by Ivory Soap | Jan 10, 2013 | Canned, Dried, Frozen
My friend Missy and I were pouring over freezer cooking plans in an effort to give us some short cuts in feeding our nine picky kids and hubbies. We found that NOTHING fit our families. Between the two of us, we have so many dietary restrictions and husband...
by Ivory Soap | Jan 8, 2013 | Cleaning Products, Household
When I tried to clean out my dishwasher filter, I mistook the float for the drain. When I yanked, it broke. So, in the end I had a fabulously clean dishwasher that didn’t work; I was right in the middle freezer cooking. That explains the above pile of...
by Daisy | Jan 3, 2013 | Conversation, Fencepost
I don’t like this. In case you can’t tell, what you see in the photo is a hole where a nice fat head of radicchio once grew. All that’s left is a splay of rootless outer leaves left to desiccate around the hole. A mole hole. Short of putting...
by Daisy | Jan 1, 2013 | Conversation, Fencepost
Helping keep the winter doldrums away are the winter-hardy greens we continue to harvest from the garden in spite of temps down in the 20’s. We harvest enough for a couple of hearty salads every evening. In the photo are pictured raddichio, arugula, red leaf...
by Ivory Soap | Jan 1, 2013 | Drama, Fencepost
I had a *phobia* of dead things. See last paragraph in this post. And lately, my husband has been bringing home trout. All of my kids can gut the fish, but I hide in the bedroom and get hot all over if they even talk about it. So, the next time they did it,...
