Herbs in the house for the winter
I love to cook with herbs, but only ever made a big effort to grow basil in the kitchen before. This year i decided I had to try some others. […]
Category Archives: Garden/Yard
Seems like fall is here in PA
The calendar says not yet, but it looks like fall here and feels like it too. We’ve had cool nights of 50-ish and days of 75. We’ll still get some […]
Tomato sauce……….
Oh yea, blanche, skin, smash up, add herbs, onion, garlic, simmer a few hours, freeze in small portions, enjoy in the winter! My Roma plants went crazy this year.
Nice green peppers to dehydrate
8 nice green peppers for 25 cents apiece, at a local farm stand. I try to buy local food as much as possible, and these were a really good deal. […]
Liebster Award
Sarasin’s thoughts was nominated for a ‘Liebster Award’, courtesy of Kitchen Garden Path, http://kitchengardenpath.wordpress.com/ Thank you! For those that don’t know what a Liebster award is … “The Liebster Award is for […]
Stinging caterpillar, with poison
Reaching into the green beans. Something stung my finger. Started looking in there, without my glasses on, and everything up close is blurred without my glasses. Saw something odd, […]
A few Roma tomatoes, lol
About 1/3 of my crop of Roma plum tomatoes. I planted two plants. I’ll give some away tomorrow, cook with some in the next few days, and dehydrate a […]
Dehydrating tomatoes
Takes about 12 hours, sliced about 3/8″ thick and then cut each slice into probably 4 pieces. That’s with my Nesco 400 watt dehydrator, with good heat and a […]
Ahh, summer, when you can grow food
Here’s a big bunch of tomatoes, some of which will be shared, some eaten, and some dehydrated. Lots more coming. I’ve been picking green beans and black eyed peas every […]
The reason to love hardy hibiscus
Because once they get rolling, they look like this!
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