Our compost heap has given us pumpkins and tomatoes. I chuck kitchen scraps into the pile--including pumpkin seeds and the inside part of tomatoes...
This just might work! I brought in small starts of thyme, sage, and parsley for kitchen window sill plants. They have been in for three weeks and...
Baked corn casserole is one egg, one can of creamed corn, six crushed saltines, and about 1/2 c. of milk (or a bit more since canned creamed corn...
It's cold so I'm going into my "winter dinner" mode. Tonight it's roasted pork tenderloin with a sage rub, baked corn casserole, and an...
Cold! Well, it's cold for us--45 when I got up, and is to only climb to mid-50's later. I'm off to the grocery store, then home to make chicken...
Mart. both Buddy and Timi have been on our roof. They can actually climb the brick wall! Eileen, none of the three cats have been hungry since...
Here's Cali, waiting for my to bring out the "good stuff". [ATTACH] What are we having, ribs, chicken, steak? Hurry up, I'm hungry!
We have fog! Can't see the pond, the cats appear as if by magic out of the greyness, and I groped my way to the barn to let the hens out (not...
Logan, we shared your sunshine, but weren't cold. We started out at 48 degrees at 7 a.m., and then progressed to 71 by mid-afternoon. The wind...
Shelled some more almonds, checked to see if we need to put the supports in for the sugar peas (job for this coming week), and saw the first green...
Amarillo got snow--I'm so happy I'm not in Amarillo! We lived in upstate NY for 20+ years, and I have seen, suffered, and shoveled enough to never...
Great news! And thank you, Eileen for letting us all know, and for passing the good wishes and "we miss you" to Mrs. K.
Last night a cold front (yes, we do occasionally get those in Texas) moved in, bringing a 30 degree drop in temperature and 1.2" of welcome rain....
What do you get if you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter? Pumpkin Pi. You have permission to groan . . . .
I have LOTS of pumpkin puree in the freezer. My dear husband went to a store for cheese, and came home with two pie pumpkins (they were a bargain...
Toni, I'd leave the stem on if it wouldn't interfere with putting the pumpkin half turned over to cool. You are years ahead of me in the pumpkin...
Most of the recipes using pumpkin call for "peeling, cutting into chunks, and boiling". Have these recipe mavens ever tried peeling pumpkin, much...
That's the last time I'll use valet parking!
Jerry, I cracked up when I read your caption! So apt, so funny!
Toni, thank heavens you escaped the tornado damage. Did you lose power? The news reported that many in the area had. I'm sure you are thankful for...
