Although we are not French, we do enjoy celebrating any French holiday by having a fine dinner accompanied by a French wine. Bastille Day is a...
Toni, you see junque, and all its possibilities! Great finds, and it sounds as if you had a very nice trip!
[ATTACH] I've posted before that we have a variety of snakes here on the farm, most of whom are non-venomous. This morning we found this shedded...
FBG, we've had polecats (aka skunks) under the steps from our patio. Water is the best way to get them to move. We ran a hose under the steps, let...
Toni, that was absolutely the best ever caption for that photo! Congratulations, and I'm looking forward to seeing the photo you post for the next...
Smelling like Italy is a good thing (throw in some garlic and basil and you've got a party!). Our house smells of honey, which isn't bad, either....
We cleaned house today and then I made a batch of tomato-basil butter to put in the freezer. We set up the kitchen for extracting honey tomorrow...
Great, inventive gifts for your grandson! Please wish him happy birthday from all your friends here on the Stew!
I just finished an hour's stroll in the backyard, behind the lawnmower. I noticed some pruning I need to do, and there is also dead-heading, so...
Sharalyn, the whitening is like a scab, except it doesn't fall off. New leaves may come from the main stem, or from new growth at ground level, or...
Donna, you certainly improved that recipe, especially by adding brandy!
It sounds like a ligustrum, except for the green berries. Ligustrum has berries that turn purple. There are other varieties and some may have...
Tooty, I admit I am a lemonade lover. Not the stuff that is powdered and water added, not the stuff in a plastic jug, but the lemonade that you...
Donna, I'm so glad the mincemeat recipe worked out okay! I was going to ask, but was too timid . . . .
Beer sommelier? Now, that's a job for me--where do I apply?
Donna, this recipe is from a 1930's Ball Blue Book. I've never made it, so I can't vouch for it. However, here it is! Mock Mincemeat (Green...
When I order a cocktail, I expect it to be in a short stemmed glass!
It looks like a scented geranium. Does it have a citrusy odor to the leaves? If not citrus odor, perhaps chocolate or another identifiable odor?...
This is our day off! We're going into the "city" to do some shopping and have lunch. No picking tomatoes, no weeding, no canning, no mowing and...
Well done, Stratsmom! I wish my hens would hatch something like that!
