Netty, that is a very handsome canner! You'll get a lot of use out of it, and it looks like it would be easy to clean. Good purchase!
One year my husband gave me a Chiapet (it was a sheep, as I remember). I took it to the library, and if one of the children was particularly...
Toni, I had the same opinion of turnips--yuck! That was until I found that my grandmother's recipe for boiling them for hours until they are brown...
Welcome from central Texas! We moved from upstate NY to Texas, so I know what you mean about everything being very different that what you were...
Glad you like parsnips, since you have quite a harvest there! We pulled our first turnips today, and there are two heads of broccoli ready to cut....
Hey gal, you want to come hang out with me?
Lovely, just lovely! You have such an artist's eye for color. No wonder your mother-in-law loves that pillow. That baby girl is adorable. Did you...
Happy belated birthday, and so happy you had such a good one! I know what you mean by being the non-musical member of the family, but someone...
Only one cat, who wants to be fed throughout the night. Feliz has found that I will tell her "no" and mean it. My push-over husband, on the other...
Good morning, all! It's cold and blustery today, even spitting rain. This is the perfect time to turn on a CD, get some chili going on the stove,...
I have said it many times, but never better! Skinny jeans, Window 8 (which everyone seems to hate), and cell phones that take photos and...
Those are lovely--such talent to make them! Use those cups--every time you pour something into one, you'll think of that sweet granddaughter.
Netty, I can't speak to the electric ones, perhaps someone else can, but I do have one bit of advice. If you are going to use it for canning, get...
Merry Christmas to you, too, and I'm sure your lovely decorations have brought joy to many!
Thank you, I feel that I had a vacation in Vienna with a great guide! THAT is a greenhouse? Oh, my stars . . . .
A very Merry Christmas to you, my friend!
Thank you, Eileen. I'm sure that being on the Stew will add to everyone's enjoyment of the holiday, and the coming year (not to mention the...
Kiasmum, you are truly valued by your friends and by Mark--those are lovely bouquets! Your cool conservatory is preserving them, but they will...
Sherry, we have both Cooper's and Red-tailed hawks, but they don't bother the birds at our feeders. The hawks hunt our pasture for voles, mice,...
Congratulations! That is a great caption, and so fitting for the photo (grumpy dog, grumpy dog).
