Rain, rain, go away; little Jackie wants to play
Yep, it's raining again. (At least our orchard, grapes, and berry patch will go into the winter well-watered!) Luckily, we have our front porch....
Q and A: Canning green tomato relish, Fall garden prep, and Pumpkin pie filling
Canning green tomato relish
I am trying to modernize a recipe from a 1934 Watkins Cookbook that makes the best Green Tomato Relish. Here is...
Boy did we get clobbered by snow!
You know that storm that was heading for us? Well it got here. And how! Saturday night it started. Then by Sunday morning,...
Well, it froze!
We knew it was only a matter of time and the weather forecast called for a freeze warning for our area. So, taking no...
Mom’s not doing well, but my plants are cheering us up
I'm sorry I haven't been blogging like usual, but Mom's having a bad time lately. She's having symptoms of a bladder infection (again), such...



