I got everything I need…

’cause I got friends with tractors. Gary’s got a new toy! It came with a front end loader, blade and a brush hog. Call BR549 if you need him to tractor something for ya!

Whole grain hearthiness

This was my first try baking from Peter Reinhart’s Whole Grain Breads. The boule is Transitional Country Hearth Bread (p. 156) and the baguettes are Transitional Rustic Bread (p. 264). Both are 1/2 whole wheat and 1/2 bread flour. The baguette  was very tasty and  the crumb is perfect. They’re made in the pain a […]

End of an era – if you call the 2009 gardening season an era

The average first freeze date in Crawford county is October 10. We still have tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, greens, and herbs in the garden. I thought I’d take a picture of it before it turns brown. We will cover some of it to stretch the season. But brown is inevitable. The mandavilla and hibiscus are in […]

Things to do when you come to visit us

You can walk in the woods to this pretty wet weather creek.  (The pretty girl, our niece Beth,  may not be here to walk with you. Walking in the woods available from late September through mid April.) If you visit from March through October, we can see Onondaga cave. This is the lily pad room […]

Pizza Sunday

Every Sunday at our house is Pizza Sunday. That’s not a ufo! It’s pizza dough! My pizza, with pesto, green zebra tomatoes, jalapenos and cheese. Yumm. That’s Dave’s pesto and pepperoni pizza in the background. Gary had, well I’m not sure, but it looks like the leftover pesto, pepperoni, green and red tomatoes and jalapenos. […]