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"Po-tay-toes! Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew." -Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien) Who doesn't like potatoes? From French fries & tater tots to mashed potatoes to potato soup, the humble spud can be eaten plain or fancy with added sour cream, butter, cheese, etc. I recently tried a new (to me) recipe for roasted potatoes that made me soooo happy. It's easy to make, a one-dish effort and can be amended according to personal taste and/or what you have in your fridge. Ingredients: Potatoes, Butter, Parmesan Cheese (the kind in...

Well, Mother Nature is doing it again. First, she lulls me into a false sense of security with nice, warm spring-like weather and then she zaps me back into the deep freeze. I don’t like it. My bees don’t like it. My garden doesn’t like it. My calendar says that today is the first day of Spring. I’m crossing my fingers that tonight’s hard freeze finally signals the end of the cold and that I can breathe a sigh of relief. I am itching to get back into the garden, so I can start eating fresh produce again.    In...

How is everyone doing? Wooly is in an especially good mood for so many reasons! First, October is finally here and it is Wooly’s favorite month. Wooly is an October birthday baby and she celebrates all month long! She also thinks Halloween was created especially for her. Why else did all of her birthday parties have a Halloween theme when she was younger? How old is Wooly? Well, age is just a number and there's life in the old dragon yet; but her birthday cake is in danger from all of the candles on it! October is a great month,...