A Step of Health

Please remember that our sauerkraut is a very live, very active food and I tend to overstuff the jars (I will work on that) These jars te...

Directions for the sauerkraut I have been making lately (along with a link to my previous blog post to give basic directions): Equal mixtu...

Today is the day that I finally make marshmallows in anticipation of wrapping them in caramel tomorrow (and maybe rolling THAT yumminess in...

Starting seeds and watching them turn into beautiful, early plants is one of my major hobbies.  I begin getting spring fever around Januar...

This is a wonderful time of year in the garden.  If you got a winter garden in (which I did not) you probably have access to all kind of dar...

It has been so long since I wrote a blog post, it just feels awkward.  I guess there is no way to get past that than to just dive in.   P...

This is an update of an old blog.    Just a personal note:  In this world of no borders, odd diseases and unpleasant viruses taking up resid...

Hello all, I realized that the last post (which has been on top for a while now) is on CANDY MAKING.  Yikes.  Christmas is over.  Back to ...

LACTO FERMENTED GARDEN SALSA (recipe after much rambling) Hello all, my long lost blogging friends.  You might wonder where I have been, a...

Blessings to you all, It has been so long since I have written ANYTHING on this blog, I have almost forgotten how.  There have been many, ...

I know it is still winter, but spring is just around the corner.  There is quite a bit you can be doing to get ready for garden season.  I h...

Anyone that follows the stock market, commodity prices, the dollar and news events is probably getting somewhat uneasy.  Commodity prices ha...

Slideshow of recent changes around here. We have had a lot of changes around here since I last posted.  Our daughter and son in law moved ...

Happy New Year!    The first week of the year, we love to plan out what we would LIKE to happen, begin trying to make it happen, and stay f...

It appears to be my turn to make communion bread.  I always delay it as long as possible, hence.... December is usually the month I am pulli...