Ponderings by Plowgirl

 Did you know that pigs have wings??  Neither did I !  Today's Adventures in Grilling features the Pig Wing. A little backstory here..... My neighbor and friend Ben Simon opened a Market in Pittsburg (shameless plug here!!) just as The Virus was shutting the small local businesses down.  Ben, his wife Tammy, son Bryce and dad Jerry have worked their tails off to establish the finest meat market in the area.    https://www.simonmarket.net/ My first purchases were GoRilla Kabobs.  Chicken breast loins with bacon wrapped around them on a kabob stick with ranch seasoning, GoRilla burgers - bacon wrapped cheese infused, seasoned hamburger patty that are about a half pound each.  (It's really hard for this Wildcat to buy products named for a monkey! {Ben is also a KSU grad}). Oh my stars!!!  These are AMAZING products!  I have tried most everything in the product line, and each is high quality and has amazing flavor. On to the Pig Wings!!  One day Ben asked if I'd tried the Pig W

Maybe I should start this up again?  Quite a bit has changed since my last entry! Plowbaby is now 14, and a Freshman in HS.   HS, now being a relative term.  Teachers are still teaching, however, she is learning from my desk in the corner of the living room.  I'm not going to claim to be home schooling.  I'm not.    I'm not teaching Algebra, English, Physical Science, Band, or Business or formal Ag or PE.  However, she's getting a very healthy dose of real-life ag and PE since she's home, and old enough to help on the farm.  She's getting a dose of real life Business too, as she's having to learn how to market her farm fresh chicken eggs. Oh yes, did I just mention farm fresh chicken eggs???  She has 7 hens that are laying, and one rooster of the same age.   We constructed a brooder and now have 22 baby chicks in 3 different age stages.  The oldest - 3 Sapphire Gems and 3 Asian Blacks are 6 weeks old.  (I'm hoping for no cold spell next week, and they ca

  I had these cookies several years back and fell in love with them.  I looked high and low for a recipe to duplicate them.  I came across this one, but never took the time to actually make it!  Boy howdy!!! am I glad I tried it yesterday!!!  This just might be my new favorite. 2 CUPS (that's 4 sticks!) of butter , softened ~ I used 2 sticks of 80% margarine and 2 sticks of unsalted sweet cream butter 2 cups sugar 3 Cups flour 2 tsp cream of tartar 2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt (omit if you use salted butter) 4 cups Rice Krispies 1 c finely chopped pecans (optional) Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Combine dry ingredients. and add gradually to creamed butter mixture. Gently stir in rice krispies and pecans. Roll into 1" balls (I used the small or medium scoop). Place 1" apart. Bake at 350* for 10 mins. Cool 2 mins on pan then transfer to wire rack. This makes a HUGE batch, so be prepared to freeze or share some with friends!

From Celebrations by Lori in Pittsburg, Ks.  I'm sure it's as YUMMY as it is PRETTY!

The following article was written by my Dad's wife, Gloria. Dream of building, flying own airplane comes true for Ionia man By Gloria Garman-Schlaefli Dick Schlaefli, Ionia, has achieved his dream of building and flying his own airplane. It took 15 years to complete, but for Dick being able to now fly his Pietenpol Air Camper was well worth the long wait. Dick developed his love of flying during high school when his three uncles, Ray and Dan Richardson and Jim VanSickle, each had his own airplane and Dick would take frequent rides with them. His interest in flying continued into college and while attending Fort Hays State University, he took lessons and earned his pilot's license. He built model airplanes and did control line flying with them, but hoped some day to be able to fly in his own airplane. It was in a magazine article that he first learned about the Pietenpol airplane. He learned that Bernard Pietenpol designed and built the first Air Camper, in 1929 in Cherry Grov

of me......during planting season. Most days go something like this: Up and at 'em after the "birthday's" on the morning show. (Ok, so 6:47 isn't really that early in the whole scheme of things!) Check email, facebook, newspapers. Off to a shower. Wake up Plowbaby and Plowboy, and get both moving. (not necessarily an easy feat!) Change the channel to "toonies" for Plowbaby, and try to get her to eat some breakfast and change her clothes and get ready for work/school. The goal is for her and I to be out the door BY 9. Again, I know....not real early.....but YOU haven't tried to get Miss Pokey around in the morning! Also in the mean time, get some laundry going, and dishes cleaned up from the night before. Drive up to the farm (or the last field from last night) to find the empty NH3 tanks from the night before. Hook up and head toward AgChoice. This is if I haven't already been sent on 3 other missions, before even hooking up the first t