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Absolutely loved planning my sister’s bridal shower at The Farm. I tried to keep up capturing the parts of the shower, but didn’t get everything I wish I had. This was a Pinterest inspired shower and we’d been saving ideas for months before attempting various ideas we’d seen or adapted. Here’s what we ended upContinue reading “Mason-Jar Themed Farm Bridal Shower”

One of the things that relaxes me the most is being in the kitchen. It’s an absorbing activity that takes my mind away from everything else. And in the end, whether today or later in the week, we get to enjoy the fruits of my kitchen labor. I’m not sure I’ll be able to keepContinue reading “Sunday at the Stove”

Despite the name of this blog and my interest in farming, I’m not much of a gardener. I’ve had some success, mostly with hearty herbs. But this summer, I finally hit some gardening gold. I had luck with Swiss chard, sunflowers (until the squirrels got them), a bumper crop of tomatoes and our crowning achievement,Continue reading “Seed to Jack-O-Lantern to Pie”

When I learned one of my Thanksgiving guests was going to attempt a turducken (a chicken in a duck in a turkey), naturally I thought I needed to have a complement on the dessert side. Peachcherryblue a/k/a Triple Threat. The problem: Cherpumple recipes (cherry, pumpkin, apple pie/layer cake) with fondant icing or buttercream frosting seemedContinue reading “Introducing Peacherryblue: Peach, Cherry & Blueberry Pies in Three Cake Layers”

My beautiful sister is pregnant with twins and I had the pleasure of being one of three co-hosts of her baby shower. I mostly did invites (thanks Tiny Prints!), plus a cute doodle on the onesie activity… My first diaper cake to promo the diaper raffle… And the party favor: a Caramel Apple in aContinue reading “Baby Shower for the Books”

It’s a wrap! Our 2015 Oak Park Farmers’ Market season, the 40th, has come to a close. For making this one of the best markets ever, I thanks go to: All the vendors for coming each week (especially the ones who strived to come despite crop loss from torrential rains); Flooding at Geneva Lakes TheContinue reading “It's a Wrap: 40th Market Season Comes to a Close”

Today would have been my grandma’s 100th birthday. My mother and sister recognized the occasion by placing sunflowers in the surf on a Pacific-coast beach. My grandpa would have been pleased by the gesture. He loved California. When I think of my grandma, I think of her wearing white gloves to every outing and herContinue reading “Mother”