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Mouthwatering Pear Preserves

Kendra P September 27, 2011

Wow. Somebody pry this jar away from meâ€¦ please. Okay, Iâ€™m good. No really, I can do this.

I Heart My NutriMill!

Kendra P September 21, 2011

After I’d compared all of the options out there, the NutriMill came out on top every time. I had to have her.

Fraud Alert: Ben Franklin and his horses

Galen Lehman September 16, 2011

This week, I got a call from a man who wanted to sell his “horses”…a combined 330 horses that were in the motors

Apples to Apples…to Apples

Dori Fritzinger September 16, 2011

The apple: a basic fall fruit that can be used in such different ways! The apple lends itself to menus for breakfast, lunch, supper and of course, dessert.

Where there’s smoke…

Galen Lehman September 12, 2011

Problems with your wood stove? Here are some common causes of smoking problems and what you can do to solve them.

The Little Red Hen and Lehman’s

Sarah Nussbaum September 6, 2011

Harvest time is upon us. Feeling like the Little Red Hen, with not as much help as you’d like? We just may have what you need. Read on…

After the flood…

Galen Lehman August 25, 2011

It’s now been five months since our store flooded. The clean up is long since completed, the store is open, and it’s a good time for reflection. Here are some of the things I learned.

Drying Food

Mary Jane Butters July 18, 2011

Dried foods not only store well throughout the year ahead, they’re also versatile and positively delicious. So, in the words of master food dehydrator Gen MacManiman, “Dry it — you’ll like it!”

Extra-Large Spinning Clothes Dryer with Crank

Once upon a time: Clothes lasted longer. Electric bills were smaller. And you could go off to town or take a nap after the clothes were washed because you didn’t have to wait around for the dryer to finish.

Why We Live Off the Grid

Glynis DeYong April 6, 2011

When we tell people why we came here, some understand and some just think weâ€™ve lost our minds. Waking up with the sunrise each day, we know it was the right decision.