th, here are the preservation pictures for 2015 Our larder as of August 28th, ...

This cake is dense like a brownie and it’s light sweetness and chocolaty flavor masks the beets and blends them in with no iron-ish afterta...

This year was so hot….  Sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but seriously…  this summer was SO hot!  And hot summers mean TOMATOES.  ...

Another year, another cherry season!  Cherries are almost done now, so it is time to put up cherry pie filling!  This is the recipe I ...

Gardening is *not* a spectator sport, part 1. Culling Apples. As this season goes on and all things become plump and abundant, I have hard...

Almost every morning, my 4 year old asks me to ‘walk the garden with him’.  Sometimes with camera, sometimes without, but always willing to ...