Blanching Vegetables
It’s the end of the growing season and all the last of the fair-weather garden need to be harvested. Freezing […]
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food preservation, freezing
Belated Winter Garden
Finally, the winter garden has been planted – better late than never. Winter vegetables need enough time to get established
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garden, winter vegetables
Deep Coop Cleaning
The duck and chicken coops get cleaned once a week, but a deep clean a couple times a year will
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backyard livestock, chickens, ducks, top-backyard-livestock
Happy Birthday to Me
Another year is behind me and I find myself again feeling a little wiser for it. This year I decided
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harvest, locavore, random, u-pick
Tomatoes! Tomatoes! Tomatoes!
Our harvest baskets are bigger than ever this month and we are buried in tomatoes! I am happy to report
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canning, food preservation, harvest
How to Make Ratatouille
Ratatouille is a rustic French dish that captures the best flavors of summer and distills them down in a richly
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cooking, harvest, recipes
Tomatoes for Canning
Every week more and more jars of preserved goodies are added to our cupboard. Canning tomatoes is especially satisfying because
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canning, food preservation, harvest, tomatoes
Ducks in the Garden
It’s high time for an update on those wacky ducks on our homestead! It has been a few months since
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backyard livestock, ducks, top-backyard-livestock
Edible Hedge of Artichokes
Artichokes are hard-working, versatile additions to any edible landscape. They are perennial plants, which means they will come back year
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books, design, events, garden, plants
Making Fig Preserves
Figs are the jewels of summer, only lasting a couple days once picked, and their subtle flavor is something to
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canning, food preservation, harvest, recipes