Did you plant too many plants this summer and are expecting a boat load of veggies? Or buy too many vegetables at the farmer’s market? I feel your pain since every year I face this dilemma. So what is a veggie lover to do? Sure, you can give away your abundance to your friends and […]
How to Tap a Walnut Tree
Usually you hear about people tapping maple trees, but there are several other trees you can tap as well including walnut and birch trees. Although I have birch trees, I decided to tap a walnut tree. (Teri at Homestead Honey wrote a post about walnut tapping which fascinated me.) My inner child cartwheeled with glee […]
Corn Cob Stock: Don’t Toss Those Cobs
I seem to be on a kick of how to reuse everything from my garden from leek leaves to raspberry seeds. So, now we move onto corn cobs. Remember, I taught you the easy peazy way to take corn off the cob? Well, what can you do with those cobs? In my case, there were 50 […]
How to Cut Corn Off the Cob. The Easy Peazy Way
I know it isn’t corn season but everything I harvest somehow ends up in the freezer. As I was purging the freezer, I realized I had over 50 ears of corn stuck in a bunch of different places. How the heck was I going to cut the corn off the cobs to make room in […]
How to Make Raspberry Jam: Low Sugar No Pectin
I love homemade gifts. Love is written all over these gifts. Over the years, I have given my children’s teachers home grown dried herbs and jams for the holidays. My favorite gift is jam. All my jams come from my apple and peach trees or my raspberry and blackberry bushes. But my all time […]
How to Freeze Parsley for Year Round Enjoyment
How many times have you bought parsley and it eventually spoils since you only needed a little? Been there and done that. I started to grow my own but unfortunately, parsley doesn’t overwinter in my gardening zone. So, I decide to freeze the parsley so every time a recipe calls for fresh parsley, I am […]
