Simple pleasures for a gardener
Wow, this is my 500th post! One simple pleasure: running your fingers thru a container of dried beans from the garden. And shelling them first, too! Missing a couple cucumbers […]
Tag Archives: preserving food
A good taste of summer, in the winter!
I don’t often post recipes here, cos I don’t think I make many things that are so unusual. But several people I know have asked me how to make freezer […]
Winter has its blessings too
The earth is brown and gray now. And if you’re a regular reader, you know I don’t like winter, cos it’s cold and dark and long, and I can’t grow garden! […]
The last of the Limas
Oh the last of the garden is always sad, but the time has come for the good earth in Pennsylvania to take a rest. Today I took the tomato plants […]
Two bunches of celery
Yep, that’s all you get when you dehydrate two nice sized bunches of celery. I don’t buy it much in the winter when it’s so pricey, but I like […]
Sometimes you just need a neat kitchen gadget!
Got zucchini? I don’t, cos I didn’t plant any, but I will next year. Luckily I have a local source with plenty of good ones that are also inexpensive. […]
Making do……have we forgotten how? And does it matter?
I grew up with parents who had lived thru the Great Depression and an awful war. I heard stories from them and my grandmother about austerity, rationing of things during […]
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.
Dehydrating carrots and other good things
5 pounds of carrots before………….. ………..and after. Took almost 8 hours, cos this was a lot of carrots. I’ve also done a batch of carrots and celery mixed, and some […]
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