Summer Garden Tour That's right, it's time for a Summer Garden Tour. When all else fails, when the sunshine drowns out the...
Door County
German Dark Chocolate Cake from Scratch | May Days
It's May. Here in Door County, that means it's balmy and beautiful one day and drizzly and horrible the next. And so we carry on. All our efforts are going into the garden. We've made such a mess cutting down trees and tilling new beds that I am CRAVING the beauty...
My Gardening Insecurities & a Spring Garden Tour 2019
‘Scuse me whilst I dig the dirt out from under my fingernails… … I just looked down and realized how horrid they actually look. It’s definitely NOT manicure season. ‘Tis the season of compost, and calluses, Of worms and worn wooden handles, The season of a happy heart...
Make Your Dreams a Reality
Recently, I was tagged on YouTube and asked to share my dreams for a What are Your Dreams playlist... WOW. Ask a dreamer what her dreams are? Have you got all day? I actually rather talk about YOU and how to make YOUR dreams a reality. However, I accepted the tag and...
Why I Said “No” to Reality T.V.
Friday's are always a fun day here in the farmhouse. We publish a new video to YouTube every Friday and I have to say, I really, really enjoy this new "vlogging" adventure I am on. It wasn't always like that. About a year and a half ago I got a call from a reality...
What is a French Country Kitchen?
Just what IS a French Country Kitchen? How do you make a French Farmhouse Kitchen? How do you get the look of a real, lived in French farmhouse? The look is more easily achieved than you think. In my recent YouTube two-part video I joked about becoming un-addicted to...
Easy Fish Terrine, Changing up the Dinner Routine
It got cosy up here, real fast. Do we have Indian Summers in Door County?I've yet to figure that out. This last week we've had muggy days and some serious cool days spliced in too and it's made me want to dive into some old recipes and spend more time in my second...
Soup for the Win
The bright, white light of a flawless midwestern day begins to fade and the filtered, dappled light from the treeline begins to cast it's spelled over the potager. The evening is here. I often wondered how I would adjust to living three hundred and fifty miles further...
Unschooling? I’m UnMomming.
UNSCHOOLING? Forget unschooling... All ya'll school moms are like, "YIPPEE" while we homeschool moms are like, Jesus take the Wheel! It's almost time to start back up! Homeschooling is by far the most difficult, incredible thing I've ever put my hand and heart to. I...