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Best Ever Cheeseburger Soup

We can’t always enjoy a yummy cheeseburger for lunch instead mix up a batch of this delicious best ever cheeseburger soup.

Fall is the time to be planting daffodils! The garden season has come to an end and most of the leaves have already fallen off our trees. The garden chores have been completed, the day lilies and hostas have all been cut back. Hoses and tomato cages have been stored for the winter along withContinue reading “Planting Daffodils”

Four Weeks Till Thanksgiving

Only four weeks till Thanksgiving! Does the thought of the approaching holidays leave you breathless? Is it your turn to host the thanksgiving meal this year? Do you feel like there is just not enough time to get ready? What can you do to be ready for the day? Years ago I read anContinue reading “Four Weeks Till Thanksgiving”

Pumpkin Icebox Cake

Several years ago I saw this recipe for a pumpkin icebox cake. We have always enjoyed my mother-in-law’s Surprise Cake and this recipe was very similar but made with pumpkin! It is a very easy, no bake recipe, which makes a delicious, fall dessert. It’s pretty from the top and even prettier when youContinue reading “Pumpkin Icebox Cake”

Saving Gete okosomin seeds

Saving Gete okosomin seeds is very simple, like any winter squash in which you plan to save the seeds the squash must be grown to full maturity, which is best determined by examining the stem of the fruit. A squash that is ready for harvest when the fruit’s stem changes from green to brown orContinue reading “Saving Gete okosomin seeds”

Saving Cucumber Seeds

This summer I grew some amazing heirloom cucumbers and I was interested in saving cucumber seeds. The cucumber seeds were called Athens and they were true to their description. About 9 inches long, this uniformly slender slicer has smooth, deep dark green skin, dense, firm, crisp flesh and a small seed cavity. Very productive overContinue reading “Saving Cucumber Seeds”

Simple Salads: Pear and Bleu Cheese

Pear and Blue Cheese Salad is a perfect fall salad and I’ve even served it with our Christmas dinner before. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

Harvest Failure: Gete Okosomin

Knitting Pumpkin Hats

I recently spent several weeks knitting pumpkin hats. As you know our grandchildren were just here for a ten-day visit. I started knitting a pumpkin hat for my two-month-old granddaughter. It went so quickly I decided that knitting hats for my other grandchildren was in order. My husband thought the hats were so cute heContinue reading “Knitting Pumpkin Hats”

Exploring Vermont with Our Grandchildren

Exploring Vermont with our grandchildren was such fun. Recently we were blessed to have our two daughters and three grandchildren visit us for ten days. Having three children ages, 5, 3 and two months under our roof was exhausting, but I wouldn’t have traded the time for anything. It gave us the opportunity to doContinue reading “Exploring Vermont with Our Grandchildren”