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So Much Winter Squash! What to do with it??
As we cleaned out our garden today to get it ready for winter, we found the last of the winter squash. Having planted various types of...
Maggie
Oct 1, 20221 min read


Taking Down the Garden
It took Ed and I much of the day today to take down the garden. With a few exceptions (ex: we're waiting for beans to dry and we like our...
Maggie
Oct 1, 20221 min read


Peppers Five Ways
We've been picking and using our peppers for quite a while now; using them in canning salsa's and relishes and sauces. Today, we said,...
Maggie
Sep 4, 20221 min read


Dill Pickle Date Night
You know your married to the right person (and have been for a long time) when date night happily consists of chatting, laughing, and...
Maggie
Aug 7, 20221 min read


Impromptu Zucchini Fritters
This past weekend, I pressure canned 8 quart jars of zucchini. (I know that pressure canning zucchini (cubes in my case) is no longer...
Maggie
Aug 4, 20223 min read


Dinner for Two - Compliments of Kwik Trip, Our Garden, & an Amish Bakery
Today, we decided to grill the vacuum sealed boneless NY Strip steaks I had purchased from our local Kwik Trip for $5.99 each. I had...
Maggie
Jul 23, 20221 min read


Turning Cucumbers into Pickle Relish
Trying to figure out what to do with our abundant first harvest of cucumbers did not lead to many options. Ed will be fermenting a crock...
Maggie
Jul 22, 20222 min read


Cucumbers! You Really Have to Look to Find Them...
We didn't think we were getting any cucumbers. I had picked 2 cucumbers on Monday and hadn't seen anything further until I looked more...
Maggie
Jul 21, 20221 min read


Summer Lo Mein
As summer wears on, our garden is beginning to yield more produce. While we have dusted off the canning supplies, this is also the time...
Ed
Jul 19, 20223 min read


Had to Pick and Pressure Can Carrots Due to Varments
Those darn varments! Something takes bites out of my best root vegetables preventing me from leaving them in the ground if I want to...
Maggie
Jul 17, 20221 min read


Accidently Discovered It's Onion Harvest Time
Everything happens for a reason. The older I get, the more I believe it. This is just a small example (I've got big examples, but...
Maggie
Jul 13, 20222 min read


Preserving Garden Harvests as They Come In
"Make hay while the sun shines" I think the saying goes. Well... today I needed to make hay so to speak. Last night, after harvesting my...
Maggie
Jul 13, 20222 min read


Fresh from the Garden Mish/Mash - Keeping it Simple
While walking around the garden this evening, I found some broccoli heads (much to my surprise), some asparagus (again - surprise), and...
Maggie
Jul 6, 20221 min read


11:45pm and 17 Pints of Canned Mixed Greens - Complete
I started canning at 5pm today. It's 11:45pm now and I'll be retiring shortly. The plan was to only do one batch; however, I had enough...
Maggie
Jun 21, 20221 min read


New Covered Swing for Maggie (and Ed)
Ed approved the purchase and even assembled my (Maggie's) new canopied "porch" swing. Why? Because I have always loved to swing and yet...
Maggie
Jun 13, 20221 min read


Second Salad of our 2022 Gardening Season
Our second salad of the 2022 gardening season complete with radishes. It's so exciting to this (former) city girl to produce her own food...
Maggie
Jun 8, 20221 min read


Clean Slate
By the end of last year's garden season, Maggie and I were exhausted. We spent the latter part of the summer canning every weekend, and...
Ed
May 20, 20222 min read


Spring has Sprung
After several weeks of what has been the coldest, cloudiest, and dampest spring I can remember, we have immediately bypassed spring and...
Ed
May 12, 20222 min read


Our First Livestock
This weekend, we crossed a boundary, going from solely raising plants to an addition of animals to the mix. While bees are technically...
Ed
May 5, 20224 min read


New to Us Used Stock Tank for Raised Bed Garden
Used Stock Tank for Raised Bed Gardening
Ed
Dec 19, 20211 min read
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