How has this month nearly gotten away from me?!  What have I been doing, you asked?  Well let's see. First I was watching the little o...

Canning first. I know this looks strange but remember I'm not in my own home yet so I had to improvise, adapt, overcome!!! Anybody rem...

My cousins were given several containers of blueberries & of course immediately thought to bring then to me right in the middle of t...

This old jar has been in my canning jar collection for years. In fact if belonged to my grandma. I can just picture her jelly or jam can...

A very dear friend called me up the other day and offered me cucumbers from her garden. I had thought that after the fig canning episode...

This morning I was minding my own business because Mr. Cowboy was off to the hay fields. I was all set to "think" about sewing s...

Last Friday evening Mr. Cowboy brought 50lbs of potatoes, a bushel of tomatoes, 12 lettuces & a number of honey dew melons to the house...

Can you believe the size of these carrots? Look at them compared to the teaspoon. Cousin Clark brought a batch to me the other day. I had to...

Just when it seems life slows down around the farm something always happens.  The neighbor's cows got into Mr. Cowboy's hay me...

Yep, you heard correctly. My mom found & saved the following recipe from the East Texas Farm & Ranch Living section in o...

I've been very busy with this year's first canning process.  First is my chunky cucumber mix. This was made from the 20 cucks I had ...

Hi there. Several bloggers were interested in my watermelon jelly from a previous post. So here's the info you requested. Wa...

Here's what's needed: 4 cups of chopped watermelon or 2 cups of watermelon pureed 3 1/2 cups sugar 3 Tablespoons lemon juice ...

I got my hands on a small round watermelon, enjoying the last of summer goodness, but could not finish it off. So I decided to do a little l...

I've been canning again. 14 bags of cream peas and purple-hull peas. Another batch of sweet pickles & I'm trying a recipe for co...

Here's a snippet of what I've been doing: Baked banana bread loaf for my mom. Helped Mr. Cowboy count heifers & calves. Note, I...

Whew!  Here's a quick recap of my Mustang grape canning escapades .... After fermenting over night. The smell is wonderful. ...

Nope, it's not a sickness, it's grapes. Wild grapes, that is. Mustang grapes are all over my fence this year. The birds have been...

Can you believe it's already July....OMG! These are peaches from our local farmers market. They are sweet & I can't stay awa...

I can't believe that June is almost gone. We're having unusual rain here in central Texas. Yesterday, in a matter of three hours we...