Category Archives: gardens
Berries season moves on..
Its a rain day, and boy do I need it, the garden and pastures can use this lovely soft, gentle but steady rain for the past couple hours, my first cherry tomato’s are turning color, have hints of red and … Continue reading
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Tagged Canning, Food Production and Recipes, Garden, Soft Fruits, Wild Foods
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How does your garden grow?
Gooseberries are finsished with a total this year of 38 cups, Strawberries are up to a over a hundred prepared cups(topped and sliced and measured) and currents still have a little to go but so far just under 20 cups … Continue reading
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Golden Needles Harvesting has started.
or in common terms, picking and drying lots and lots! of unopenned Day Lily flowers. Ah, the common, humble daylily that most of us call, tigerlily’s or Ditch Lily’s are so wonderful to have in the kitchen, the little root … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 mile food challange, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Garden, Wild Foods
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Fresh Sweet Pea’s-A spring treat in a Sweet and Sour Pork Dish.
My Garden Cup Overflows, one of the many things coming out of the garden at this time of the year is sweet fresh green pea’s. They are still in bloom so there is no end in sight yet, but the … Continue reading
GooseBerries-Thoughts, Idea’s and Recipe.
The gooseberry was a staple in every Grandma’s garden that I knew, I still remember the huge gooseberry bushes we had a the farm. It was the first thing I bought for the farm was two gooseberry bushes, and since then … Continue reading
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But what do you do about those Pest Bugs?
I was asked this question over the weeekend, and the next thing was what do you spray those plants with? The short answer is, I don’t spray anything from the store.. but the long answer is more detailed. As with … Continue reading
What are you eating out of your garden?
Its that time of year, that you can always find ways to add or make a large amount of your meals out of your own garden.. there is nothing quite like the taste of fresh organic food that goes from … Continue reading
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Tagged Garden, Greens, Herbs, Veggies, Weight Loss, Wild Foods
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Fried Green Tomato’s
Do you like fried Green Tomato’s? I love them, so many different ways to use Green Tomato’s but one of the first to make in the spring is Fried Green Tomato’s. I wait till the tomato’s are good size, and … Continue reading
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Marrow Fruit
I love Marrow Fruit, for alot more info on it, check out my linked post on how to make Mock Pinapple by using marrow fruit. In this case the summer sqaush that I am using is Zucchini, you want some … Continue reading
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Just another Day on the Farm 