I think we all need a reminder of what’s ahead
With much of the country experiencing snow, ice, and other chilling winter weather, I know, myself, I sure like thinking ahead to warmer weather, starting seeds, planting gardens, and watching flowers bloom and vegetables...
Q and A: Canning green tomato relish, Fall garden prep, and Pumpkin pie filling
Canning green tomato relish
I am trying to modernize a recipe from a 1934 Watkins Cookbook that makes the best Green Tomato Relish. Here is the recipe:
2 pounds of green tomatoes
1 onion
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup...
The rhubarb is up!
Every spring, we search for the first little red rhubarb noses poking out of the soil above our rhubarb plants. And they're up! It's officially spring! It will be only a couple of weeks...
Well, we got ‘er nearly done
Luckily, the rain held off mostly yesterday, and we got nearly all the carrots, beets, potatoes, and rutabagas pulled. David and Delilah came over in the morning and helped pull a crate of carrots....
The seed starting is gearing up, even in below zero temps
I've got all our pepper seeds started and am nearly done with the tomatoes. We had some old squash and pumpkin seeds, some of which were donated by a reader to whom I sent...