After a shorter than usual Winter’s nap, we too are emerging from our afghans and quilts. Our long-neglected muscles are only matched by our all-too-neglected blog.

Please indulge a little introspection. I am not much of a planner – while I enjoy puzzling things out from every conceivable perspective, I don’t ever really want to begin. That would mean all perspectives have been exhausted, and how likely is that really? I have learned/inherited some pack-rat tendencies. Thanks M & D! “I might need this” is etched into my bones. I’m nowhere near hoarder status, but I sympathize with their psychology. And I am certainly a good consumer – a sucker for seed catalogs in the Winter or any time of year.

It was our first time. We were virgin bean shellers. And I’m afraid it showed. Our technique needs some work. Shelling these two pints of DragonRead More