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PINEAPPLE IS BETTER FOR YOU THAN YOU REALIZE Pineapple is loaded with essential vitamins, minerals, fiber, antioxidants, and other helpful compounds. It also has anti-inflammatory and immune-supporting properties. That’s because the fruit, juice, peel and stem contain bromelain, a type of enzyme. Among its multiple… Continue Reading “THE MIGHTY PINEAPPLE”
We installed the automatic chicken door a few weeks ago and it has been working great (click here to see that post). The chickens put themselves to bed and the door closes at 8:30 pm without human participation. Until now. Why, why have they… Continue Reading “MAYBE THEY’RE NOT SO SMART AFTER ALL”
The first time I dehydrated fresh pineapple several years ago was also the first time I had ever cut up a fresh pineapple. I was really intimidated by it because I had heard people comment about how difficult it was. Fortunately, I did not… Continue Reading “CUTTING A PINEAPPLE”
While not the price I would have preferred to pay, when I saw pineapple in the grocery store for under $2.00, I brought two home. It’s been six or seven years since the last time I dehydrated fresh pineapple, so it is time to… Continue Reading “IS IT RIPE?”
The corn hasn’t made much progress, but I was running out of time to plant the green beans. So, I got several tomato cages, turned them upside down, and planted the beans around them. My Three Sisters Garden is definitely not what you see… Continue Reading “THE FINAL SISTER”
Things are moving along with the squash! Last night I found this: By this morning, when I left for work, it had fully opened! Ooh, excitement is brewing in the garden!
Caboose made it through the night. Yes, I was concerned that I had over-stressed her and would find her lifeless body this morning. I’m glad that wasn’t the case. Her comb is still limp but her feathers and clean and fluffy. She came right… Continue Reading “HERBS IN THE HENHOUSE”
It has been a busy evening. I do enjoy that I can come home and get things done on the homestead for an hour or so before the dark and/or the mosquitos chase me inside. Caboose has been acting unhappy and unwell. She spends… Continue Reading “Caboose Gets a Bath”
THREE SISTERS GARDEN My corn plants are poor, pitiful things while the fields of corn I pass each day are lush and knee high. I’ll leave them in the garden, but I don’t anticipate the situation to improve. It has, after all, been 5… Continue Reading “POOR PITIFUL”
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