They moved an old house in across the street from us

Preparing Honeysuckle Vine For Basket Weaving

February Birds in Our Yard: Compilation From One Year to the Next

Beef Stew Cooked on a Wood Stove: Works Like a Slow Cooker!

Christmas carolers came by our house! Merry Christmas to all!

Pecan Pralines: Mama's Recipe

"Witches Broom" Garlic Kept Very Well!

Removing Old Caulk and Re-Caulking Our Bath Tub

Making & Canning Salsa Verde (Green Sauce) with Tomatillos

Bread & Butter Pickles Update: Which version did my Dad like best?

Making Hamburger Dill Pickles (Sour Pickle Chips)

Making Bread and Butter Pickles .... and a few variations

How to Make Lamb's Quarters Pasta with Barley Flour

Easy Peasy Zucchini Meal! Roasted Zucchini & Potatoes (or not) with Garlic & Sausage (or Chicken or)

Making Jess Pryles' Big Red Soda Pop Barbecue Sauce

My Grandmother's 100 Year Old Barbecue Sauce Recipe

What Is Wrong With My Garlic?!?!??

I saw a Luna Moth in the Garden....

Garden Update April 28, 2020 : Before and After

Making Seed Crisp Bread (Crackers) with a variety of seeds and nuts

Tomato Seedlings Update 4/15 : Look how they've grown!

Julia Childs' Ham Steak with Peas and Madeira Cream Sauce

2 or 3 Ingredient Macaroni Meals From The Pantry, Plus 1 Ingredient Bread!

Delicious Eggplant Parmagiana (Parmesan) Nearly All From The Pantry! Keto or Regular

Garden Seeds: Starting Tomatoes in Seedling Pots (Take 2: After the Fail!)

Canning Pork Chile Verde

Pork Chile Verde in the Pressure Cooker / Instant Pot

Corned Beef and Fried Cabbage For Saint Patrick's Day

Wide Loads: A Cute House Travels Down Our Road, Past Our House

Big Fluffy Cinnamon Rolls

Making Yeast Risen Barley Bread

Air Fried Chicken and Cream Gravy Made With Low Glycemic Barley Flour

2,800 Year Old Recipe: Midas Stew with Lamb, Lentils & Barley in the Instant Pot

100% Barley Flour Muffins Plain or With Blueberries

Hwy 84 Pecan Shop is where I have my pecans cracked - Native Pecans as well as Varietals!

Making a Big Mac-style Keto Chaffle Hamburger with "Special Sauce"

Learning to use my Chainsaw, and the Sawbuck I made out of Pallets

Making Chili in my Instant Pot, with whole dried chiles and hand-cut beef

Canning Leftovers

Making Lamb Stew with Turnips and a Bottle of Stout

Making Beef Stefatto: a Greek Beef Stew Without Any Carrots

I Painted Our Wood Burning Stove

Foraging Wild Sumac, and Using It As A Seasoning

Canning Meats: A Tour of Our Pantry

Picking Charles Wright's Potbelly Okra: 6 Feet High and Growing!

Tomato Weigh In, Last Big Pick of the Season & the Heirlooms Finally Getting Started

August 17: Pole Beans Not Producing

Late Summer Garden & Tomato Update: What To Do About Spider Mites?

A Few Weeks Later, Mid-June: Deer In My Garden Again

Mid -June: Deer In My Garden! Using an Orbit Yard Enforcer Sprinkler To Scare Them Away

Hanging A Clothesline To Air Quilts and Pillows On

This Year's Garlic Harvest - Early Due To Storm Damage

Time to Pre-Order Saffron Crocus! Mid-October: Growing and Harvesting Saffron Spice in Texas

Our Neighbor Teaches Me How To Plant Tomatoes For A Good Crop

Ambrosia: Traditional Orange and Coconut Fruit Salad

Thelma Howard's Potato Salad (that Paul made for our wedding )

Copycat Good Seasons Italian Salad Dressing Mix

I Saw Bigfoot in Central Texas?!?!?!?!? (No, Not Really)

A Name For Our House

My Grandmother's Southern Pot Roast .... but in an Instant Pot!