Sorry if this is a boring post about beans, but I have a few new recipes to share - from "pile to file" keepers.  I've found ...

Meals were from the freezer and pantry.  Remember all that onion soup I froze?  Well, I pulled some, along with frozen corn we put up, a...

With all the kiddos home yesterday, and the outside temperatures chilly, I used up four apples that where getting too soft to enjoy.  

When walking three miles didn't de-stress the stress yesterday, I gravitated to the kitchen where the singing began. Instead of ...

I'm still deep cleaning.  I came across cloth napkins, that at one time, I had planned to embroider for gifting.  Not sure what I had...

Even though it's November, we are still seeing some color in our flower beds.   "Huh, I haven't heard you say, I'm goin...

I've been busy in my kitchen these past few days.  The rainy days here, have simply motivated me to bake, mix, and shake it up a littl...

I used our library's free interloan program to borrow this book from another library.  It's wonderful!  If you liked Letters from ...

Remember those baby food jars I needed?  Well, I finally got around to making one jar of homemade vapo-rub.  I think I will be trying sev...

I am learning to be much smarter with my dehydrator, and saving money at the grocery store.  They had 16 oz. tubs of organic cottage ch...

I finally got some salsa canned, and it was with my very own tomatoes.  I was so excited to see Hubby bring in more tomatoes, we ended up ...

I never thought I would use the camper as my opportunity to find useful homes for things I had stored away in my house. I bought ...

I needed Italian dressing for a steak marinade and did not have any on hand.  I checked my cupboards and made this from scratch.  If you ...

Here is a photo of the clothes dryer (drying rack, whatever you want to call it), that my Mom and cousin picked up for me.  They happened...

From the Homesteading Journal . . . . . . made my own bird deterrent for the strawberry beds - recycled pie pan, string, and a piece of...

Over the weekend, a thrift store was having a customer appreciation sale - 50% off store wide.  I got all of this (two bed sheets, 3 vint...

We are very much enjoying roasted pecans on our salads lately, so I sta rted ma king my own (vs. buying them already roasted ).  Here, a 3...

....all within the last few days     . . . Hubby and son rigged up the dog kennel for the meat chicks, and the layer chicks are out sid...

I've been using my rubber stamps to spruce up plain w riting paper to hand write letter with .  I only have one color of ink, and a...

. . . planted two types of potatoes, lettu ce, red and yellow onions, spinach, arug ula, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower a nd broccoli .  ...