Adult 4-H: The Last Update
It was my last weekend with the pigs. I made the most of it. When I get sad, I plant things. This is a “cocktail” tree. It has a peach, plum and nectarine all grafted onto one tree. My town job was...
View ArticleGarden 2013: I’m Gonna Win!
Ahem, if you follow me or this blog with any regularity you have probably noticed I got put on a vegans group’s radar. This particular group had issue with my Adult 4-H: The Last Update post. In fact...
View ArticlePickled Beets
This has been the summer of pickling for me. Know that Portlandia sketch? The one where they pickle everything? Yeah, that is totally me right now. I blame beets. Beets started my whole summer...
View ArticleTomato Basil Jam
My little garden is kicking some serious garden butt. Now that the deer leave it alone, my green thumb finally has a chance to be green, and it feels good man. Even though I cannot stand fresh tomatoes...
View ArticleLucas Family Bread and Butter Pickles
The best sandwich I’ve ever made. Because of these pickles. When I was a little girl, most of my great-aunts, grandparents and others from “the greatest generation” were all still alive and active...
View ArticleThey Need Our Help: Seedleaf
Social media is a wonderful thing. I know I say that constantly, but it really is. I met Shannon Mattice Baker on Facebook, even though she lives across the country from me and we’ve never met in real...
View ArticleOutside “College” Bench
Like most of us, one of my guilty pleasures is reading the BuzzFeed lists. Of course, my favorites are the ones on food and gardening, like this one. One item in that post really got my attention:...
View ArticleMexican Sour Gherkin
My favorite plant center, The Plant Barn, brought these awesome little nuggets called Mexican Sour Gherkins or Mouse Melons, to my attention last summer. Of course it was too late to plant them, so I...
View ArticleGarden Hot Sauce
It was a good garden year for me. I managed to build a fence that kept the rats with horns deer out of my yarden, so I was able to grow all kinds of fun things. This year I inadvertently planted...
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