Last month our family decided to host the First Annual Dean Derby. The pinewood derby was an event I did as a kid with the Boy Scouts and it was a blast. We purchased kits for all the kids in our neighborhood and they had about a month to complete their car. All of the...

In the words of Andy Williams "It's the most wonderful time of the year", so as we were planning the Winter Festival for our friends from the Garden State Coop we wanted to make sure everyone had a great time and left with fond memories. Thinking back to great holiday memories, I remembered my cousins...

Starting a vegetable garden can be fun and an inexpensive way to bring healthy food to your kitchen table. Even better is sharing the experience with my children by having them plant, water and harvest. Over the course of the summer we grew cucumber, lettuce, tomato, pepper, and basil from our Barry Foods “Grow With...

'Tis the season for planting indoors and we here at Barry Foods are ready! Christa and her husband germinated their seeds on paper towels, then planted them in the Jiffy Seed Starter Greenhouse kit from Lowes. The Dean girls planted their seeds right in the Jiffy Seed Starter Greenhouse kit from Lowes as well. Seeds...

Thanksgiving is a special time of year at the Dean House because it is the one holiday that we host every year. Sitting around the table with our family is something that we look forward to and for years we would spend Thanksgiving morning trying to figure out our table arrangement to accommodate everyone. Each...