It is my belief that if each child/adult gets one thing they have been wanting and a few smaller things it is ok if the dollar values are different. Its when one family member wants to dominate the budget that you need to correct there thinking. This is not always the child in the family. We have a DIL who only wears certain brands ...

Zohnerfarms your accepting attitude of lifes trials and time/devotion to your family is an inspiration for me. I always enjoy reading your posts. My best to you and your loved ones! 

  Great gifts CY! We are making picket fence benches for the women of the family this year from wooden pallets that the local harware store gives away. DH takes them apart and cuts 8 "pickets" for the back, tallest in the middle graduating down in size. Seat, legs and sides are also made from the pallets. Then I use reclaimed ...

At the end of the summer WalMart had big boxes of freezies (200) on clearance for $1. I bought three boxes and will put 4-5 in a snack size ziplock bag to give away. We usually get 80+ kids or more so this will keep costs down.

I understand the general dislike of crocs and they are very ugly but in my profesion my shoes need to be washed every couple of days, sometimes more and crocs are the only shoes that can last 3 months with constant machine washing. Almost all of the nurses/care aids/orderlies wear them.

For anyone who hasn't trien them the radish pods that are left after the radish go to seed are excellent in salads. Here radishes seem to all be ready in the same week and then go to seed really quickly. I leave 6 plants go to seed three I use for eating the pods and three are for next years seed, they have the same taste as the root only ...

Well I froze about 15 bags of mashed potatoes and then made perogies out of the rest of the mashed spuds. They were all the ones that got stabbed while we were digging the rest. They always spoil so fast I dont like to leave them. Thanks again for the tips.

Darn thats what I suspected.  Have you ever froze potatoes?

[quote user="zohnerfarms"]Scrubbed & peeled them, & bottled them with some of the cut carrots already picked from the garden.[/quote] Do you pressure can the potatoes and carrots? I have never done carrots and potatoes but I can see them working really well in so many recipes. I do not have a pressure canner but if ...

Thank goodness for that I had a total of 9 cucumbers this year!! It never seems to matter what the weather is zuchini never fail to produce..and produce and produce. I am going to try those sweet pickle spears, we are not fond of the bread and butter when they are sliced thin as they tend to get mushy, the spears would be a great compliment to ...