The season is finally here–fiddleheads are up! They’ve been up around here for a few weeks actually, and we’ve gotten out to pick a couple of time so far. Ben did a little exploring during his lunch break about two weeks ago and found a new patch (well, not new, but new to us) along […]
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Favorite Fiddleheads
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Prepping, Planting, and Patience
There’s a lot of outdoor work going on around here these days. We’ve been preparing our current garden for planting, along with making some new beds, where we’ve just put in raspberries, high-bush blueberries, grapes, and asparagus. Ben got several trailer-loads of manure, which hopefully will give our soil some much needed help. The […]
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The Sweetest Season
Every weekend from late February through the end of March, we’re pretty much focused on one thing–making maple syrup. We start by hauling out our sugaring supplies, giving our sap-collecting containers a thorough cleaning, and making a trip to the hardware store to replace tubing or for additional taps. Then we watch the weather, and […]
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Blueberry-Vanilla Jam on 207!
I was back at the WCSH6 studios the other day, taping a new segment on Blueberry-Vanilla Jam for “207”. Since it’s winter, I’ve been making this recipe with frozen berries. And you know what? I actually prefer using frozen at this time of year, as I can use locally-grown berries. I froze a bunch last […]
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Bread, Their Way
The boys and I have been making bread together since they were babies, but the process has definitely evolved over the years. When they were little, they were happy to simply help me make whatever I was making. Then, somewhere around age four, if I recall, Connor decided he wanted to make his bread, however […]
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Maple-Pear Preserves
In late October we made our annual trip to Hope Orchards. I have a fondness for the place, as I used to pick apples there as a kid. My mom and step-father still live in the area, so I always have a good excuse to make the trip. It’s one of the relatively few orchards […]
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Holiday Making
I’ve been wanting to make a gingerbread house with the boys for years, and we finally did it! It was such a fun project. It’s not hard, but there are definitely a number steps involved, and with the boys doing much of the work themselves, each step took quite a while! But, that actually ended […]
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This Fall…
After having been totally focused on the book for most of the summer, I’m glad to have had an opportunity to get back to some of the regular, day-to-day tasks and activities around our home and garden this fall, at a more relaxed pace. Here are a little bit of what we’ve been up to […]
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Brussels Sprout Love
Remember the vegetable triaging (as it were) going on around here earlier this fall? We’ll, I’m finally getting to the last of the cold-hardy veggies that have been hanging out in the ground by themselves for the past month or so, waiting for a little love, and getting sweeter all the while. Thank goodness they […]
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Apple Picking and Cider Doughnuts
Our apple trees did rather poorly this year. While last year we were amazed by the remarkable quantity of apples the old, long-untended trees on our new property produced, we were equally amazed by the fact that we got pretty much nothing this year. We did have a brief bit of unusually warm weather last […]
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