Life at Abel Hill Farm: What are you doing New Year's Eve? : The girls are laying 3-4 eggs a day now.  While the chicks are coming along...

Quite literally.  We've bought the farm.   Forty-six beautiful acres of Kansas prairie, complete with cross fenced pastures and barns.  ...

Camp Out Fingerless Mitts, [ jenleigh's ] version. Camp Out Fingerless Mitts by Tante Ehm Knit using both Noro Kureyon (colorway ...

Beachy Cowl [ jenleigh ] version Striped Cotton Cowl by Purl Soho Knit using Classic Elite Mountain Top Vail (Parchment) and Elsebeth...

Peach and Cherry Crumble This time of year means one thing, peaches.  I've been stewing them (served over ice cream) and baking the...

The basic... i.e. Kid Approved.   While living in New Orleans my husband and I became addicted to bread pudding.  There are so many ve...

Aunt Di's Adobo Pulled Pork Being from the South (specifically within an hour of the Barbeque Capital Memphis), I am always on the ...

World's Best Chocolate Chip Cookie. Period. To quote Minny Jackson:  "The only thing you need to know about cookin' is rig...

Pop blanket by Tin Can Knits Pop by Tin Can Knits (in progress) Knit using Lang Mille Colori in #s 5566 and 5741, and Imperial Columb...

My family has stories.  Or more accurately, my family are great story tellers.  I grew up hearing my grandmother tell stories of her ...