This Little Place Here

Random thoughts and experiences on my little piece of earth. Kids, gardening, chickens, heating with wood, hunting, food preservation and much more!

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Monday, March 12, 2012

10% Off!

Who doesn't like to see 10% off? Unless, maybe, 20% off is available. I'll admit it right now. This post is totally a brag. It...

Friday, March 9, 2012

Frugal Food #13: Dried Beans

I confess, there's a reason I made dried beans the topic of my thirteenth post on frugal food: a lot of people are scared of them. Ther...

Thursday, March 8, 2012

They're Here!

I've been watching the first scouts of the migratory birds return in the last few weeks. A couple of bluebirds, a pair of sandhill cran...

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

To Tap (Trees) or Not to Tap

That has been my burning question for the past three weeks. This winter has had such up and down weather I could have put taps in my maple...

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

DIY Popcorn

Yet another thing you can 'do yourself': popcorn! Every couple of years I buy a packet of popcorn 'seed' and plant a littl...

Monday, March 5, 2012

The Bluebird of Happiness. . .

. . . came and sang for me this morning. I was lying on the living room floor, on my yoga mat, bathed in sweat, panting and enjoying the e...

Sunday, March 4, 2012

DH on the Road Again

DH has been traveling for work again. Four days in mid-February, then home for a week (3 days of which he was sick with the flu that he bro...

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Kris: Living life just a little bit different from most. Growing our food, cooking from scratch every day, mom of four, grandmother of ten--so far, jack-of-all-trades (and master of a few!)

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