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State Fair Blue Ribbon Bread and Butter Pickles

August 7, 2020 By Mary Leave a Comment

State Fair Blue Ribbon Bread and Butter Pickles Several years ago I had a bumper crop of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Eat Local, Foodies, Garden, Health, Home, homesteading, Pickles, Recipe Tagged With: Bread and Butter Pickles, cucumbers, Home cooking, Making Pickles, Pickles, recipes

Social Distancing Recipe: Just In Time 10 Minute Jam

March 30, 2020 By Mary Leave a Comment

For the last few days -- especially after I made biscuits, I've been wanting some jam.  I had used … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Church Cookbook, farm, Fruit, Garden, Recipe, Social Distancing Tagged With: Bread, butter, easy, family, farm, FOODIES, Fruit, fruit jam, garden, healthy, Healthy recipes, homesteading, jam, low-sugar jams, Recipe, The Great British Bake Off

Veggie Soup

March 15, 2020 By Mary Leave a Comment

Are you and your family trying to stay healthy by doing some social distancing?  Maybe even … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Foodies, Garden, Health, Herbs, Recipe, Social Distancing, Soup, Vegtables, Wellness Tagged With: cabbage, carrots, covid-19, diabetes, Exercise, Health, healthy, iowa, Iowa Food and Family Project, light, low-cal, skinny, social distancing, weight-loss, Wellness

Blackberry Balsamic Vinegar Chicken Salad Recipe

February 5, 2017 By Mary 13 Comments

Hot Damn Sam!!!  I lost weight this week and it feels great.  Granted it was only a pound  and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chicken, exercise, Foodies, Fruit, Garden, Health, Midlife, Recipe, Vegtables, Wellness Tagged With: balsamic vinegar, blackberry, diabetes, easy, Exercise, farm, FOODIES, Fruit, garden, grilled, Health, healthy, herbs, iowa, Iowa Food and Family Project, lettuce, light, low-cal, Recipe, romaine, rotisserie chicken, salads, skinny, SOUP, spinach, VEGTABLES, weight-loss, Wellness

Week #1 Iowa Food & Family Project and Iowa 10-Week Wellness Challenge

January 30, 2017 By Mary 13 Comments

Last Wednesday I received my emails to let me know we are kicking off  first day of our Iowa Food … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Foodies, Garden, Health, Herbs, Recipe, Soup, Vegtables, Wellness Tagged With: cabbage, carrots, diabetes, Exercise, Health, healthy, iowa, Iowa Food and Family Project, light, low-cal, skinny, weight-loss, Wellness

Christmas Decorating at the farm — Day 1

November 28, 2016 By Mary 4 Comments

Just a few outdoor ideas from the farm over the years.   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christmas, Decorating, DIY, Garden, Photography Tagged With: barn, Christmas, Christmas Decorating, Country Christmas, Country Living, decorating, DIY, milk can, rustic Christmas, snow, Winter, wreaths

Thanksgiving Centerpiece DIY

November 13, 2016 By Mary Leave a Comment

You don't need to spend a fortune on a formal Thanksgiving centerpiece for your holiday table...just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Flowers, Garden, Holiday Tagged With: arrangements, centerpiece, crafts, DIY, fall, pumpkins, Thanksgiving, zinnias

Wordless Wednesday – Butterfly

September 21, 2016 By Mary Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: Butterfly, Flowers, Garden Tagged With: butterfly, butterfly garden, cone flower, tiger swallowtail

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