3 girls, me, and a recipe. I hope you enjoy reading about the passions in my life, my family, cooking, gardening, my pets and making memories that my girls will pass on to their children. Sunday, April 3, 2011. I have missed you all tremendously. I miss interacting with my blogging friends and please dont worry, I have been reading all of them! I just havent h. Thursday, August 5, 2010. I will take pics and show you soon! My kitchen is going to be so much fun I cant stand it. I know my pups will be g.

Monday, October 20, 2014. Happy Halloween- Task Card Halloween Haven and FREEBIE. This year Halloween falls on a Friday. Lately, my favorite thing to do in my classroom is task cards. I love using them in stations or my new love and obsession- Scoots. Directions for a Scoot! 5 Students continue through until all task cards have been answered.

Thursday, June 5, 2014. We have been able to spend a little time on the screened porch. My herbs are on this porch, love the way they smell when I water them! There was a set of dishes at the thrift store that practically begged to come home with me. There was no choice, I had to bring them home and put them in the hutch. Monday, June 2, 2014. Monday Musing - Sweet Iced Tea. As for Kevin and me, we will enjoy our iced deliciousness on the front porch in the .

Wednesday, February 1, 2012. A Farm is NOT a Sweat Shop. Department of Labor has figured out that while a kid may work up a sweat bailing hay in the middle of August, farm families should have more leniency than other industries when it comes to putting kids to work.

Apple picking into the ox cart. This 1880 photograph is one of my favorites. From the archives of this web site. I have ceased publishing new information to this web site, and am now focusing my efforts on a new web site called Agriphemera. But this web site is still full of many other wonderful excerpts from the Agrarian Nation. Here are links to just a few of the most popular posts.

When life comes at you though the windshield of a tractor, pickup, or Peterbilt, ideas come to you in strange ways. Monday, November 18, 2013. While the damage was nothing like what the folks in places like Illinois saw, it was still significant around our area as well, and my family was affected. First it was text messages.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010. The Louisiana Casket lawsuit is analogous to the ridiculous requirements for selling milk. Saint Joseph Abbey, et al. Can the government restrict economic liberty just to enrich a group of politically favored insiders? One of the freedoms we enjoy as Americans is the right to earn an honest living in the occupation of our .

Thursday, April 24, 2014. Making My Own Powdered Sugar With My New Favorite Kitchen Tool. Today is about my latest favorite kitchen tool, a coffee bean grinder, that is, truth be told, almost never used for its intended purpose, grinding coffee beans.

Friday, September 30, 2016. A different game of squash. Really, Mom, you WANT us to hit the squash? Tell the boys they need to rake the spoils so you can measure who has the biggest pile. Mom for the victory! To ma.

Helping you raise quail in your own backyard! Raising Quail in Your Backyard! November 12, 2017. In Raising - Breeding and Brooding. Raising quail in your backyard can be both fun and profitable. I mainly do it because it is the highest form of farming my city allows on my small lot. When do quails stop laying eggs? March 14, 2018. What is an egg turner and how do you use it? March 7, 2018. What is an egg turner? .