Colorful summer pictures are our answer to cabin fever!
I know we are all getting pretty darned sick of winter. We've decided that the weather forecasters are always predicting warmer weather at the end of the week, yet it never comes! So we...
Had a wonderful Mother’s Day
Did I mention it rained all week? Needless to say, Bill couldn't bring up his tractor-mounted rototiller on Mother's Day as the ground was too wet. I suppose we could have done the garden...
It’s -35 but spring’s just around the corner. Sort of…
One thing about cold weather is that you get caught up on a lot of stuff in the house (not that our house could use some cleaning and straightening up). And in between times,...
Q and A: pickling grapes, apricot tree, and squash bugs
Pickling grapes
I just read the question about what to do with grapes. One of my favorite things is pickled grapes. They are delicious! I have seen recipes for canning them, but have only made...