You all know how important eating locally and seasonally is to me and Chris, and how much I love summer CSAs, pick-your-own strawberries (x2!), and picking and canning ridiculous amounts of tomatoes. But I won't lie, it's taken me a while to ad[...]
I'm so tempted to post a Wordless Wednesday post, but I feel guilty for neglecting the blog so much that I'm not going to let myself do it. So instead, I'll share pictures of pick-your-own strawberries at Bartlett's Farm and tell you what we'[...]
Adapted from County Living, October 2011See more recipes here. I made this recipe while my friend Laura was visiting, as part of our pumpkin week during which we ate pumpkin cinnamon rolls, pumpkin- cranberry pancakes with chocolate chips in[...]
I finally had a few moments to look through the pictures from Saturday's pick-your-own at Bartlett's. It was overcast and spitting rain drops off and on all day, but we couldn't have had a better time. (And the gray weather was the perfect ex[...]
Quick Irene Report For our worried friends and relatives, we were much luckier than than many and didn't see a single drop of rain. In fact, we woke up to bright and shiny skies that persisted through much of the day. Most of the concern[...]
Adapted from Janae Monir See more recipes here While we were flush with strawberries after two weekends of picking, I also happened across a rather delicious looking recipe for Blueberry Crumb Cake. Being the baker that I am, I decided[...]
Yesterday was pretty fabulous. It started out good and just seemed to get better and better - and I'm talking about more than winning a $700 stroller. Chris got up with Nora, as is our weekend tradition, and I got to sleep in until 9:00, whi[...]
When October showed up last week, I was still in denial about fall. It had been sunny and warm here (mid-70's) and though the weather man threatened rain all last week, none showed up. It was a wonderful Indian summer. Now, I[...]