Ornamental strawberries are blooming. These are outside. Beautiful old-fashioned bleeding-heart (Lamprocapnos spectabilis). Iris, I love this color, and it is the first one that is blooming. Petunia is very much getting ready to bloom. Zucchini happily growing in a ...
Little Whole Wheat Apple Pancakes Recipe
Apples make these little whole-grain pancakes extra special. They taste very good with other fruits or berries as well, whatever is in season. Just adjust the sweetener if you're using not-so-sweet fruits or berries. Friday is our breakfast-for-supper day. Our kids just love pancakes and co so ...
Delicious Minute Steak recipe
Note: This is an older recipe. We have since changed to a plant-based diet and love it. The first minute steak (or cube steak) I actually bought accidentally. I just wanted a steak, and this one had a good price :). But once I knew what they are and how to prepare a minute steak, we really ...
My first post :)
Ta-da! There it is, my English Blog! I have bin thinking about blogging in English for quite some time now. Writing is just such a powerful tool to improve language skills. I had to learn this the hard way. When we as a family moved to Virginia, USA for a year, I hardly spoke any English. It was ...
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Preserving
Under Preserving, we share how we preserve food. With only about 100 frost-free days, we want to preserve and store our summer bounties as much as possible to have homegrown food throughout the long winter. Long Time Storage A Simple Way to Store Garlic 3 Great Ways to Store Onions How To ...
Raising
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Growing
Here, you will find many proven gardening tips and ideas for growing food year-round using organic methods. Just scroll down the page and click on any link you want. We are constantly adding more posts, so come back often. Garden planning Planning the Vegetable Garden Garden Shade ...
Building
We share how we build things and use alternative energies. A Greenhouse is almost a must-have in a northern climate to overcome our biggest foes – cold and frost. We built a GeoDome greenhouse and turned our old garage into a four-season food production place. Around the Homestead Rainwater ...
