Waste not, want not

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This was one of Dad's favorite sayings, one we use often today. I made a tasty baked chicken with wild rice stuffing along with a big stir fry. We ate and ate, but there...

Yep, I’m still alive and kickin’

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I am back at home after my gallbladder surgery last Thursday. Luckily it was the minimally invasive type and I only had three "holes" in my tummy. The pain wasn't too bad but I...

Harvest continues and so does the canning

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As we had some really cold weather move in, we had picked all our pumpkins and squash and held them in the unheated porch. When it got too cold we had to move them...

We escaped the frost!

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But I'm sure there is more frost to come. We shut up our big hoop house, still full of peppers and pole beans and said prayers. And they worked! When we woke up it...

Are any of you getting tired of winter?

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We sure are. Yesterday we got four more inches of snow and it dropped to -21° F last night and the high today is -4. But at least the sun is out and that...