a food, home, and garden journal.
no matter how many of these little darlings decide to show up in my kitchen in the spring, I only need to see them for about one day out of 365. Once I put out my delicious ant buffet, they are so "satisfied" they never come back. At least until next year.
From the "I'm sure everyone else has already figured this out department," I have been notorious for opening a big can of pumpkin, and using only a small portion for a recipe. The rest of the can gets stuck in the fridge only to be discovered weeks later when the pumpkin has morphed from leftover… Continue reading Easy Freezey
There's a neat little antique store in Ocean City, NJ called Back in Time that I made sure to visit last week while on vacation. As I browsed the aisles, this little lemonade pitcher caught my eye. It was one of those things where you pause, pick it up, put it back down, keep on… Continue reading When Life Gives You a Lemon Pitcher…
As a homeschooling family, one of the milestones of our year and the true mark of the start of summer (at least for me as the teacher) is portfolio review day. Both the kids' school portfolios were reviewed today through our umbrella school and in my book, the school year is officially closed. The garden… Continue reading Now Summer Can Start…
fol·ly (fl) n. pl. fol·lies A lack of good sense, understanding, or foresight. An act or instance of foolishness A costly undertaking having an absurd or ruinous outcome. (...like 4 cups of strawberries down the drain, costly.) Yeah, that definition just about sums up my first attempt at freezer jam. Thankfully, my second attempt was… Continue reading Freezer Jam Follies
Clover and Thyme 