by Kara | Oct 25, 2019 | Autumn, Recipes
“I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house. So I have spent almost all the daylight hours in the open air. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne Autumn and its burnished beauty never disappoints. I find myself asking as I drive...
by Kara | Oct 18, 2019 | Autumn, Country Living, Garden, Go Local, Recipes, Squash
Over the past few years, the fever-pitch over Pumpkin Everything has reached epidemic levels. I don’t mind, as I think it is one of the most versatile, delicious, inexpensive, healthy add-ins to almost anything. I make pumpkin muffins and breads, pumpkin...
by Kara Williams | Aug 5, 2017 | Berries, Canning, Recipes, Summer
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.~Shakespeare, Henry IVA couple of years ago I was reading a post by one of my favorite homesteaders, Quinn at Reformation Acres, where she mentioned in passing she was excited...
by Kara Williams | Sep 1, 2016 | Garden, Recipes, Summer
There are two kinds of August Bounty, both beautiful, both soul-filling… This: and this: This: and this: Full pantry, full heart – a time when I have so much to say, but so little time. The garden calls! But I couldn’t let August pass without sharing...
by Kara Williams | Oct 31, 2015 | Autumn, Garden, Recipes, Squash
I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.~Anne ShirleyThe rapture over Autumn seems to have ramped up in recent years, what with Pinterest Printables and Pumpkin-Spice Everything. It’s to the point where it seems almost cliche to declare...
by Kara Williams | Oct 21, 2015 | Adoption, Apples, Canning, Go Local, Recipes
He who gathers in summer is a son who acts wisely, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who acts shamefully. ~Proverbs 10:5 One blessing of living in this lush, fertile valley is that whatever we don’t grow ourselves, due to lack of space, lack of...
