Category archives: Cooking

8 Christmas Cookie/Candy Gift Recipes

8 Christmas Cookie/Candy Gift Recipes
  A memorable Christmas tradition in our family is to bring goodies to the homes of hurting people on Christmas Eve. Notice I didn't say our favorite Christmas tradition but a memorable one. The kids didn't actually like this tradition when they were little. Just this week I got a call from one of our grown daughters, Hannah and she said even though it was[...]

Marshmallow Fruit Salad- GF

Marshmallow Fruit Salad- GF
Some recipes are so special that you use them only at  holidays and special occasions--this Marshmallow Fruit Salad  is one of those recipes! It's a labor of love that'll be passed down for generations. Serves 40 people-6 0z each or 20 people with leftovers for the next day. Use organic ingredients when possible for longevity of your life. 2 cups of cooked A[...]

10 Nostalgic Fall Decorating Ideas-DIY

10 Nostalgic Fall Decorating Ideas-DIY
In the olden days people decorated their homes with homemade treasures, often with resources grown on their own farms. I'm excited to share with you 10 nostalgic fall ideas we made this year from resources grown(mostly) our property.  I hope you make a few for your home! If you have any  old-fashioned ideas for fall decorating--I would love to hear them! An ind[...]

Eating Your Weeds- Milk Thistle for Your Liver

Eating Your Weeds- Milk Thistle for Your Liver
Jonathan is doing well. Would you continue to pray? He needs our prayers. Thank you!! After walking the halls of  the hospital  and seeing all the sick people it makes you want to be healthy, doesn't it! Hence, this post on Milk Thistle. Milk Thistle is growing all over our property. For years I thought they were a pain and to some extent they are if you touch [...]

Elderberry Elixir- Flu and Virus Remedy

Elderberry Elixir- Flu and Virus Remedy
Elderberry is prolific on the Glasgow Farm. Our honey bees were in bee heaven early this summer with all the  Elderberry blossoms. Elderberry is famous for it's ability to treat flu and virus symptoms.  This was my first year to make my very own Elderberry elixir. For years I had read how Elderberry  trumps Tamilfu for flu and virus remedy ability, so I decided to[...]

Retro Mint Patties

Retro Mint Patties
The most requested recipe from our  vintage barn wedding last month? The mint patties! They were a HUGE hit, here is the recipe! RETRO MINT PATTIES Ingredients Filling: 4 cups  confectionery sugar (organic confectionary sugar doesn’t perform as well in color but  non organic is genetically modified) 3 tablespoons softened butter 4 tablespoons mil[...]

Mulberry Harvesting-10 Ideas of What to do With Mulberries

Mulberry Harvesting-10 Ideas of What to do With Mulberries
  Who doesn't love-making memories or recounting old ones? This past weekend 200 people came to our farm to enjoy family and friends. Dale and I had harvested mulberries the day they got here. Buckets and buckets  were waiting to be processed in my kitchen. My first thought was, I need to get this cleared out of here before all our company comes. But then [...]

The Good Wife Bridal Shower

The Good Wife Bridal Shower
We had a wonderful bridal shower this past weekend for Rachael(daughter). We had so much fun all together, I wish we could do it every weekend! Every time there's a wedding or bridal shower I think about how important wedding festivities have been throughout the centuries. Back in Jesus' time whole towns and villages would celebrate a marriage.  One of Jesus' first [...]