Home(steading) in the Finger Lakes
…or at least figure out how to do it. 😉
Well, it’s October… I love Autumn. I love September – December the best. Usually, it’s because I am not the biggest fan of summer. (I know, that’s when the garden grows!) But here’s the thing: I really hate the heat. I run hot all year round, so in summer, I am doubly hot. Tracy + heat = Grumpy Tracy. (Ask anyone!) [Read more…] about Do Life Better: Need To Get Back To It
Tracy’s Intro: We are taking 6 gallon bags of last year’s tomatoes (we froze them whole) and are making a bit of pasta sauce. Actually, Mr. Gordon is making the sauce… I’m hanging out enjoying the kitchen scents of sauteing garlic, shallots, and peppers. As mentioned in my last blog post, a lady where Mr. Gordon works gave him a chinois cone, pestle, and stand. Here is how it went! [Read more…] about Chinois Cone & Homemade Pasta Sauce
I was born in December and my parents laid me under a Christmas Tree.
I wait for the snow to return every year. I like how it makes everything clean and quiet. I like how it outlines the trees. I like how it feels to [Read more…] about Heading Towards Winter
Yesterday we woke up to about a foot of snow. Poor Gordon had to shovel out the end of the driveway before work. It’s a heavy snow, and the tractor with plow is not cutting it right now. Bummer. [Read more…] about SNOW!
While Gordon pickled more cucumbers (this time canning some for this winter’s use), we watched a couple of farmers bale hay in a field near our home.
We had such fun showing them our garden. I think they were surprised at what we’ve accomplished this first year! We snapped a photo of them by the corn. [Read more…] about Growing Parents in the Garden (and American Gothic)
