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These blackberries have been frozen individually. Are you growing berries in your garden? We grow strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries. While I enjoy making jams and jellies, it’s nice to freeze some of the berries for those winter fruit cobblers and crisps, too. Freezing blueberries is a piece of cake: you just pick them, wash them lightly, pop them into […]
Read moreEvery year I grow a lot of green beans. I usually only grow pole beans (‘Italian Snap’) but am also growing bush beans (‘French filet’ style beans) which have been really productive. I have to admit that I’m a bit of a chicken when it comes to canning low-acid vegetables, which beans are. That’s because of the risk of botulism […]
Read moreThe veggies are ready to go into the oven for tomato sauce! Boy, are we in the middle of tomato-harvesting season and I’ll bet you are, too. We primarily grow paste tomatoes for making sauces and catsup but we don’t always have the time or inclination to break out all of the canning gear. Today, I picked our first big […]
Read moreDo you have any pumpkins left over from your garden? There is nothing finer than a homemade pumpkin pie, especially when you fill it with the yummy goodness of your very own, homegrown pumpkins. Even if you didn’t grow any, you can easily find pie pumpkins, also known as sugar pumpkins, at the grocery store. You would think that turning […]
Read moreEven though this was a hot day, we just had soup for dinner. I know that sounds crazy but we have been harvesting a lot of peas lately and I have a terrific pea soup recipe that is so easy to make. The recipe came from the Stoneyfield Farms web site and is called Spring Pea Soup. It’s not a […]
Read moreHere is that potato-parsnip gratin (Potato and Parsnip Dauphinois) recipe that I mentioned in my last post: Potato and Parsnip Dauphinois (A friend of mine gave me this recipe several years ago. I’m not sure where it came from but will let you know if I find out.) 2 lbs. potatoes, thinly sliced 1 onion, thinly sliced 1 lb. parsnips, […]
Read moreYes, this is a garden blog but we grow good stuff to eat, right? As I posted a few minutes ago, we’ve harvested all of our apples… some of which we’re using to make chunky applesauce. My dear friend, Marie Cole (of Cole’s Orchard up on Green Bluff) shared this recipe with me last year and it works great. […]
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