Every year I grow a couple sugar pumpkins in my garden because I take great pride in making pumpkin from scratch for a pie or soup. At Thanksgiving every year I make pumpkin pies, and it’s definitely easier to buy the pumpkin in a can, but making my own pumpkin […]
Growing Garlic Garlic (Allium sativum) is a perennial plant of the amaryllis family. It includes onions, scallions, shallots, leeks, and chives. Growing garlic is easy to do. The trick is that it takes two growing seasons to produce large, beautiful garlic bulbs. I planted garlic cloves last fall. I planted them […]
I grew 3 large sunflowers this summer. Once the seeds were mature, the flowers hung down. I cut them and left them to continue to dry. Here they are a week later, dried. My daughter and I brushed off the brown “stuff” that was covering the seeds. […]
The garden is producing more broccoli than we can eat, so I decided to freeze some to use in bean dishes and soups. Started by peeling the broccoli stems. Using a small knife, peel a thin layer of the outer skin off the bottom stems. Then cut the stems into small pieces. […]
Below is a video with details about how to use a pressure cooker. You do need to be careful once the pressure cooker is filled with steam, but don’t be afraid to use one. It makes cooking bean dishes and other foods so much easier! You can cook beans without […]
It’s the end of August, Labor Day weekend. Here is a basketful of what I’ve been getting from the garden this week. Beets, carrots, lemon cucumbers, sungold cherry tomatoes, corn. I’ve also gotten parsley, basil, green beans, summer squash, trombetta (an Italian squash), chocolate cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, and a few […]
