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Blueberry, buckwheat or wildflower - which is your flavor of choice? No wonder honeybees do their little happy dance to let the rest of the hive know which flowers give the juiciest nectar - we would have been just as thrilled to find such unique and tasty flavors of the tasty amber treasure! What is Honey Honey is a sweet liquid created by honeybees who collect the sugary nectar of flowers from their surroundings. They retreat to their hive to eat, digest, and then regurgitate the liquid, which they store in small waxy units they build, called honeycombs. They flap...

We try to keep our home safe for our kids and pets. We dream about summer days where the door never closes - where everyone is running back and forth, full of laughter. The fun comes to a screeching halt when someone finds a tick crawling on themselves, and it sends everyone into a spin making sure they are tick-free. If you have never found a tick - you are lucky. The rest of us start thinking about Lyme Disease. This doesn't mean you need to cut down all your trees and pave over your backyard! Between discouraging deer from...

One of our favorite recipes for making fresh pasta at home.  Simple ingredients but it does require a pasta roller unless you have hands ready to roll and curl hundreds of shells. Ingredients 3 cups of flour 1/4 cup of milk 1 large egg 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 lb ricotta Directions Mix all ingredients together (using your hand, a spoon, or a mixer - my son uses a food processor). Apply a liberal amount of flour to your counter. Knead dough in a ball a few times, then leave it on the floured counter to rest for 10 minutes. Roll...

Every December I try to bake a couple of times with my oldest son, it's our special thing. He is 14 so I welcome any time he wants to hang out together. Getting some hands-on time in the kitchen has even more benefits this year since we are distance learning and our kitchen IS school. My grandparents Rae, Joe, Barbara & Jim would be so proud as each of them taught me how to cook. Grandpa Joe taught me how to cut and prep veggies before Grandma Rae would use them in her dishes. Grandpa Jim taught me how to...