You never saw so many tomatoes in your life!
Even we are amazed and, I'll admit, somewhat daunted. (In our garden we planted 108 tomato plants.) A few days ago, frost was predicted and we went into hyperdrive. And, because of our little...
I hope your Christmas was as happy as ours
Ashley and I baked for a week. Cookies, pies, candy, and finally Will's Cheescake (you can find this recipe and more in my pantry cookbook). I had to laugh though. Due to our generator...
We got our Bliss Triumph seed potatoes from Alaska
We've been searching and searching for Grandpa Eddy's wonderful Bliss Triumph potatoes he grew in the Gallatin Valley, in Montana. A wonderful reader had sent me a bag three years ago, which I planted,...
Q and A: Picking green peppers, cross pollination, and canning pumpkin soup
Picking green peppers
I'm in Kentucky. We're due for a hard frost this weekend. I have been harvesting my cayenne peppers as they turn red and have had a great haul. I still have loads...
We have the very best tomatoes this year … ever
We've been filling five-gallon buckets full of tomatoes every couple of days for more than a week now. And canning, and canning… I've put up tomato sauce, pizza sauce, spaghetti sauce, and salsa. And...