I have been trying to teach myself how to bake bread for a few years now. I’m sorry to say that even after TWO YEARS, I am not very good at it. The only fool-proof bread recipe I have found is this one for Farmhouse White Bread from Farmgirl Fare. See? Beautiful, right? But …Continue reading “Bread Baking”
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Tapping Trees
For years now, Gage has wanted to try tapping trees in late winter. This year, just to experiment, he tapped a handful of trees – one walnut and a few sycamores, just to see. Amazingly, the walnut tree produced gallons and gallons of sap! Little known-fact … it takes gallons and gallons of sap to makeContinue reading “Tapping Trees”