It is past time to finish planting gardens here, but I have been waiting till we had a well pump and electricity to run it. We got the last of those last week, so we laid out the garden and planted it. I neglected to get a picture of us filling the beds with soil.Continue reading “New Garden”
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New calf, good milk!
With all the moving plans, we intended, last fall, to dry off our milk cow. She is getting a bit old for milking, so we thought we would send her to the packing house, and get a new cow after we moved. Well, about two months ago, we discovered she must have gotten bred whenContinue reading “New calf, good milk!”
Playing Gardens
Spring is here! Still very early, but here! The onions in the kitchen were growing, and, since there are also some sprouting in the garden, I thought I should divide them up and plant them. Davy was here, and was very excited at the idea of “playing gardens”. First we had to take down theContinue reading “Playing Gardens”
Pie!
Last week I made pie crusts from great-aunt Grace Pierce’s recipe. They turned out very nicely, though not as amazing as I’ve heard Aunt Grace’s are. She says she mostly goes by feel; I guess I have to learn better what it should feel like. This is an egg custard pie- a favorite breakfast pieContinue reading “Pie!”