Gran’s Dinner Rolls (For a Crowd)
Everyone in our family knows my mom can feed a crowd. With five kids who all grew up and added 14 grandchildren to the mix, she’s had plenty of experience making meals that are not only satisfying but also stretch…
Digging into the Past: Family, Gardening, and Legacy
I have little clips of memories of various family members in their gardens. We lived close to my mom’s family (the Robertsons) and my dad’s family (the Jacksons and Davises). I feel so blessed and lucky to have spent time…
Time To Order Seeds
It’s Seed Ordering Time: A Guide to Planning Your Vegetable Garden As spring approaches, it’s time to start thinking about ordering seeds if you’re planning to grow your own seedlings. Oh, the possibilities! With so many options available, it can…
Simple Yeast Bread
My bread journey began a long long time ago. You might say I didn’t have a choice. I come from a long line of amazing bakers and cooks. We were farm/ranch folk living in the middle of nowhere so you had to make…
Grandma Southern’s Sugar Pie
A Family Tradition Family gatherings wouldn’t be complete without the cherished Sugar Pie. My great-great grandmother, Mrs. J.T. Southern, crafted this recipe in the 1930’s for her cafe and boarding house located in Branson, CO. Ingredients were expensive and in short…
Garden Planning
Gardening Lessons: Starting Small and Growing Over Time From pictures, it might look like I have it all figured out and that I was blessed with a green thumb, but in reality, I still remember my first tiny garden that…