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Many recipes handed down through the generations often take for granted that the new cook knows what the old cook is talking about.  It has been my experience that this is not usually true.  You’re supposed to automatically know to grease and flour the pans, what a “slow, moderate or hot oven” is and how long it takes to get to “till done”.  It takes some trial and error, but always worth it. My dad was born in a small farming town outside of Fresno.  When he was a young child they moved to another small town in Oklahoma, where my grandparents had milk cows and farmed.  NeedlessRead More →

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It’s the first of March and a little closer to Spring!  It’s time to get serious about our vegetable garden and get those cold weather seeds started.  Although some can technically be sown in the ground now, I’m not going to dig through the snow to do it.  I’ll be starting my seeds indoors instead.  Since we have a small family of three and two of them are not big veggie eaters I spread out starting my seeds over several weeks, only doing a few at a time.  Spinach, lettuces, peas, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, beets, cucumbers, melons, tomatoes, peppers and onions can all be startedRead More →

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Trying to find a moment of calm in the chaos of the day sometimes feels impossible.  I find my shoulders inching up closer to my ears, my jaw clenching and tension building in my shoulders the closer it gets to time for school to be out and my husband getting home from work.  That is when my focus shifts from getting as much work done as I can to homework, what’s for dinner and the clean up.  It’s a lot harder to work from home than I imagined it would be.  Some days I feel like I’m stuck on a hamster wheel, it’s exhausting.  It’sRead More →

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Here I sit, watching the snow fall.  After a few days of sunshine and warmer weather it has melted enough to tease us with hints of an early spring.  The snow had melted off my raised flower beds to let little green sprigs of new growth and hope peek out from beneath the mulch.  Now as everything gets covered up again I’ll have to be content with planning; what changes do I want to make?  Where should I replant the dahlias this year?  Do I want to put my Valentine’s mini rose bushes in containers or in the ground?  Daydreaming about my flower garden isRead More →