Grafted cherry tree
There is an old cherry tree in the yard that used to be half white and half pink flowers. Some of the grafted part has died out over the years […]
Category Archives: Cooking/Food
Garden Beginnings…………
So, my brother-in-law came with a ditch digging machine and dug up my garden. Dug down far enough to let roots of veggie plants have room to grow. Then my […]
Cabbage seedlings………
Cabbage seedlings are doing good and now I took the little peat plugs and planted them in ground in a pot. Then, started tomato seeds in my best light situation. Gardening starts indoors with some […]
Seeds…from the grocery store?
I’ve always saved dried chilies to use over the winter. I’ve also always planted the seeds from one or two the next year to grow more. The original plant must have been […]
Vacuum seal any ordinary jar……really!
Here is a video that will show you an amazing trick! I’m posting the video with the permission of Paula Rhodes, www.Salad-in-a-jar.com and also www.paularhodes.com who developed this idea. She has a lot […]
How high can rabbits jump?
I’m planning a bigger garden this year. I had a little bigger one a few years ago, and had some problems. Rabbits were the problems. I planted four tomato plants one […]
GMO’s or diversity-rich seasonal foods?
In an effort to grow more of my own healthy veggies next summer, and in my constant efforts to live a more natural type of life, I went hunting for […]
The Last Cookie
It looks like an ordinary cookie but it’s not. It has a story that I’d like to tell. I always liked chocolate chip cookies; they were my favorite when I […]
Nesco food dehydrator
I had a food dehydrator for years, one with just an element and no fan. Used it only seldom for some tomatoes and hot peppers cos it took forever to work. Now I’m […]
Pork and sauerkraut………Pennsylvania Dutch tradition
Traditions are fun and also important…….remembering older ways of doing things is being lost in some ways. In this general area, we have a New Year’s day tradition that comes […]
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