FarmerJ | December 29, 2009
After a full year of diligently shopping by matching coupons to loss leader items, coupled with the enormous garden we had last summer, the food cupboard, pantry and freezers are bountiful. I have been working on moving the location of my pantry, reorganizing the items on the shelves, and making a detailed inventory in the [...]
FarmerJ | December 28, 2009
Monday ~ Green Chile Chicken and Rice Goop or this Chili Rellenos Casserole I heard about from my friend, Laura, over at Ten Things Farm; Tossed Salad Tuesday ~ Shepard’s Pie Wednesday ~ Grilled Bratswurst; Baked Butternut Squash Thursday ~ Sausage, Biscuits and Country Gravy Friday ~ Chicken Alfredo; Steamed Broccoli; Garlic Bread Sticks Saturday [...]
FarmerJ | December 27, 2009
As you heard from Abigail, we had a few days of blizzard which made for a very white Christmas. The weather began turning last Tuesday, and as the winter storm warnings and blizzard advisories came out, so did all the last minute Christmas shoppers. As I sat and enjoyed an extra-special dining out with my [...]
FarmerJ | December 26, 2009
Hello! It’s me, Abigail. We hope your Christmas was as blessed as ours here on the Farmstead. We had a beautiful, quiet and very white Christmas Day ~ in fact, we’ve been having blizzard conditions since Wednesday night which followed freezing rain all that day. We’ve been getting record-breaking amounts of snow, and the transportation [...]
FarmerJ | December 22, 2009
I know, I know. I’m a day late and a light bulb short. Monday ~ Tamales; Broccoli Tuesday ~ Sloppy Joes; Coleslaw; Baked Beans Wednesday ~ Pork Chops; Sweet Potatoes; Sugar Snap Peas; Drop Biscuits Thursday ~ Beef Stir Fry over Jasmine Rice or Fun Finger Foods (I haven’t talked to Darling Husbie yet to [...]
FarmerJ | December 20, 2009
Squeeeeee! I could not believe my eyes when I opened the mailbox. Under all those ‘other’ catalogs ~ you know, Northern Tool, Harbor Freight, Oriental Trading ~ was a big, colorful, over-sized catalog. What could it be?! Yes! It was our 2010 Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds catalog! It’s just gorgeous, and I foresee many, many [...]
FarmerJ | December 19, 2009
FarmerJ | December 8, 2009
It’s that special time of year again ~ that time when my beloved Darling Husbie and I get our annual Christmas mugs. I’d been thinking about it for a couple of weeks, and I even eye-balled a few of them while I was out and about a few days ago. I didn’t pick any out, [...]
FarmerJ | December 7, 2009
Cheese and crackers! I had an absolute blast spending my Monopoly money in November! I’ve said it before, and I’ve got to say it again ~ I miss my Fry’s Food Store in Arizona! Well, I got an extra special blessing over Thanksgiving weekend. Darling Husbie announced we were going to Arizona, so I made [...]
