Recently I had the opportunity to visit the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island in the beautiful state of Washington. The reserve is just a short ferry ride from Seattle, WA and was the perfect place to visit before we had to fly home to Vermont. I love visiting other people’s gardens whether they are justContinue reading “My Garden: The Bloedel Reserve”
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Prudent Pantry: Pork For The Freezer
As you know I recently participated in a Pantry Challenge. I challenged myself to make meals from what we had on hand. My goal was to clean out the freezer so we would have room for some pork. We have neighbors that raised two heritage pigs and we had the opportunity to purchase fresh, locallyContinue reading “Prudent Pantry: Pork For The Freezer”
My Garden: Tulips Galore
This week I am far from On The Home Front visiting our children that live on the west coast. I love visiting Seattle it is such a beautiful part of the country. This time of year they are ahead of us as far as spring goes. Everywhere I look flowers are blooming and the grassContinue reading “My Garden: Tulips Galore”
Frugal Tips: Making Beeswax Candles
Several years ago we had our own beehives. One of the byproducts of having your own bees, besides honey is beeswax. There are many uses for beeswax including lip balm, sore muscle salve and wood butter. I love to make beeswax candles with the wax. Not only are they a beautiful color but they burnContinue reading “Frugal Tips: Making Beeswax Candles”
Surprise Recipe Swap: Spiced Pumpkin Loaf with Cinnamon Brown Sugar Glaze
This is my second month participating in the recipe swap. Each month I am pared up with another blogger who writes about cooking. My task is to pick a recipe off of her site, make it and then write a post about my outcome. For me it’s a win-win situation. I learn about a newContinue reading “Surprise Recipe Swap: Spiced Pumpkin Loaf with Cinnamon Brown Sugar Glaze”
Amazing Sourdough Biscuits
I love biscuits, especially these amazing sourdough biscuits. I have a sourdough starter going all the time. It doesn’t take much time to maintain.
Prudent Pantry: Recycling: Why or Why Not?
If you are living a prudent life recycling is one of the first steps in going green! Why is recycling important, you may ask. Recycling is reusing materials in original or changed forms rather than discarding them as wastes. In reusing material or changing material into new materials rather than throwing it away, the environmentContinue reading “Prudent Pantry: Recycling: Why or Why Not?”
Frugal Tips: Patience
You may wonder what patience has to do with being frugal. Actually it has a lot to do with it. We live in a world where it is possible to have things almost immediately even if you don’t have the cash to pay for them! Just put it on a credit card. Patience is beingContinue reading “Frugal Tips: Patience”
Recipe Box: Maple Glazed Snack Mix
As you may know I am completing week three of our Spring Pantry Challenge. The freezer has a lot more room in it now that it did three weeks ago! Not only was I interested I using up food from the freezer but I was also using up food from our well-stocked pantry. I foundContinue reading “Recipe Box: Maple Glazed Snack Mix”
Prudent Pantry: Spring Pantry Challenge Final Week
It always feels good to challenge yourself in one way or another. I am so glad to have challenged myself with this pantry challenge! We have used up nearly all of our frozen meals I had on hand and made a lot of room in our freezer. I can now look forward to the farmContinue reading “Prudent Pantry: Spring Pantry Challenge Final Week”
Nancy on the Home Front 