During our most successful year of gardening, I found myself with so many peppers. I was bringing them in a sink full at a time! As my garden has just been planted this year, I’m salivating at the thought of delicious venison stuffed peppers in our very near future. This recipe is even more rewarding…
There are numerous phrases we use in everyday speech that often we don’t fully understand their meaning until we come face to face with their origin. Nitpicking was one of those terms that came to life to me when my family of 5 got infested with lice! Ohhhh how that term brought on all new…
Any of you who have followed us in the past, know we have had gardens the last couple of years. Last year we built the greenhouse and doubled our garden space. 2020 was a year of green beans, canning over 60 pints in addition to all we ate fresh and gave away. 2019 was probably…
Late last year, Philip ordered new bees to join our hive. They were finally ready for pick up this weekend. We are very blessed to have an apiary close by, Philip made the short drive to D & J Apiary in Umatilla to pick up the Italian bees. The apiary has been a wealth of…
While we were planning our wedding ceremony, I wanted snow to blanket the winter landscape and create a winter wonderland. Instead, our wedding venue glimmered in a dazzling layer of ice that coated the homestead with a beauty all its own. The winter storm that I wished for did come in after the festivities were…
When Philip and I began planning our wedding, we needed a backdrop for our ceremony. We talked about an archway as a possibility for a country backdrop. However, I was drawn to the idea of a hitching post. One of the local venues has one on their farm and I always loved the idea of…
Philip and I drove into Kowalski Mountain at the height of Winter Storm Shirley, a dangerous ice storm that paralyzed much of the country. Philip likes to drive at night, which is difficult for me to stay awake after working a full day. However, after a short nap, I made a point to stay awake…
Philip was given some lemons just before we left for Kentucky. I didn’t have time while I was preparing to leave on our trip, so we brought them along to juice. Join Me as I Juice These Lemons Old School Using a simple hand juicer, I easily juiced the lemons. It takes a bit of…
One on the unique finds in the winter woodlands of Kowalski Mountain are Frost Flowers. I have to admit, I had never heard of such a thing, until Philip took me on a winter stroll through the woods. Its one of those things that would be easy to pass by and not take notice of,…
We’ve had the bees for almost 4 weeks and they have eaten almost all the food we had given them. Its amazing how often we have to prepare the sugar water solution when feeding the colony. Philip mixed up a new batch of sugar water to fill the feeder. He got a little smoke going…
