Oh my goodness. Just when you’re about to clip your basil because it’s flowering, harvest the stalks instead for a bouquet. The smell is divine. Once the basil aroma starts to fade after a day, simply brush your hand over a couple of basil flowers and POW! there’s that undeniable basil smell all over again. It lasts the entire day.
P.S. Hubby came in a few minutes ago and said, “What’s that smell? Basil?” Like I said, undeniably.
In 1969, when the town of Hertfordshire, Great Britain, sent bulldozers to oust May Savidge from her home in order to build a new road, she wasn’t about to go quietly.
This is the last weekend for our Bed & Breakfast. We had four guests. Alyson Oüten and her sis, Kara, shared a tent. They cooked over the campfire, ate our homemade s’mores, drank wine, and took turns soaking in one of our outdoor bathtubs.
I woke up early this morning to feed my animals and noticed that my pregnant Jersey cow, Maizy, was missing. It was just getting light, so I grabbed my binoculars and scanned the nearby fields (covered in wheat stubble from the recent harvest). There she was, a fair amount away, looking just like an elk or deer. (It’s hunting season here.) Not wanting to waste any time, I broke into a run to …
I’m in the mood to share some of my favorite tips:
I autograph my books with a permanent felt marker. Oops. Sometimes, I walk away with a marker stain on my hands. I spray the mark with hairspray and then scratch it off with a fingernail. Gone! (Good use for that can of hairspray I’ve had for ten years.)
Next time you bake a cake with raisins and you don’t want them to sink to the bottom, coat them with flour first.
I use an old-fashioned egg slicer to slice mushrooms.
Bad HABIT begone: Pick a habit you’d like to quell by putting the money you spend on it into savings and watch your account grow.
New HABIT that’s dead on: Suzie Orman recently challenged her followers NEVER to give coins to a clerk during a transaction but instead roll the coins once a month and watch your savings grow by investing it. Within a few years, you’ll be richer by the thousands.
You love 4-H and so does your niece … nephew? son, daughter, granddaughter, how about grandson? You know I bet they love signs too. So go ahead and spring for this vintage 4-H sign. After all, when do you come upon a beauty like this?
Our Bed & Breakfast was featured on Yahoo News today as one of the Top 5 Places to Unplug!!!! Gadgets stay in the suitcase. However, the organic food you eat here and the outdoor bathing takes you far, far, far away from all the constant twittering and yammering. Come glamp with us!!!!
In our quest to feed our children healthy food, keep away from dangerous cancer-causing chemicals, and fight off the hundreds of toxins our bodies are exposed to every day, one must start at home by avoiding the consumption of Genetically Modified Organisms and limiting our exposure to toxic cosmetic products.
If you had a chance to watch the Pixar film WALL-E, you may have asked yourself, where is all of our trash going?
WALL-E poster. Courtesy of Wikipeda. Snowknight26
Mom and I were summoned to testify as witnesses after someone stole our store sign recently.
Buy props used in MaryJane’s books and magazine!
5% of profits will benefit www.firstbook.org, a non-profit that provides new books to children from low-income families throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Here’s how:
MaryJane will post a photo and a description of a prop and its cost along with a few details as to its condition here: https://shop.maryjanesfarm.org/MaryJanesCurations. It’s a playful way to be the new owner of a little bit of farm herstory.
