Summer Squash Relish 9 Jul 2011 | 12:35 pm

Our garden is flourishing this year even though we lost our yellow summer squash plants. Honestly, I'm not sure we could handle any more loaded plants so perhaps the attack of the cut worm is a blessi...

Pruitt Pickles 1 Jul 2011 | 05:46 am

It's that time of year again! Gardens...picking...canning...pickles! We've been very blessed this year with a bumper crop of cucumbers, and we have canned about 28 quarts of bread and butter pickles s...

Minty Greener Recipe for Homemade Toothpaste 4 Apr 2011 | 08:53 am

Recently I tried making my own basic tooth powder with baking soda and Stevia. While I can tolerate the powder, my husband cannot. So I thought I'd try making a paste. I found some recipes online but ...

Letter to Ingles: A Customer's Plea for Bulk 3 Apr 2011 | 02:18 am

Image by bcmom via Flickr Dear Sir or Ma'am, Hi! My name is Joy Beshears and I'm a customer of Ingles in Elkin, NC. Although, I do spread my shopping out among all of the stores in the area, both Fo...

Moving Toward Zero Waste 2 Apr 2011 | 03:39 am

Monday will mark week three of our move toward zero waste living. What a challenge! As of today, we still have not filled a kitchen trash can of waste. However, keep in mind that we are not including ...

Pimp My Clothesline! 29 Mar 2011 | 08:14 am

What can I say, I have the best husband in the world. He pimped my clothesline! I wish I had some before shots of the mangled tin, antenna-like contraption the previous owner left behind; what a horr...

PULLZ on Etsy 17 Dec 2010 | 04:34 pm

Sweet Vintage! 17 Dec 2010 | 04:32 pm

Slow Cooked Dry Rub Pork Ribs 16 Oct 2010 | 07:56 am

First off, you may have noticed (or at least I hope you did) that I've been absent for a while. That's because we had the biggest antique show of our year, followed by our annual fall Monster Yard Sal...

Dried Pineapple & Cherry Flowers 15 Sep 2010 | 01:17 pm

Let's just say that my husband and I are really getting into our food dehydrator this year! We've dried apples and bananas and applesauce roll ups. Yesterday I decided to try pineapple and cherry flow...