Did you can pickled jalapenos last garden season?  Or last year with farmer's market jalapenos?  It was a "new" to us item t...

  Do you ever buy a used cookbook from a thrift store, because of something "shiny" you see inside?  Then do you go home, put the ...

We started December with some chilly weather - low -4 (windchill) 6°F/High 27°F.  The coldest weather for early December since 1976.  Accord...

  There has been no more snowfall this very chilly day, and by chilly I mean a wind-chill of 14 degrees.  Snow is on the ground, but no more...

  Garden clean up is very late this year, due to circumstances beyond our control.  Now we are delayed with rain, but we may have a few warm...

  It's officially "fall" here now.  Woke up to 40°F and boy it is very chilly.  The leaves are turning even more, and more are...

  We finally got rain!  So thankful for it.  There was a field fire near us the night before the rain arrived.   It's been so dry, and t...

  The area farmers are taking out their crops, and the dust is as thick as fog around here.  My eyes burn when I work outside (trying to sta...

  One more "first" for me this year (something new to try/experience). . .  Cranapple Butter ( A Ball Canning Recipe).  I read thi...

  The early morning weather here has been downright chilly.  One morning it was 42 degrees.  Flower beds have been weeded.  The herb garden ...

  I have yet to remedy the websites using my blog for whatever they are using it for.  The views cut down by about 200, but considering I po...

  Along with an experimental baking, this is my experimental post to see how things go too.  Thank you for all of your advice on the blog is...

  We finally got rain, after 20 plus days of 90 degree plus weather.  Despite watering the garden, it was looking fried by the heat, humidit...

  (picked one for canning) All in one day's picking.  The bell peppers are on, but not all  ready yet (very late harvest year).  Those p...

  Remember the empty jars piling up? I checked butterfly pea flower facial toner off the to-do list.  One flower per every 1/2 cup of witch...