Category Archives: Kitchen

I don’t know what it is about the leaves turning from a crisp green to a burnt orange, but I always get sentimental and find myself reflecting on the past year. This feeling heightened when Penelope and Baylor brought home their daycare pictures. For Penelope, this is her fourth picture, so of course I had...

By Megan Pothoven The Pothovens are now members of the Traeger family. Adam has been wanting a meat smoker for a long time, but I have been rather resistant to the idea due to the cost, the amount of space it takes in the garage, and the amount of time it takes to smoke meat. I’ve seen...

There are 147,000 Iowans working every day to make pork production in Iowa the envy of the world. Their jobs are spread over several sectors: Farmers, of course, but also those who work in animal nutrition and health, transportation, equipment manufacturing, meat processing, food safety, and retail. The Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) salutes all those...

Penelope just started drawing people, and this is too sweet not to share. Picture left to right are Baylor, Blake, Cathryn, Penelope, and the small blob is the cat.  Happy October, everyone. How does that saying go? “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” The crisp air is officially welcoming us...

              By Megan Pothoven Homesteading is becoming a more popular trend for families to take on, including a Sully-area native, Tayler Morvant. Tayler grew up in Knoxville and married Travis Morvant, an L-S alum, in 2011. Their family now resides in Volga, SD, where Travis works for Jason Van Kooten...