Prairie Garden

My friend Suzy Popchicks (not her real name) asked me if I had any book recommendations for a potentially-pregnant lady. Wellllll, yes. Of c...

From top to bottom: Squeeze's homemade wine, tomatoes under paper grape jam, tomato sauce, salsa, fermented veg (salsa, cukes, ...

Reading to myself. Reading aloud to Diego -- the Little House books (we are Farmer Boy right now, which is the 3rd book) and I am enjoying...

The boys were thrilled to carve pumpkins this year Squeeze's pumpkin was yet another --- ROBOT --- (getting his bum tweaked) Mrrrrrrrr...

Truen has been talking in his sleep -- "Food ready, Mama?" "More raisins . . . more raisins . . ."

The pain of a new idea is one of the greatest pains in human nature...after all, your favorite notions may be wrong, your firmest beliefs il...

I actually had time last night to do a non-food and non-kid related activity: I made my own deodorant. I've been using this particular d...

Vats of applesauce Scads of potatoes (115 lbs) - the fingerling, La Ratte! Tomatoes up the wazoo - sauce, salsa, soup Green tomatoes under p...

After a pleasant work day with a friend - with an evening break for berry-picking - 60 lbs of tomatoes and a variety of peppers and garlic a...

Did I really just spend over an hour perusing Facebook while my children were sleeping when I should have been hanging laundry, making break...

Some how, some way, this little turkey wakes up an hour and a half into his nap, pretty much on the dot. On the dot. How?? But the better ...

The stats: 20 lbs of Concord grapes, now grape jam (done with Pomona's Universal Pectin with 1/4 of the amount of sweetener, so you can...

My cousins' cousin plays the upright bass in this stringband, Pert' Near Sandstone. I've been listening to them the last week a...

My brother and SIL were here all last week, with Meeeeeeeellllviiiiiiin ; with another brother and cousin here last weekend. Their visits ov...

Two interesting links: First off, check out this story about a preemie born unexpectedly at 24 weeks due to an infection of the womb. She h...

These pictures were taken well over a month ago; but, in spite of their age, are well-worth posting. The sky was the most spectacular shades...

Diego says, "Skeeter Bikes", instead of Speeder Bikes "Damana", instead of banana "Audweady", instead of al...

Aside from being a little flummoxed about my un-announcement , I truly am okay with not being pregnant. A few people have asked me if I...

So, in light of my last post , albeit rather dramatic . . . ahem . . . I'd like to un-announce my pregnancy. Yes, that is correct. The f...

9 years married + 13 years together + 11 weeks NOT pregnant = TOTAL DWEEB Happy Anniversary!