 As you have probably guessed, I have been enjoying the holidays - I took last week off from blogging to spend time with my family! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday! December is one of my favorite months of the year! Not only do we celebrate Christmas but we also have 2 sons born ...  With Christmas time upon us, I am looking forward to the family time - I love it when all the family is together! In fact, this is my favorite time of the year! I hope you will make the most of the time you have together and focus on what is most important! Merry Christmas! Photo Credit  It is time to announce last week's giveaway winner who won 1 copy of the Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats. And the winner is ..... Entry # 773 Sara Congratulations, Sara! Be sure to join me in the new year for the next giveaway!  We will be planting another 5+ acres of grapes in the spring - 4 1/2 acres of Montepulciano and 1 acre of Aglianico - that equals 16 more rows! While we will not be doing the actual planting of the vines until sometime in March, we are already getting ready! Our slow season (fall after ...  Welcome to another edition of Tasty Traditions, a real food blog carnival. What is a real food blog carnival? It is the time for Real Foodies to share their wisdom and creativity. For those of you not familiar with a carnival, it is a place for bloggers to link their posts on a particular subject - in this ...  Our favorite time of the year in the vineyard is watching the grapes ripen and tasting their sweet, plump, juicy flavors. After harvest, any grapes left on the vine slowly become raisins. Over time, they turn into crunchy little things which most of us care nothing about. What is the difference between the coveted grapes ...  Do you like Brussels sprouts? I do! The problem is, my younger children do not particularly care for them. Oh, they will eat them but not with the enthusiasm that I like to see at the dinner table! You know how it is, you work in the kitchen to provide a nutritious and tasty meal only to be met ...  It is time for this week's giveaway! One reason I started a weekly giveaway is to encourage you to pursue a healthier way of life but mostly, I appreciate my readers - it is my way of saying "Thank You!" These are not sponsored giveaways so, the prizes are not huge - but they will be free ...  It is time to announce last week's giveaway winner who won 1 copy of the DIY Organic Beauty Recipe E-Book! And the winner is .... Entry # 649 - Kate C. Congratulations Kate! Be sure to check back tomorrow and see what wonderful prize you can enter to win!  I thought you might enjoy seeing what a change has occurred in the vineyard since harvest. No longer is it the vibrant green signalling life and growth. After harvest, the vines continue to store carbohydrates in preparation for next year. Once the first freeze occurs, leaves began to die and start falling off the vines. While it is no longer ... |
     
 
God has amazingly blessed me, Dina-Marie, with a wonderful husband and 10 beautiful children. Moving from our "secure" life in Alabama to the "exciting" life of starting a vineyard in west Texas has definitely been challenging. Besides frugality, farm life and simple living, I have learned the importance of diet, quality of food and traditional cooking. Through the GAPS diet, I am successfully reversing my rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis and food allergies. I hope to encourage you to make the most of where you are and what you have as I share my life with you. 
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