Spring – shop cook & simple living

March 10, 2025

Easter on the Farm & Free Easter Coloring Pages

for the kids or grandkids! Here Easter Sunday in the 70’s –growing up on the farm. Happy Easter!! People seem to think on the first day of spring, or at least by Easter Sunday, that winter should be finished. That isn’t how I remember things growing up on the family farm in the 1970’s. Oh … Continue reading Easter on the Farm & Free Easter Coloring Pages

April 29, 2024May 21, 2024

Ramps and Rhubarb

Ramps Ramps are related to leeks and here in the Midwest they’re the very first thing that pops out of the ground and are usually sold at Farmer’s Markets from late April to very early May (about three weeks) and then gone. It’s hard to define what a ramp tastes like. They taste both sweet … Continue reading Ramps and Rhubarb