I planted the cucumbers and string beans later than the veggie starts, but they are producing quite well now...well enough to pickle some of...

  When Sweetie had his birthday in March one of the unusual gifts was a seed potato for a Bodega Red potato, an heirloom variety that was gr...

On the 12th day of August in the early 1980s our son Max was born. We were lucky to have had a great many fun birthdays before he passed. Ye...

We are enjoying the time with Raine and he seems to be enjoying the conversations, being on our 'farm' and the cooking and baking I...

Even though we had a relatively cool July, There wasn't a whole lot of baking going on. There was, however, a fair amount going on in th...

It may be past strawberry season where you live, but we are still enjoying fresh strawberries from the Hwy. 12 stand. No strawberries? Try t...

  Sweetie isn't usually a cake person, but he really liked the Warm Buttermilk Vanilla Cake that I made in May and then again, in a larg...

Many, many moons ago a very artistic cook wrote...actually hand-lettered...and hand illustrated (no photos) an amazing cookbook called the M...

Recently we purchased a bag of beautiful, ripe, fresh apricots at the farm stand on Hwy 12, just outside of Sebastopol to the east. I didn...

 Considering the space it takes up, it's kind of amazing that the waffle iron doesn't get much use. The truth is that Sweetie likes ...

 I was talking with my older sister a few days ago and we were talking about inherent talents...our own and those of people we know and love...

  For the May version of strawberry shortcake we had scones, berries and whipped cream. For June I made a delicious buttermilk cake that is ...

Everything is just growing like crazy, so it seems like a good idea to show a few photos of how things are in the garden now. If you stand o...

I don't remember having fresh apricots when I was growing up. We just ate canned apricots. When I came to California I discovered the jo...