A recent rainy day presented the perfect opportunity to finally do some pickling. I’m growing Boston Pickling cukes this year, ...

well friends, still not much in the way of spring updates here in minneapolis. currently we are being barraged with more and more snow......

i have been fortunate to find myself overrun with cherry tomatoes this year. i planted three varieties: sungold, matt's wild, a...

  since we seem to be on a bit of an herb theme here, i thought i'd share a few thoughts about drying herbs. when summer is high and ...

this week i am preparing for a home preserving & canning workshop that i will teach this saturday in northwest arkansas. ozark folkways ...

our fall schedule is a busy one. it has been days since i have had time to take a picture in the garden. and today it was pouring buckets wh...

  According to the calendar, today is the last day of summer. Sigh. And today I finished the last of our garden strawberries that we ha...

after amy's post about pickled peppers on friday, i've been thinking i'd share with you some of my favorite pickle recipes. ...

This has not been the best year for tomatoes. In fact, most of our tomatoes (with the exception of Cherokee Purple) have experienced some se...

swiss chard has been the biggest success in the garden this year. i started my chard from seed in the early spring months at our old home ...

hello! it feels so good to be back. thank you to all of the wonderful guests last week! i really enjoyed it. the month of august is...

over the last couple of months i have spent hours in the kitchen preserving the harvests of our garden & surrounding farms. freezing pes...