tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post634425123475318653..comments2024-03-23T21:38:31.368-04:00Comments on Coffee Tea Books and Me: Saturday Pantry SuggestionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-82913857596427960812012-07-08T14:40:39.440-04:002012-07-08T14:40:39.440-04:00A stocked "pantry" of books is most impo...A stocked "pantry" of books is most important to a bibliophile. =o)<br /><br />I was encouraged to know that I am not the only one who reads some books a bit at a time. Such as those that teach & inspire.Front Porch Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14566622022773726899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-25577312224594013132012-06-17T09:09:49.434-04:002012-06-17T09:09:49.434-04:00You know The Long Winter is my favorite! I read it...You know The Long Winter is my favorite! I read it at least once a year and I was just telling my daughter yesterday how they lived on bread for a while (freshly ground each day of course) since she baked her first loaf yesterday (and we ate about 3/4 of it!).<br /><br />I also have the River Cottage book. Actually I'm obsessed with River Cottage HQ and Hugh :) They had episodes of his early RC show's on Amazon which I bought a few years ago and still watch. I hear his bread book is really good too. I always cook up a storm after watching him - he's so inspiring!<br /><br />I'm glad you've got the garden the way you want it - it does look lovely!<br />You're lucky you have well water. I have to decide whether or not it's worth spending the money on water or if it's just cheaper to buy organic of certain veggies. But either way it's just good to know how to grow food. I find that is true of many things. Even if you choose not to do them it's comforting to know that you can should you need to.<br /><br />Thanks for the book recommendations! I'll into the two I don't have.Manuela@A Cultivated Nesthttp://www.acultivatednest.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-32408985765148100112012-06-17T08:31:24.859-04:002012-06-17T08:31:24.859-04:00I think that I need to supplement my Sharon Lovejo...I think that I need to supplement my Sharon Lovejoy books with Trowel and Error. So many things that are NOT working right now that I'm in a bit of shock. =D If I were a total wimp, I'd quit. Wait, maybe I am a total wimp in the gardening department. <br /><br />Is "The Long Winter" considered fiction? I've always read it as biography, but that doesn't make it so. Perhaps embellished biography. I love "Farmer Boy" for the beautiful descriptions of homemaking and farming.Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-90813637809712753172012-06-16T22:05:08.594-04:002012-06-16T22:05:08.594-04:00Although I grew up in the country my parents weren...Although I grew up in the country my parents weren't gardeners--my grandfather next door supplied us with produce.<br />I learned to garden, to put up food and do a lot of healthy cooking from scratch from my frugal mother-in-law.<br />Our very small retirement home doesn't have a pantry space, something I really miss, but we installed new kitchen cabinetry with an eye to as much storage as possible and there is room in the basement for home-canned goods, two freezers and the excess of any staples bought in bulk.<br />I remember reading 'The Long Winter' to my two children during a particularly harsh winter in Vermont when my husband was driving a fuel truck at night to supplement our inadequate farm income. <br />I've had to prune my collection of books--again due to the smaller house--but there are those books on gardening, decorating, crafting, that seem timeless. When I'm too tired to actually be DOING its restful to take out a book of that sort and dream.Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-5164254779316584392012-06-16T15:12:55.896-04:002012-06-16T15:12:55.896-04:00Brenda, The Long Winter is one of my favorite book...Brenda, The Long Winter is one of my favorite books and Laura's description of the pantry in the surveyor's house was the inspiration for my hubby and I to close in an unneeded porch when we remodeled our first home and turn it into a walk in pantry. We were so use to a large pantry that a walk in pantry was on our must have list when we started looking for a smaller retirement home and we were so thrilled to find the perfect house with a large walk in pantry. I can't imagine living with out a pantry of some kind, it makes running a home so much easier, and saves money in the long run. <br /> One book I really like is Home Comforts by Cheryl Mendelson. It covers homemaking from a to z and lots of how to's on fixing and making just about everything in the home. I have several other of the books you mentioned and will be checking the library soon for the others. Thank you for the tips! <br />Hugs! MarshaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com