Transparent vs Opaque Textile Paint

I usually use transparent textile paint, but since I am teaching a leaf printing class for a summer kids camp this year, I wanted to see the differences in the paints. I’m using Prochem textile paints. On the left is the transparent; on the right the opaque. So I decided I’d do a test to…

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Cherry Picking Time

Cherry picking came a bit earlier this year. Last week I harvested almost a pound – enough for a cobbler – from our little tree we planted back in 2007. It made this yummy cherry cobbler. Friday we went to Farview Orchards which is 45 minutes from here. This is the only orchard in the…

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Cherry Cherry

Asparagus harvesting is over (we got 20 pounds from our little patch!) and now it’s on to one of my favorites –  cherries. Much to our surprise, when we moved in that our property had a cherry tree. We added three more, one of which has since died.  This year is the first year that…

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