Monday Musings: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

by | Aug 30, 2009 | Kate's Kitchen, Musings

With all the talk about recycling, I started feeling like I wasn’t doing my part. I decided I could do more even if the facilities weren’t convenient or close. I could rinse out cans and store them in my basement to take north to a recycling center. The...

Lemonade Award

by | Aug 29, 2009 | Writing

Hey–my blogger friend Tamara gave my blog an award! That’s kind of exciting for me since I’m so new to Bloggerland. I’m supposed to pass it on to blogs I appreciate or that show a great attitude. The Lemonade Award is a feel good award that shows gratitude or a great...

Searching For the Lip on the Riser

by | Aug 26, 2009 | Musings, Writing

Last summer my husband took a youth group to Lake Powell. That left the children and me to move the sprinkler pipe. Up until that time, I had helped move the pipe but had never been responsible for shutting off a riser (the white part of the pipe in the picture) and...

Fresh Milk

by | Aug 25, 2009 | Farm & Family, Kate's Kitchen

Late Sunday evening my husband disappeared. He came home toting hobbles for Lolly’s (our new milk cow) back legs. Her milk was ready for us to start drinking, he explained, and the hobbles would keep her from stepping in or kicking over the milk bucket while he...

Zucchini Tomato Toss

by | Aug 19, 2009 | Kate's Kitchen, Salads

(Plan ahead…this salad needs to chill for at least 2 hours.) Yet another delicious way to use all that zucchini in your garden–along with the tomatoes and an onion. Peel zucchini and cut in halves or thirds. Then cut each section into fourths and thinly...