Category Archives: Gardening

Pictures from this weekend

Not only was the weather perfect this weekend, but we sure got a lot done!  Daryl spent some time in the field disking down the corn stalks and then put the rest of the machinery away for the year. You disk … Continue reading

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Catching up with pictures

Well I finally got all my herbs and tomato puree dried and they are tucked away in canning jars in the freezer. I did end up with a little bit more than I was expecting – so now my goal … Continue reading

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Settling in

Well we all knew that it was coming. Yup, Fall is just around the corner. Even though the weather has been really really nice lately, at the end of the week it’s supposed to be in the 20’s. That’s such … Continue reading

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Sunday – Fun day!

Man I’m telling you I had a lot of ambition this morning. I’m really not too sure why, but heck why fight it right? The morning started out with doing some laundry. Now I’m sure you’re wondering if we are … Continue reading

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Sometimes you just never know what the day will bring

Sometimes you just never know what your going to do on a Saturday. I had the whole day planned and my list was complete. First thing was to Reno to the Vet’s office to get her vaccinations that are due. … Continue reading

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Parsley

Now that’s a totally exciting title isn’t it? Parsley. Well I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with the parsley that I planted this year in the garden and then it dawned on me. Why don’t I dehydrate … Continue reading

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Something new in the kitchen

I have never made tomato juice before. There I said it! You would swear by the amount of tomatoes that I have canned these past 30 some years that I would have made something similar right? Well I have to … Continue reading

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Garden Produce

Well guess what? The weather wasn’t favorable for baling hay again so I spent the night in the kitchen and garden working on canning tomato salsa. I’ll have to publish the recipe because it worked out really well for me! … Continue reading

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Scaredy Cat

Have you even seen a the pictures that they use during Halloween when they show a cat that’s scared? Well I never really knew that cats actually arched their backs and looked like that until tonight. After a long overdue … Continue reading

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My tomato concoction

Now our kitchen usually smells like lilac or wildflowers because of my soap habit,  but tonight it smells mostly like tomatoes. I had a chance to mix the concoction of tomatoes, cumin, peppers, onions, and other things and guess what? … Continue reading

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