Category Archives: Kitchen

Picking sweet corn for our stands is made all the sweeter when I have this smiley helper with me! August 2020 will definitely go down in the history books. I certainly missed the Iowa State Fair! For us, going to the fair is our chance to take a couple of days of vacation.  Not to mention...

Hello, friends! I hope everyone stayed safe during the storm last week. I didn’t realize how much I relied on electricity until we went without it. I learned multiple, valuable lessons last week – one of them being I need to invest in more candles and flashlights. Blake prides himself in being prepared for almost...

I have always been fascinated by bees. This preoccupation may have started when I was a little girl, when I remember having to pass through two hedgerows of bushes flanking the walkway between our house and the street in order to leave the yard to walk to school. Unfortunately for me at certain times of...

At right, a sight to behold – a car full of groceries that I didn’t have to shop for in the traditional way. A few clicks on my computer and my order was placed, and ready for pick up a few hours later. By Faye Brand Getting groceries does not rank on my “Top Ten Favorite Things...