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A Battery Dies Every Winter

Another Sunday morning early alarm courtesy of Little Bear Tuska. As in early Valentine's gift Scott got me a new greenhouse. The one we had before was only two shelves and the cover was ripped. This new one isn't as good of quality, but having the tight cover really helps keep heat in that I don't even need to use the seed warmer pad.  I got a little excited and pretty much started everything by seed. It's going to be the best garden ever. I want to start some flowers soon. We couldn't decide on what to eat for breakfast, so we lounged around. We haven't had big pancakes in awhile. I need new glasses that don't slip off my face. I also just need new glasses. It's so great having family breakfasts together.  On Friday night Scott had some friends over. I put Meadow to bed and did some work in the office. A while later I smelled something burning. I didn't think anything of it because I knew they were do...

Big Box Shopping Day...Literally

This week I made ground cherry pie. What are ground cherries you ask? Well they're not really cherries at all. They are grown similarly to tomatoes. They have a husk surrounding them like a tomatillo and are about the size of a small grape or cranberry. I've see these at the coop and at farmers market for a brief time in late summer/early fall. I bought some the second I saw them at my coop. I wasn't sure what to expect in terms of taste, especially after having bad luck with currants this year. They had a really pleasant taste and were very sweet.  We both woke up early this morning. For me it was stressing over the wedding. Scott put a breakfast order in for giant pancake with cinnamon apples. Typically I cook breakfast for us, but its really nice when Brooke does it for me. Plus she's an expert on making big pancakes.  I can't believe apples are starting to show up at the farmers markets. Where has summer gone? S...