Media – Everyobody’s Hometown!
Media is in the “Small Business, Big Dream” contest! A friend of ours Rich Hoffman, who made Friday’s at the Farm, which I love and talk about endlessly. Produced a wonderful 3 minute short about our...
View ArticleFilling Friday Finds – Leftover Roundup
The relatives are gone but the food is far from it. What to do with Thanksgiving leftovers is a challenge and if your family’s anything like mine you’ve cooked enough to feed a small army. Now I’m a...
View ArticleHow I Made a Four Layer “Cake” out of Marshmallows and Cereal.
My oldest requested a four layer marshmallow fondant cake back in June. Her birthday is in January so I happily agreed to make one, thinking she might forget. Fast forward six months and just days...
View ArticleFriday Finds – 6 Simple Valentine’s Day Crafts Anyone Can Make
This week I have been working with my girls to finish up their valentines, we’re almost done. While looking up ideas I came across a whole bunch of simple Valentine’s crafts. Here’s just a few; Tick...
View ArticleThinking about the Vegetable Garden
With the mercury hitting the high 40s yesterday it got me thinking about our garden. This will be our third year of vegetable gardening and each year we get a little bit better at it. Last year was...
View ArticleBuilding the Greenhouse – Part 1
We’ve been busy all weekend working on a greenhouse for our deck. We live in a contemporary with very little space inside the house. We have a large yard and nice deck though. Every year I struggle...
View Article5 Unique Vegetable Gardens
With our greenhouse progress slowed due to heavy rain I’m stuck just thinking about gardens so I’ve decided to put together a list of 5 of the most unique vegetable garden’s that I’ve come across...
View ArticleSlow Cooker Yogurt – Make Yogurt In Your Slow Cooker or CrockPot
So I’ve always thought that I didn’t like yogurt but I buy it because my kids do. Purchasing organic yogurt (greek yogurt too) can get expensive and I’ve heard that you can make yogurt in a slow...
View Article5 Great Ways To Use Up Hard Boiled Easter Eggs
Easter is now a memory but the dozens of hard boiled eggs in the fridge remain. I’ve scoured the web to find 5 great ways to use up those dyed delights. Over at Lunchsense they’ve created a good...
View ArticleThe Vegetable Garden – Year Three
We finally got our seeds in about a week ago and I’m hoping the fact that we’re staring them in the greenhouse will give them a boost and get them up to speed. This year I have decided to fill the...
View ArticleSuper Easy Thick Delicious Greek Style Yogurt
A few weeks ago I showed you how to make yogurt in your slow cooker and mentioned how I used it to make Greek style yogurt. To make this tick, almost cream cheese like yogurt, simply put the yogurt in...
View ArticleWater, Weed and Wait!
That’s what our greenhouse looked like on Friday but now our greenhouse is empty! That’s because over the weekend we moved all of our plants into the garden and finished planing any seeds that still...
View ArticleThe (mostly) Weed Free Garden
I want to be honest for a second, we are fairly lazy gardeners. It doesn’t help that the garden is down the hill and that we’re not fans of weeding. We usually leave the weeds until they are to the...
View ArticleTaming Tomatoes with a Telephone Pole Trellis
Our tomatoes are growing well and getting tall so over the weekend we decided to trellis them, but just like in previous years we were at a loss as to how. Over the years I have researched and tried...
View ArticleThe Best Whole Wheat Zucchini Bread Ever
We belong to a CSA and have gotten quite a few GIANT zucchinis so I immediately thought of zucchini bread. I love zucchini bread and for years now I’ve been searching for a good recipe that makes a...
View ArticleDate Night – Online Groupon Roundup
I’ve put together a collection of some great Groupon deals (available online) that are perfect for putting together a romantic date night at home. Enjoy. $105 for a Maine Lobster Dinner for Four from...
View ArticleWe Tamed the Beast. It’s Name was Clutter!
A while back we borrowed a system that a good friend was using that encouraged her kids to clean up their room every weekend. It’s a simple system and the way it works is that every Sunday, once their...
View ArticleGreat Mid Century Modern Finds
I have been quite absent lately due to a vacation and something amazingly awesome that was afoot. My friend Amy, and fellow blogger over at Second and Edgemont, and I have a passion for mid century...
View ArticleA Home for the Chickens
Back in March we got 6 adorable little chicks they have grown and are now currently living on our deck. Finally over the weekend we started building them some more permanent lodging. I looked at many...
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