I started making my own Kombucha tea over three years ago when I read about all the health benefits and I have to admit, only now I thought maybe I should write a bit more about it!Kombucha is simply green, white or other varieties of tea that are fermented, and after a few weeks turns into an effervescent healthy beverage. It is fermented simply with a bacterial and yeast culture
I’m going to keep this short and sweet. I had a few extra tomatoes that I had already removed the skins off of, so these were going to a batch of tomato jam.I scoured around a bit on the internet and this one appealed to me most.Tomato JamYield: Varies depending on the kind of tomato used, pan width and the finished thickness* Ingredients 5 pounds tomatoes, finely chopped3 1/2 cups
You know one of the things I love MOST when going away, even for the smallest vacation, is coming back and finding SURPRISES.That is something really rather endearing about our very modest garden. We can leave for even a very small time, come back and VOILA. We have new things popping up. This past weekend we escaped to one of our favorite State run campgrounds for a bit of R&R,
UPDATE! I have one last batch of seeds left to give to any who would like them. Due to the overwhelming response I have nothing left other than Long Island Cheese Pumpkin seeds and I barely have much left of those! These grow into gorgeous pumpkin like squash with brilliant orange flesh. Long Island Cheese pumpkins are very sweet and are great for making pies, breads or even soups. This
How many of us go to the grocery store and pay for Vanilla Extract? Raise your hands. Wait, no, never mind, because of course I cannot see you but if I could I would bet most of my readers here would raise their hands. I know I normally would. That is until recently when I discovered I could make my own Vanilla extract for use in baking and cooking and
Temperatures have finally begun to cool and we sigh a breath of relief. The growing season is almost done which means our canning and preserving will now drop down to only small amounts each week. I cannot tell you how grateful I am though, that while there was so much work to do, each and every day, we now have so much more in our larder. But even more, I
We are now in my sons favorite time of year. It’s apple season here in North Eastern Maryland.This weekend we picked a total of 72.2 pounds of mixed varieties of apples from Lohr’s Orchard which meant we were busy, and yet I cannot express the joy I felt as I pulled quart jar after quart jar of preserved APPLES and not tomatoes. Honestly, I am rather sick of tomatoes. Really.
Well, we’re almost halfway through the month of September and here’s how it goes thus far.We’ve spent $34.29 so far at traditional grocery stores like the commisary or Walmart. Now here’s the kicker. We’ve spent $135.15 on local groceries. That means at farms like Brad’s Produce, orchards like Lohrs Orchard and the farmers market at Bel Air.This past weekend we visited the farmers market because we were starting to run
Okay I admit it. Dilly beans are not our favorite side dish. We eat them but not in massive quantities. My son usually wrinkles his little nose up at them and says they stink and they taste bad. So while my husband and I enjoy them, we only produce usually three to five pints a year. More or less, one time of canning them. So, I am always on the
A few Saturdays ago we visited the Bel Air Farmers Market and I noticed one of the vendors sold “Corn Cob Jelly”. I can tell you my first thought was more or less disbelief that you could make jelly from a corn cob. The idea kept gnawing at me though, so this weekend after a minature vacation in Williamsburg, Virginia we came home and I got to work. I thoroughly
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