Fresh From the Farm Blog

Did you ever go to summer camp? Having attended camp myself, a very long time ago, I have really enjoyed watching my grandchildren get excited about camp and talk with anticipation about all of the things they plan to take with them to camp. The week before, the packing of the trunks starts, organizing all of the items on the list, and making last-minute trips to the store to pick up things that were forgotten. This process involves placing items in the trunk and then taking them back out to reorganize everything at least 2 or three times. Finally, the...

Friday is the 4th of July and will be celebrated with parades, fireworks, speeches, reenactments, picnics, and visits to historic sites that mark the beginning of the war 249 years ago that led to the formation of the United States of America. Independence from Great Britain looked impossible many times during the conflict but the courage and tenacity of the founding fathers culminated in the great country we live in today. So many gave all they had including their lives so that we are able to live the lives we live today. I for one am very grateful for their...

In thinking about this topic, I guess I would have to say my absolute favorite “go to” meal is one that I literally go to…meaning eating where someone else has done the cooking! I really prefer eating at home, however, and I like things with lots of flavor punch. No soggy casseroles for me no matter how easy they might be. Some of my favorite meals center around fresh garden produce whether from my own garden or the local weekly Fredericksburg Farmers Market. I attended a cooking class in San Antonio last week that featured fresh grilled corn recipes, and...

Some of my favorite memories from childhood are from road trips taken in our family station wagon. As kids we could hardly wait for summer to arrive so we could go on vacation. In the summers we would embark on long driving trips, sometimes to visit National parks and historic sites, or to visit a single destination like Disneyland or the San Diego Zoo. Other times we journeyed to Colorado to visit the same historic mining town that our family has visited since 1927. This week I am in that small, remote, Colorado town with family. We took two days...

Father’s Day was first celebrated on June 19, 1910, in the state of Washington, but it was not official until 1972. President Woodrow Wilson had made Mother’s Day official 58 years earlier, so I guess we were slighting all of the dads by not giving them a special day for over a half century. Dads are special men as are others that may not be actual dads but serve as father figures. I will just say that I had a great dad and an awesome stepfather as well. I am very lucky to be blessed with many memories of them...