• Create - Everything Else

    El Rancho de las Golondrinas

    BIG (unrelated to garden) NEWS! I am now, as of last Monday, officially a Big Sister through Big Brothers Big Sisters!  🙂 Usually when being “matched” with a Little through Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS), a Big & Little match is set up by the staff at BBBS using the…

  • Create

    The Business of Art

    Art, until about a year ago, was always one of those things that I’d done from time to time for fun.  Not anything I did to earn money or to really put out into the world.  Then, about a year ago, I decided to make a go of it. It’s…

  • DIY

    Canning Hatch Chile

    Hatch chile is a staple here.  We eat it on and with everything (burgers and pizza included).  It is full of vitamins and minerals and makes for the perfect of comfort foods.  When ordering it on your food, you’ll always be asked, “Red, Green or Christmas?”  “Christmas” means having both…

  • DIY

    Garage Organization, cont.

    Believe it or not, we are still working on the big garage organization project we started…ummm…I don’t know…months ago!  Yes, the shelves have been built, but there is still some clutter and there are still a couple of walls that need to be painted.  However, one of the more exciting…

  • Food Storage & Preservation

    Pickled Rhubarb

    After making several batches of rhubarb jam earlier this summer, I was kind of at a loss as to what else to make with our last harvest of rhubarb.  So, I asked Tool Lady to find something that looked good to her and she did! Pickled rhubarb?  Who knew?  Well,…

  • Food Storage & Preservation

    Small Batch Canning

    While there have been several great harvests coming in over the past couple of weeks, we still haven’t hit the point in the season where it is absolutely (ridiculously) overwhelming.  We’ve been eating lots of fresh veggies out of the garden and trying to put up as many as possible…