Decorating for the Holidays
Decorating for the Holidays Today I’m working on holiday decorating and gift ideas. It seems early to me, being only the first week of November, but I need a lift…
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Decorating for the Holidays
A Perfect Summer Evening
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1556694656863{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"] August Evenings at the Farm It’s a perfect summer evening. After all the heat, we’ve finally received much-needed rains and everything on the farm is lush…
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A Perfect Summer Evening
New Potatoes with Peas & Parsley
New Potatoes with Peas & Parsley Recipe. My godmother Renate who lives in Germany is a big potato eater. She actually characterizes herself as a big potato eater and I…
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New Potatoes with Peas & Parsley
It’s Cocktail time at the Farm!
It’s Cocktail Time at the Farm One of my favorite summer cocktails is the strawberry mint mojito. Strawberry season is short and you can never really get enough of them…
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It’s Cocktail time at the Farm!
Rosemary, Garlic Spatchcock Chicken
I love grilling and finally, we have some nice weather to fire up the "Q". I prefer using charcoal but in a hurry, a propane grill is just fine. This…
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Rosemary, Garlic Spatchcock Chicken
Best Nutritious Breakfast
Breakfast is a hard meal for me to get motivated to make. I also find it hard to feel nutritious about breakfast. If I didn't have a daughter or two…
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Best Nutritious Breakfast
Spring. Long Time in Arriving
This spring has been a long time in coming. I wake up early and sit in a corner of my office slowly watching the day begin. Lately, it is deceiving…
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Spring. Long Time in Arriving
Grandma French’s Hand-Pies
When I was little, I spent many summers visiting my grandparents on their farm in Michigan about a third of the way up the western side of the state right…
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Grandma French’s Hand-Pies
Happy Valentine’s Day
I confess, I’m not much for Valentine’s Day. Despite my better instincts, I always set my expectations too high – expectations of special things happening – flowers, dinner out, or…
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Happy Valentine’s Day