Sad to say, but I’ve been neglecting my garden. Today I managed to get about a third of the garden weeded. I’m thankful I have two more days to finish …
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While I have enjoyed the experience of our first year vegetable plot, I am pondering the decision to move it from the donated site to my back yard for next …
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Our gracious hosts were very generous not only of letting us stay at the lake house, but they also made a gift of 2.5 pounds of concord grapes that were …
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I have a good pile of tomatoes that I’m never going to be able to eat while fresh so I decided to can some up for the cold winter nights. …
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Since I have so many tomatoes, I decided to make some canned salsa.
The recipe is based on one from a colleague of mine. His salsa is always a hit in the …
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I’m not a huge fan of carrots, not one of my favorites to munch raw, unlike a just picked tomato, where a little salt and pepper on top and I’m …
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15 years ago
On Wednesday July 28 in the Chicago Tribune Good eating section there was an article by Bill Daley. In it he published a recipe for Beet and Ginger relish. It …
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It’s Saturday morning, at the end of July; a time when many gardens seem to start to get out of hand. The thrill of May and June has past and many of the …
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Over at the vegetable garden the zucchini was going very nicely and first one then the other wilted.
With no obvious wound I was dumbfounded and looked around and asked. …
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