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Really, Dace, the plants almost sell themselves. This is only the 3rd year I have been selling. I've already tripled my first year's sells. It's not a ton of money but it more than pays for itself. I sell top quality plants that are priced less than any nursery, store, etc. in our area. I...

Brrrrr! The New Year is starting out cold but sunny. For the next few nights, it's going to be in the mid to upper teens, way below our normal. I've got the hog jowls cut and the black-eyed peas are soaking. Collards are canned so they won't take too long. Supper is going to be one of those all...

Now, out of 18 chickens, I get 1-3 eggs per day. My 5 Americaunas haven't layed since October and it's been a few weeks for the Buff's, too. The Black Australorpes are the only productive ones. I had to buy eggs to make a cake for Christmas.

I can't think of anything really rude being said directly about me. But, this is one thing that sticks in my mind about someone else: My Aunt is 90 years old. About three years ago, my sister and her family (daughter, husband, and she is overweight) came for Christmas Dinner. My Aunt made the...

Our biggest project is putting in an outdoor kitchen. For the past couple of months, we have been buying things we know we'll need. We bought enough rock to build a wall 200' long and 10' high for only $1500. It was left over from a restaurant build and the guy just wanted rid of it. We got a...

Hey, Kel. We don't make big plans for New Year's either. When Andy was younger, we usually had snackies about 10 pm and waited for the ball to drop. I'm sure, now that he's 19, he will have plans of his own. New Year's Day, I'll probably have a few people over for a good old fashioned dinner.

That's great news on the budgeting!! Congrats and I hope no unexpected expenses come up! As far as coffee flavorings, blech! I just like plain old hot, black coffee. I know, boring.

I am wise enough to know not to cut my own or anyone elses. :gig Sorry I can't be of more help.

Hey, FC! It's getting hard to keep up with your avatar, lol. I'm sure you had a wonderful Christmas as well. I do miss all the magic and splendor of Chirstmas with a child in the house. I am soooooo ready for warm weather, or at least 50 days. Maybe I should go up to the greenhouse for a fix...

I've always heard black eyed peas for luck and collards for good fortune. I do the jowls just because we like them so much.

This is really the first I've heard of kraut on New Year's. My dad makes alot of kraut so we have it all year long. Maybe it's for those who don't like collards. :idunno

Dace, I'm really excited about this outdoor kitchen. We are going to add it on to the back of our garage which is on the north side of the house. I hope that will help keep it cooler. I want 3 large cast iron gas burners to do my canning on. My dad has two and it really heats large pots more...

Hey, Aly. The first and only boiled peanuts that I have ever liked came from a vendor that was set up downtown during a fall festival. Others I had tried were just mushy and tasteless. These were firm and flavorful. I believe he was out of S. Carolina, but I don't remember the name . . . sorry...

I hope everyone is well. I just haven't taken the time to check in lately. Computer crashed about a week before Christmas. It was Geeked at Best Buy when we bought it, so we took it back to them. Ricky fixed it while we waited for free! A recovery is about $150, so I was very, very happy not to...

Oh, Gina. I'm sorry about your bunny. I know a loss like that is hard to take. :hugs

Yea, no yellow snow for me, lol. It's come and gone and that's the way I like it. I only ventured out long enough to take the pictures. ;)

That was my favorite quilt, and, I did it for me! But, hey. Money is money. Yea, the snow is beautiful. Quite the treat!

This is what we woke up to this morning: This is quite early in the season for us. It is supposed to be in the mid 20s tonight. I'm sure there will be lots of black ice out there.

I did get a good price for that quilt. I have about $30 in it, including the quilting charge. He gave me $80 :ep They still want another one, but I cannot find more material anywhere. I still have some emails out about it. If I can't find it, I'm going to email them some pics of alternative cow...