Prairie Garden

While nursing the baby at 6:30 AM this morning, I realized . . . oh yes, that's right . . . Diego grew out of his shoes this winter as w...

Amazing.  Within the last few weeks, Diego has somehow outgrown his size 6 pants and now wears a size 7.  He's been complaining about be...

....and this picture is already almost two weeks old.  We made an extremely quick trip to the Twin Cities the weekend before last to see Sq...

It's amazing.  I wonder if I will ever have the ability to truly appreciate where I'm at in life.  I feel like I spend so much of my...

I've been tending to a cranky, sometimes-feverish baby teething molars.  Poor Schtinky.  He spent more than one night blazing heat like ...

Today was a "Now what??" kind of day.  The type that while addressing one mess/issue/blow-out, another one crops up instantaneousl...

Diego lost his second tooth today.  Lower-right.  He abides by the "no pull" policy and so it had been hanging on by a hair's...

I've been on a loveboat with grilled cheese since last summer.  Grilled cheese with sliced red onions, melty and sweet.   Tuna melts w/ ...

I always had a "whole foods gut instinct" in my youth.  While it may have not added up to much more than instinct, I knew that any...

I was just watching past vids from my archives this afternoon and was chagrined to notice Truen, at age 2, wearing a pair of 6-12 month pant...

Half-gallon jars of sauerkraut Does everyone know that I am crazy about fermented foods?  I am.  Crazy about them.  All the fancy holiday ...

The brudders were weighed this week -- Diego, age six: 58 lbs Truen, age four: 32 lbs Jamie, age one: 25 lbs Diego, at age one: lost ...

Schtinky! and Voosy-voo! How on earth has a year passed?? ::: Jamie's birth story  ::: Yes, he was on TOP of the play table and he cli...

So, yes . . . I am tinkering with the look of my blog.  I've been contemplating doing it for awhile, but never had much in the way of ti...

Tart and Sweet: 101 Canning and Pickling Recipes for the Modern Kitchen - Kelly Geary & Jessie Knadler When Childre...

I realized last week that I really don't like oatmeal, even Eggy Oatmeal , unless it is well-slathered with coconut oil, applesauce, yog...

50-ish degrees on Christmas Day In Minnesota, mind you -- U.G.L.Y.

I am so very pleased.  I just wrote a rockin' LTE rough draft, representing the Library Board and Friends of the Library here in our lit...

METHODS:  ROOT CELLAR (cool & moist): potatoes, carrots, apples, beets; storage for ferments, canned goods, wine CANNING: applesauce,...

From top to bottom: Blaine's homemade wine Pickled onions, tomato aspic, grape jam, salsa verde, apple sauce, tomato sauce Kimchi, pickl...