After making several batches of rhubarb jam earlier this summer, I was kind of at a loss as to what else to make with our last harvest of rhubarb. So, I asked Tool Lady to find something that looked good to her and she did! Pickled rhubarb? Who knew? Well, I am very excited about this recipe! The brine tasted…
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Happy Monday everyone!!! I’ve been kind of MIA form this space over the last couple of weeks, save for a few random posting here and there. No real excuses, just life. Luckily, though, the garden and it’s production doesn’t care if I miss a few posts in Blog Land…I hope you don’t mind either 😉 The garden is still in…
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Bees amaze me. Absolutely. When we checked on our bees in the spring, we were able to see that they had officially made it through the winter and were healthy. They had the same queen that they came to us with (marked with a little dot on her back and still sporting her little clipped wing) and were busy bringing…
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Happy Monday everyone! August is rushing by in a bit of a blur. Have you ever heard the saying that goes something like, “life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans”? Yeah…that’s the kind of the month I’ve had so far and there seems to be no end in sight! The good news is, there’s lots of happy…
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The Falling Season
Yesterday afternoon the sky cracked open with the most beautiful lightening show and it rained and rained (glorious rain)! This morning, with a chill in the air and the garden weighed down with moisture, the falling of a season has become very apparent. The contrasts of new and old growth are striking, but it is only a matter of…
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So, what do you do when you come home from vacation to over 30 pounds of produce waiting for you in the garden? You figure out how to preserve it as quickly as possible and you spend the entirety of your last day of vacation putting a dent in the mountain and brainstorming as many zucchini and squash recipes as…
