Monthly Archives: August 2005

(Now that my ISP has restored FTP access, let the blogging resume.) My cousin Tim, amongst other interesting things, is a pilot. One of his piloting jobs is crop dusting. The aphids moved in on area soybean fields in the … Continue reading →

There’s a lovely website called 101 Cookbooks, by the equally lovely Heidi Swanson. This past spring she was so kind as to include a link on her site to our site, and that link sends quite a bit of web … Continue reading →

comes in boxes of 100

We finished out our week of vacation last week with hay making. It’s really a bit late for the second cutting, but the guy that cuts it for us had mechanical difficulties with his cutter and ended up buying a … Continue reading →

Friday night we picked corn at Aunt Veronica & Uncle Lyle’s. Every year they plant sweet corn with their regular field corn planter – so this is one huge “patch” of corn – and generously allow friends and family to … Continue reading →

A few more of my favorite photos from our visit to Living History Farms The Blacksmith at the 1875 Town of Walnut Hill A cute little side porch on the 1900 farmhouse A coat and firewood room outside the 1900 … Continue reading →