Family and Farming Topic Link Page

Links are listed in alphabetical order.

Farming & Life on the Farm:

• A Bike Ride in a Cornfield

• Big Yield & No Weeding Gardening

• Choosing A New Chicken Flock

• Country Road Safety

• Dandelions and Violets in My Yard

• Dealing With Drought

• Derecho Devastation in Iowa

• Doing the Books

• Duct Tape Farming

• Bald Spots in Fields

• Changing Tires on Farm Machinery

• Cleaning a Farm Windbreak 

• Difficult Harvest

• Early Darkness on the Farm

• Extreme Midwest Weather

• Farm Auction Sale Bill 1944

• Farm Work in Cold Weather

• A Farmer’s Cure for Insomnia

• Farming Gamble & Crop Insurance

• Farm Working Hours

• Grain Bin Workout

• Great is My Thankfulness

• Harvesting During a Drought

• Harvesting Soybeans in Winter

• Is Farming the Best Job Ever?

• LP Shortage and BAD Harvest Conditions

• Harvest Preparation

• How to Keep Chickens Warm

• Japanese Zen Snow Garden

• Late Harvest

• Old School Farming (using a cultivator instead of weed spray)

• Planting Corn

• Prayer Flags

• Prepare Like a Farmer

• Preparing Farm Machinery

• Preparing Fields

• Preparing the Planter

• Recycling on the Farm

• Small Farming Can Save Big Money

• Waterways

• Why Crop Rotation Works

Recipes:

Appetizers:

• Avocado Dressing

• Best Deviled Eggs

• Easy Black Bean Dip

• Hot and Spicy Beer Mustard

• Mexican Roll Ups

• Pumpkin Spice Caramel Apple Dip

• Spinach Balls

• Vegetable Pizza

Bars:

• Banana Bars with Brown Butter Frosting

• Cherry Squares

• Oatmeal Carmelitas

• Old School Brownies

• Pear Crisp

• Rhubarb Cobbler

• Sneaky Zucchini Brownies

• Sugar Crusted Rhubarb Squares

Breads:

• Apple Bread

• Basic Muffins

• Banana & Blueberry Muffins

• Hannah’s Irish Soda Bread

• No Fail Cornbread

• Oatmeal Bread

• Low Fat/High Protein Pumpkin Muffins

• Sour Cream Yeast Rolls

Cakes:

• Apple Bread

• Coca-Cola Cake

• Grandma’s Oatmeal/Chocolate Chip Cake

• No Egg Chocolate Cake

• Easy Pumpkin Dessert

• Pumpkin Roll

Cookies:

• Old Fashioned Cereal Cookies

• Snickerdoodles

• Soft Gingersnaps

Drinks:

• Hot Orange Spiced Tea

Main Course:

• Apple Pie Pork Chops

• Beef Roast and Potatoes

• Beef & Corn Casserole

• Crescent Beef Stroganoff

• Chicken & Dumplings

• Chicken Rice Roger

• Corn & Macaroni Casserole

• Easy Meatloaf

• Easy Chili Your Children Will Eat

• Easy Pulled Pork

• Oatmeal and Meatballs

• Pepperoni Pizza Pasta Bake

• Thrifty Taco Bake

• Tuna Casserole

• Vegetable Pizza

Salads:

• Grandma’s Cucumbers

• Simple Fruit Salad

• Vintage Cucumber Recipes

Soups:

• The BEST Chicken Noodle Soup

• Butternut Squash Soup

• Easy Chicken Tortilla Soup

• Easy Chili Your Children Will Eat 

• Herbed Potato Soup

• Rustic Ham & 15 Bean Soup

• Vegetarian Chili

Treats:

• Chocolate and Honey Sauce

• Iced Coffee Pudding

• Rice Raisin Pudding

• Pineapple Fluff

Vegetables:

• Baked Zucchini Casserole

• Fresh Tomatoes in Winter

• Grandma’s Cucumbers

• Green Beans With Onion & Tomato

• Iowa Sweet Corn

• Randall’s Bean Bake

• Vintage Cucumber Recipes

Homemade Yogurt:

• Homemade Yogurt

Links to Lila’s Essays/Poetry:

• 88 Years

• April Poetry

• Be Careful What You Wish For

• Childbirth

• I Have Killed No Birds

• Love in the Time of Covid

• Needing Kneading

• Office Memo

• On Making Pepper Jelly

• Ralph the Drayman

• Soup Carrying

• The Retirement

• What Do Women Want?

• What Matters Most

• Who Needs Anger?

• Why I Pray

Miscellaneous:

• Graduation Speech

• Mercy Hospital Art Show

Household Tips:

• A Very Good Carpet & Upholstery Cleaner

• Easy Window Clean

• Garden Dreaming

• Homemade Produce Cleaner

• How to Boil an Egg

• Why I Cook at Home