Today would have been the day. I had a big pumpkin multi-photo exposé all planned out. I hadn't decided what kind of jack ó lantern he would have been, I would have spent the last month thinking, planning, googling, sketching. I may have even been able… more »

A few mornings ago my son came running into the living room with something cupped in his hand. "Mommy, mommy! It's a piece of the moon!" I look down into his little hand to see a small piece of wood in his palm. I picked it up and said, "Sweetie, this is… more »

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"Mommy? Why are the tomatoes green? Tomatoes are red. The teacher said tomatoes are red. Apples are red. Fire engines are red. Are they broken? Are they rotten? Are they icky? Can I eat one? You eat one first. Let's give one to the baby? Can I throw it?… more »

It was early on a Saturday morning when there was a knock at the door. I opened it to find my dear friend Jill, weighed down with grocery bags and a giant pressure cooker. Jill and I were roomates in college and though we live rather far apart now, any o… more »

This little portulaca has been hanging on in spite of the colder weather!   Gardeners, plant and nature lovers can join in every Sunday. Visit As the Garden Grows for more information. more »

I haven't wanted to say anything. I've been working on this for so long and after big pumpkin and the loss of Charlotte I just couldn't bear to get everyone's hopes up again but today I am proud to say that after months of searching, begging, threatening… more »

I went out to bring in what was surely to be one of the last tomato harvests. The weather forcast for the evening indicated a low of 45. It was nearly 6pm when I found myself in the middle of devestation. I've been gone these past few weeks, you see. My… more »

Well as I was growing up big pumpkin, many people asked what I was going to do with him. As most of you know, I planned the perfect jackolantern. He was a perfect size and shape and would have made a handsome halloween centerpiece. Unfortunately it was n… more »

Don Young did win on Saturday with a 1662 pound pumpkin, just 27 pounds shy of breaking the world record. Wow. I mean, I'm totally happy for the guy but how brutal to lose the world record by only 26 pounds. It said in the video that it grew 55 pounds a… more »

Check out this amazing video from Iowa of a guy trying to break the world record. The weigh in is on Saturday! http://www.youtube.com/v/4vbGpjDqQyc&rel=1 more »

Today my grandpa would have turned 90. Normally I'm not one to mark a person's birthday after they have died but I think that 90 is a pretty significant number. He almost made it, and that's not doing too bad in my opinion. I don't remember much about hi… more »

For today's entry, I've asked John the Chef himself to  give some pointers on the tricks of soup making. Wow. How do I make chicken soup? What a question! Hmmmm... Well, it starts with chicken, obviously. Michelle has started this recipe by roasti… more »

Back in June I wrote about the first of the Five Perfect Cookie recipes. I hope noone thought I'd forgotten about the other four. Actually, it's during the fall that I do most of my cookie baking culminating in a 5 day bake off during the holidays. The s… more »

After producing 6 lovely red sweet peppers my little pepper plant has informed me that he was really just warming up. I went out this morning to pick what I thought was the next to last pepper, there was one more small one on the plant. There are now ele… more »