Again with the rain and goodbye to an old friend

I don't know about you but I've had enough of TS Lee... Decidedly unsunny flowers Even the sunflowers can't help but sulk the dr...

Nice day for ducks

Raining here... but its a nice day for ducks! These little ones think this is the best day in their whole lives. I'm hoping to catch a b...

This year's honey

Oh honey! Yep we got our honey harvested this year. Its spectacular! We think its darker and richer than last year . Its a little hard to te...

Help Wanted

Did anyone else find it ironic that this holiday weekend - Labor Day - was kicked off yesterday with what has become universally known as Th...

One jar short of a full canner....

Does your kitchen look like this? I'm trying to get one more round of maters canned this morning but..... ...it turned out I was one jar...

Tuesday and the canning is at full speed!

Is everyone canning today? If you hear that snap snap snap - its us canning up more green beans. Of course, we've also been cooking some...

Tomato Madness!

Did everyone survive Irene? We had nothing but blue skies here.... and wow! That northerly wind brought us a cool and refreshing day on Sund...

Green Bean Mania!

Yesterday was green bean mania! It was all green beans, all the time as I processed a bushel of beans. Aren't they beautiful? And they w...

Shake THIS!

Hey did everyone feel the whole lotta shakin' Tuesday? Eye witness reports, including someone I know who was shaken awake from a nap (yo...

Rotten bean row - worked! And some Tuesday Happy Snaps

I'm so excited I had to just tell everyone that my idea for the Rotten Bean Row totally worked! I planted the leavin's and overrip...