One of my Dad’s staple dinners was beans and wieners on toast. To this day, it is still one of my fall/winter favourite meals. Of course, when my dad talked about beans, he also taught us the beans song: Beans, beans the musical fruit The more you eat, the more you toot The more you…
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Ketchup Catsup
Judging by the attention span of my nephews, ketchup or catsup, may not be the most thrilling item to make, but it sure is tasty when homemade. I am also going to preface this by saying, I still buy ketchup, but I had a baked beans recipe I wanted to try, and I had tomatoes,…
Summer Blues
Just as we were getting the hot weather that would keep us from doing much in regards to landscaping, but lots in the way of canning & food production, the fire season hit. We are used to a fire season around our area, but not in the way that we have experienced it for the…
Pickles or Cucumber Salad?
I have another fun recipe to share. We have an abundance of cucumbers every year, mainly because we never want to run out. We’ve done all sorts of pickling, but our new favourite pickle, we cannot get enough of. We sometimes eat them like a salad, and you can add all sorts of other veggies,…
Summer Livin’
Well, summer has sort of officially hit us, and with it comes camping, fishing, biking, hiking, kayaking, etc. Which, is why I haven’t posted in a while, just having way too much fun to be on a computer longer than I have to. So here are some updates. K has dug in the next path,…
Caps off to you
Just kidding…caps on…to our wall at least. We have finally done it. The large wall that runs diagonal is officially complete. Well, mostly. It will still need a little stain, but for the most part it is done. With all of the sections full of rocks, it came time to wrap the tops in…
Pico De Gallo
After our trip to Belize, we cannot get enough pico de gallo! With fresh veggies & herbs from the garden, this will be a summer staple this year. It is a super simple recipe, and so very rewarding. You will need: 1 medium to large tomato 1/2 onion (sweet or red) 1/2 – 1 jalapeno…
Fresh Food Fever
Jubilant from our recent trip to Belize, we were excited that the weather was warm and perfect for getting the garden going by the time we returned home. Our yard was once again a jungle due to all the rain, but it was a quick clean-up. K and I both had taken an extra…
Water Optimization
Jazzed to finally see blue sky and sunshine, K and I headed out to the yard to get it prepped before we head off on a trip to Belize for 2 weeks. Our plan was to get all of the barrels and beds ready for when we get home so that we can get planting….
Weather Delays
Jinxing ourselves by thinking that spring had finally come in our last post was a little upsetting. With hopes of getting some work done before we head on our holidays, mother nature decided to play a not so foolish April fools prank on us, by dumping 1/2″ of snow! But that wasn’t the end of…
JK Building The Dream 