This past weekend the three of us tackled more of the garden. It had become apparent that the tomatoes, grapes and winter squash were done for the season. No surprise there since we are on the second week of October. Of course, the weather seems to be attempting to contradict that fact as Wunderground is reporting it is a balmy 86 degrees outside as I write this. Our preliminary housing
This is what happens when you have too many fresh apples on hand and you cannot store them by canning and you’ve already got more than enough dried as chips. Unusual fruit leather combinations. Today’s experiment? Vanilla Chai (decaf) with molasses and apples. This idea came to me simply because we’re running low on apple cider which I use in the crockpot as the apples are cooking down. We add
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
Four years ago we moved from Fairbanks Alaska to Aberdeen Maryland. I was interested in gardening; loved growing (and sometimes killing) herbs, a potted tomato but no where near what we do now. I played around a tiny bit with aquaponics but I was like any other American who relies solely on the grocery store for my food. When we moved into this house we were confronted with a soggy,
Once again, we’re preparing the backyard garden to be thoroughly deconstructed. We just sold our patio table set so our back porch looks a tad bare. I’m sad to see it go but we needed to remove some weight from our household goods that will be shipped. I can say now, in hindsight, I am so glad I never put a massive amount of effort into beautifying our front yard
Well, most definitely the star of the garden this year are the SUNCHOKES.I highly recommend this plant as it seemed that the less attention we gave it, the more it appreciated it. These are now approximately 15 feet tall and seem to just keep getting taller and taller every day. I am really hoping we get a good amount out of these as this years Christmas presents will be herbs,
So this is what happens when you just throw your hands up on your garden and say “do whatever you want!”. You get squash plants gone wild. On the right side we now know for certain we have a Long Island Cheese Pumpkin, on the left I’m pretty certain we have a Galeux D’eysines and on the bottom (you can barely tell) is an acorn squash which was a complete
Recently I received a box of Woolzies Dryer Balls to try out and I decided the perfect time to give them a shot was on the loads and loads of laundry that comes back with us when we go camping. Now first keep in mind. I do not use store bought laundry detergent. Some while back we switched to homemade for several reasons. If you are interested in reading more
Where do I begin? Well, a good place to start is at the beginning I guess. Yard is looking rather unkept. Lawnmower broke around this time! Yes, I’ve been away. With our move coming closer and closer we’ve been absorbed in other pursuits, namely preparing ourselves, our household for our final move as my husband retires from the US Army. I’ve been jokingly saying to my husband that this years garden
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,
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