Sharing another blog draft.  I guess I had plans to make another batch of this jelly, but never did.  I used to make it for gifting family a...

The process of this spring jelly is so intriguing.  It starts out the color of this (above). Wild Violet Jelly 2 cups freshly picked wi...

Preserving continues....   I started the early morning (yesterday) by canning one batch of habanero-apricot jelly with some of the...

I couldn't hold myself back any longer.   I mean why not?  Hubby is still fixing his truck, so the tree(s) still stands. I found this...

I recently mentioned our Queen Anne's Lace Jelly , and thought I'd share my Nature Journal.  

The nail polish on my nails is no longer there.  I'm back to the garden and more preserving again.  It will be a treat when I get the n...

 (Winston, playing under the rug during a snowstorm) I don't know if you remember or not, but last winter (before last Christmas) w...

I recently made a jam with cantaloupe fruit and vanilla bean.  This jam has such an interesting combination of flavors, I had to try i...

I'm back, and a day ea rly.  The tu lips are blooming and we have beaut iful colors surrounding the front p...

I ma k e C innamon Cider Jelly every fall.  I typi cally give this away for gifts versus selling it. Cinnamon Cider Jelly 4 cups appl...

With more watermelons in the garden, I decided to experiment with new recipes.  We grew heirloom watermelons, so they are full of seeds. ...

Well, if you have been wondering where I've been..... I canned a second new recipe for salsa.  I canned 4 pints of Fiesta Salsa .  ...

If you are wondering if I've been keeping up with my own family as well as items to sell, I have on some things, but not so much on j...

I woke up Tuesday morning with a stuffy nose.  Not good.  I had trouble sleeping on account of congestion.  I was up early to drink my h...

We've been experimenting with new cucumber recipes, and tried this cold pasta salad.  It's great with onion or with radishes.

Blanched and froze 40 cups of sweet corn. Staked 20 more tomato plants. Froze 7 cups of shredded zucchini. Canned 4 more pi...