Last weekend, it was finally time to try canning for myself. I finally pulled out all my canning supplies and tried it out. It’s classic Kim to have to buy $100 of gadgets before trying something new. I highly doubt ladies in the 19th century had all these handy tools. But, that’s okay. I’m a […]
Garden progress – late July
Harvest time has begun at the Woodwards. I picked a bell pepper, a few banana peppers, a few cucumbers and some small and cherry tomatoes so far this week. Ryan pulled up one of the potato plants (in flip flops). Once the plants have died on the top, he’ll pull them all out. They should […]
Seeing Miss Effie (and her flowers)
Jen at Notes from the Heartland and I took a little road trip out to see Miss Effie on Sunday! It was her birthday and she threw herself a shin-dig. Complete with homemade cake and ice cream (that was all it took to snag me). PSA: If you are local, from Iowa or driving through Iowa […]
Photographing houses
I read this great article about taking better photos of your house at Digital Photography School. I thought it may be helpful to those of you who, like me, enjoy taking photos of your home. It could also be good for anyone putting a house up for sale by owner. Almost everything was new to […]
The year of a million onions and other garden progress
We’ll never need to buy onions again, I’m fairly certain. We’ve got a ton of white and red onions from the garden. At this momnt, they are drying (in the garage) and we’ll eventually store them in the basement. There’s about 100 of them. Which is a reasonable number of onions for a single pair […]
Ode to the zucchini
It’s the time of year when a certain vegetable is blowing up in gardens across the country. When you begin to see these green beauties everywhere from offices to farmers’ markets and you start eating a variety of breads, cakes and skillets to try to make the most of the bounty. When you must lock […]
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