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Showing posts with label Autumn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Autumn. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

No Tools Required! Make A Firewood Holder In Five Minutes

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At last, I found an easy, inexpensive, tidy way to store a few days' worth of firewood, just in time for cold weather. And I didn...
Friday, December 26, 2014

Home Remedies...It's Cold And Flu Season.

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These are the home remedies I used while I was sick last week. They really work! Thank you for watching. If you enjoy it, please cli...
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Foraging Wild Foods In Our Yard

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Saturday, November 8, 2014

Putting Up Pear Preserves

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

The Odd and Wild "Texas Persimmons" Are Ripening Now

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The Wild Texas Persimmons are ripe! These turn black when ripe, and unlike orange persimmons, they don't need a frost.  The trees are...
Friday, August 8, 2014

How To Make Fried Green Tomatoes, Served With Cream Gravy

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We had fried green tomatoes and fried chicken livers for supper the other evening. Oh and cream gravy. I make livers fairly often but h...
Monday, September 23, 2013

How a Thank You Note Made My Day

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Since the new Texas Cottage Food Law took effect September first, I have been baking bread to sell at our local Farmer's Market. It ...
Saturday, September 7, 2013

Plowing For a Winter Garden, and Getting Ready Now for Spring Planting

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 We are going to raise a garden again. The deer and grasshoppers ate everything I planted this year, but we are going to fence out the d...
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Thursday, November 22, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving! The Immigrants Holiday Since 1540 AD

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Happy Thanksgiving! It is 6:00 am and a beautiful morning. It will be just the three of us today: Paul, me and our granddaughter. I made ...
Thursday, November 24, 2011

We Occupied Our Own Home For Thanksgiving Dinner

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What a nice day. It was a day to be thankful for. God has blessed us so abundantly. I hope we always remember to appreciate the blessings e...
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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Meteor Shower Tonight & the Wee Hours of Morning! November 17 & 18 2011

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If you look toward the eastern horizon this evening, from about 9:30 Central Time "straight on 'til morning", you may be abl...
Sunday, March 6, 2011

The Hyacinths are Blooming! One Blossom's Fragrance Fills a Room

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Three years ago, I bought a "mixed bulb garden" assortment from one of the seed catalogs, and planted them in the fall. The follow...
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Thursday, November 26, 2009

The Immigrants Holiday: Thanksgiving and The Original Melting Pot

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The main historical storyline we celebrate is that of the pilgrims who came to Plymouth in search of religious liberty. Different factions o...
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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Autumn Colors: Wooden Book Bindings

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I had intended to write a post about autumn-themed book bindings. Time is short, the leaves are falling, but these pretty wood-bound books h...
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Monday, November 2, 2009

Green Tomatoes, Winter Ripening and Chow Chow

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Our neighbor - the one who grows amazing amounts of tomatoes in his yard and sells them wholesale - came in to where I work today . He asked...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

Hoping For A Pecan Crop Today - and 500 Years Ago

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I think the earliest mention of Pecans was in The Journey of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca , published in Anno Domini 1542 (on pages 78 and 79 ...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Winter Harvest: Fresh Food in the Cold Months

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In Texas, and perhaps to a degree in most of the country, food gardening can continue into the winter months. There is always something to b...
Monday, October 12, 2009

Hackberries and Hackberry Firewood

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There was a small hackberry scrub tree next to the road where I gathered prickly pears, and I had to eat a couple of the ripe hackberries. W...
Saturday, October 3, 2009

Autumn Decorating, Letters from Home, and Vintage Postcards

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Today the Harvest Moon is full. Be sure to step outside your door and enjoy the beautiful sight of it rising over the next couple of days. I...
Monday, September 28, 2009

How To Make Prickly Pear Cactus Jelly Part 3

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Be sure the see the first post (How to find and gather) and the second post (how to prepare the fruit and juice). If you have not made jel...
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