I just love living in a town set in the middle of agricultural country! There is something about the sense of community and the pace of life that is just a bit more old fashioned here. I often comment to folks that I feel like I’m living in Mayberry-and it’s a feeling I enjoy. One… Keep Reading

Ok folks, I’ve been thinking of totally changing the template for this blog (that’s the layout). I found one I liked and installed it on another site so you all could check it out and weigh in on it. Check it out here. I’d love to hear your opinions, either in a comment here or… Keep Reading

The kiddos and I had a pretty good time this week picking berries at a local U-pick place: Apple Hills Farm. In about an hour and a half I picked over 20 lbs of berries. That was enough to fill up 3 large plastic icecream buckets. I also gorged myself on fresh raspberries straight off… Keep Reading

Busy getting ready for Buddy’s B-day BBQ. I’ve just had too much to do today. So far today I’ve done two coats of frosting on the cake, hung laundry, frozen 1 cookie tray worth of raspberries, gotten both kids off to summer camp, made a pinata, peeled potatoes for potato salad, biked to the church… Keep Reading

Photo by Marko K I am going raspberry picking at a U Pick farm today. I just love raspberries! Love. Love. Love. And yet, I NEVER buy fresh raspberries in the store. Having grown up with a huge patch at our home (and I mean the patch was bigger than most folks living rooms) I… Keep Reading

OK folks, I’m going to ask you all for some help today. My family wants to take a vacation to someplace warm this winter-probably in the mid February time frame. You see, I believe that Yankee Bill gets seasonal affective disorder in the winter-his mood plummets the longer we go without sun. He gets, well,… Keep Reading

1. Cook from scratch 2. Reuse plastic baggies 3. Make my own laundry soap 4. Hang my laundry out in the summer 5. Use the library extensively for books, videos, music and activities. 6. Buy used whenever possible-including about 90% of our clothes 7. Re-use paper that is only printed on one side for printer/scrap… Keep Reading

Well, I’m appearing in a few different places this week. I’ve started writing for the online magazine “Blissfully Domestic” as their gardening diva! Check out my first article: “Gardening-Try Not to Kill It“. There are tons of other great articles at “BD” on all sorts of topics important (or just fun for) women. Browse around… Keep Reading

I hope everyone has a lovely day today, attending a parade and eating good food!

As it so often does, life threw a few curve balls this weekend.* The Frugal Food Series (Part I-Eggs and Part II-Tuna) continues this week with Beans. However it will probably be mid afternoon (EST) before the post is up. So spend this morning digging through your archives and exercising your brain thinking of all… Keep Reading