Do you have end-of-the-season tomatoes languishing on the counter like I do? This is the perfect way to use them up, and save them from going into the compost. The method also works well during the summer when you Read More …
Category: Using your Harvest
Showing the Love for our Puny Potatoes
Check it out! We harvested our potatoes! Craig saw the above picture before he saw the actual potatoes. When he saw them in person, he started laughing. “Wow, those are some tiny potatoes. In the pictures they looked bigger, like…real potatoes.” Read More …
Sugar Pickles
Otherwise known as Cucumber Salad! If you have a big cucumber glut like we do, this is a really tasty recipe to use some up. The flavor screams summer. I have memories of eating this stuff that Read More …
Awesome Recipe for the Last Green Beans
There’s a big kid in the garden! Even my almost 15-year-old gets involved with the garden, and though he finds it a bit uncool to get excited about anything, I think Patrick secretly likes the fact that we Read More …
Beefsteaks; Not Just for Slicing!
This summer, I have mostly focused on our Amish Paste roma tomatoes, but I don’t want anyone to think they are the king of the garden. Though they make great sauce because they contain few seeds and juice–mostly Read More …
Let's Deal with the Tomatoes
Well, I said I wanted tomatoes this year. I certainly got my wish! They’ve been coming in by the bucket-full. Not too shabby for the tiny little space they are growing in. Pictured above is the harvest from one Read More …
Warm Up Your Evening with Winter Pizza
I can’t think of a more appropriate winter pizza than this one! Sweet potatoes from storage, and kale from the cold frame…ingredients readily available in the middle of this long, cold season. Also, the flavor is amazing! I was skeptical Read More …
Nature's Candy
Want a sweet and tasty snack that your kids might even choose over their dwindling bag of Halloween candy? Dry some apples! You will end up with chewy, unbelievably sweet morsels of happiness. You will put a lot of work Read More …
3 Sisters Soup
I’m paying homage to the 3 Sisters Garden with some FABULOUS soup! Not too long ago I posted about my visit to the beautiful homestead of FutureFarming. While I was there, I immediately recognized one of the gardens as being Read More …
Too many little tomatoes? Roast them.
We got a little too excited this year when planting our tomatoes. We remembered how much we loved the luscious little yellow pear tomatoes, so we planted 5 of them. That may not sound like a lot, but when each Read More …