It’s official. I’ve become addicted to canning. Everything I see now…fruit, vegetable, whatever… I wonder if I can stick it in a hot water bath and save it for later. It’s a problem. There truly are not enough hours in the day. Pickled beets Bread & butter pickles along…
Happy Monday everyone! This is try #2…something funny happened on the way to posting this today…everything I wrote turned out in weird Computer-Speak once posted! I am hopeful this time will be better! Anyhow…I was out of town most of last week attending Orientation at Prescott College (hi-ho, hi-ho, it’s…
What do you do in New Mexico in September? Well, unless you’re insane, you buy Hatch chile in bulk (by the sack full) and have the nice people you buy it from roast it (while you’re waiting, someone might even treat you to the juiciest freshly sliced peach you’ve ever…
Happy Monday everyone! First off, we’ve broken the 100 pound mark!!! WooHoo!!! OK…now that I’ve done my Happy Dance, we can get down to business 😉 This weeks highlights include: The first butternut squash Actual Blue Corn The second wave of Roma Tomatoes The first Italian Heirloom! A mini CSA-type…
Alright, it’s time to talk about losing my canning virginity…Mostly so I can give you the link to the magic in a jar! So, I recently saw this recipe on the fantastic blog Food in Jars and knew, that since we have so many yellow taxi tomatoes laying around, that I…
Our Lemon Cucumbers are producing…lots! Bell Peppers and Jalapenos, playing nice. A glimpse into the jungle of the tomato bed Mixed lettuce seed, saved! Happy Gardening!!! What is making you happy in your garden this week?
Today was busy, but good busy. Here are just a few things Tool Lady and I got done today… We did some training of our espalier trees (which means we tied their branches to the fence) and in the process accidently harvested a few (not quite ready) apples that Fish…
Happy Labor Day everyone! This week brought us a bit of diversity in the form of the first winter squash!!! I have been biting my nails in anticipation and just couldn’t take it any more! There are still several ripening on their vines, but here’s the first peek!!! I also…