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Cranberries are coming to a store near you and if you don’t love store bought cranberry sauce, this is something that you can make for Thanksgiving well in advance. I have never been a fan of canned jellied cranberry sauce–the shape of it; the taste of it; the awful sound it makes as it slidesContinue reading “Time to Make Cranberry Sauce”

All I can say is, “WOW!” I have picked and picked and picked some more, and the veggies just keep coming. Above is the romaine lettuce that I picked HARD just about 5 days ago and I need to pick some more. I pick the leaves around the outside and leave the rest to grow.Continue reading “Fall Produce”

I finally talked my husband into planting blueberry bushes and rhubarb on the east and west sides of our garden shed. I love the vineyard that has blueberries, but it’s a pretty long drive from here, so having our own blueberries has been a goal of mine. I started by spraying the grass around theContinue reading “Blueberry Bushes and Rhubarb”

When we moved to this house, we still had the farm, and still had to keep up both yards and landscaping. We knew that eventually, we would lose the storage at the farm and would need somewhere to store the mowers, leaf blower, weed eater, spreaders, sprayers, and all the other garden implements. I knewContinue reading “The Shed”

We are having people over so I am preparing a make-ahead dinner that is easy to eat outside. This is a hearty beef stew with bacon, tomatoes, mixed vegetables, baby potatoes, and onions. I am making Cheesy Grits bread that was published in Southern Living Magazine in 2005. You can find that recipe here https://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/bacon-cheddar-grits-bread.Continue reading “Beef Stew and Homemade Bread by the Fire”

I have tried many recipes for pumpkin cheesecakes, but I always go back to this one because it is so easy and delicious. The crust is like a chewy spicy cookie, and the filling is soft and creamy and perfect. It is delicious by itself (the way I prefer it); great with a little whippedContinue reading “Easiest and Best Pumpkin Cheesecake”

I took a recipe from my mother in law and made a few modifications to make it a really adaptable filling for quiches. Quiche Filling (makes 3-9″ quiches or 2-10″ quiches) 1 1/2 cups of mayonnaise 6 tbsp flour 2 rounds of Boursin cheese 12 eggs 1 1/2 cups of milk Combine all ingredients inContinue reading “Quiche with Options”

It’s been uncharacteristically dry here for several weeks, and the forecast while we were out of town was dry too, so we ran our sprinkle system the whole time we were gone. Boy, what a difference a couple of weeks has made. We’re going to have to eat a lot of bok choi soon!

We just got back from vacation and it was great, and I want to tell you about it in case you are considering a trip to DC or to NYC. First of all, we booked our hotels and our train travel (Amtrak) through Amtrak which gave us a pretty good price on our hotels, whichContinue reading “Bright Lights, Big Cities”

It’s still PLENTY hot, so it’s hard to think about getting ready for the cooler months ahead, but now is your chance to get a big thank you from your future self for putting in a fall garden. I pulled up almost all of my summer garden a few weeks ago so that I couldContinue reading “The fall garden”