Lehman's Country Life

One of my favorite things I enjoy about living in Kidron, Ohio is the Amish. My husband has family here but I grew up maybe 20 miles north. 20 miles doesn’t sound like much in distance but as far as culture it is worlds apart. I lived on a farm so the rural lifestyle is not new to me. What was new were the Amish and in particular having Amish neighbors. Contrary to popular belief my experience with my Amish neighbors is they are not standoffish at all. They are quite friendly and quite talkative. We meet in our shared lane or by the mail box often and chat for long stretches of time about all sorts of things. I happen to like horses so we can talk horse talk or talk about gardens, livestock or the weather. We talk about my dogs (who misbehave) and their dogs (who behave). The wife makes soap that she sells to Lehman’s so I help her by printing off soap labels on my computer. She makes a beautiful product but to label it would be difficult as you can imagine without a printer or computer. I am glad to help her with this. Last time I did she wanted to pay me for the soap labels but we decided she could just lend me their billy goat to visit with my doe instead of exchanging any money. How’s that for bartering? Not your usual exchange but it works and now with any luck I’ll have goat’s milk this spring.

I also give my Amish neighbors rides to doctor’s appointments or the bus station for the times they travel to see relatives.
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Webmaster: A Story and an Idea ( in New England, we call them Idears)
The power just came back on after a very cold day in Vermont, an ice storm, no heat, no electricity until a little bit ago. Well, an old woodstove helped us get through the day. This old stove come with the house and isnt really designed for cooking, but it was pressed into service today for coffee, hot water for tea, soup, and beef stew. Without Sunday football on TV to distract me because we had no electricity, I got to thinking about those beautiful woodstoves I’ve seen in Kidron when I’ve been back in Ohio visiting the relatives and family. So when the power came back on, I got on the web site and started wishin’ and thinkin’ about the many products that Lehman’s offers that could help us get through a day without power here in Vermont. We have many power outages here.

That was the story. Here is the idear. I would like to have a Lehman’s Wish List capability in My Account so I can place items on a wish list. I can think of many. Having the list would help me prioritize purchases based on our budgeting.

Whats the best wasy to learn about the cook stoves and whether or not they are appropriate for my home? I want to get rid of this old heat stove and put in a cook stove.

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Years ago I had a recipe for a sourdough bread that used sugar, warm water, and instant potato flakes to “feed” the starter. In searching on the web for a sourdough starter, I ran across a link to countrylife.net. However, I could not find the recipe on the website. If anyone has the recipe for the starter, please respond as I would like to make some for the Christmas holiday.

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trying to respond to southern farms ~ gafarmwoman~i live in north florida ~ we have homesteaded for some 30 years ~is a pleasure to find someone in the south~we have milk cows,feeder pigs(two,three/yr)sheepes(i spin and weave) chickens, geese, turk……you name it, we have it, probably. nice to ‘chat’ with others of similar interests~and not have folks look at you as tho from another planet. tingo

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