preserving

Join me as we delve into a timeless Mediterranean method of preserving the harvest. Torsi is a medley of pickled vegetables that carries ...

August and September are the busiest months for preserving all the garden produce. Every morning you will find me in the kitchen prepar...

That's right, I made Zucchini Bread Jam. If your garden is bursting with zucchini, you may want to give this recipe a go. I found this...

The tomato plants are slowing down somewhat and every other day the harvest is smaller. The peppers on the other hand are still ripenin...

What did I do? I used a bunch of the Red Onions I grew and decided to make "Maple Onion Jam". This is the first time I've mad...

The tomatoes are producing heavily now and this week I canned three batches for the #prepper pantry. Cutting them in half to remove the...

The cucumber plants are all beginning to wilt and I have only had two nice pickings. I love using the juice and some mint leaves to fla...

Ten days ago I decided to pull all the onions out of the raised gardens. The tops were starting to fall over and most of them were big ...

Today, I will share another #salsa recipe with you. Here in New York corn on the cob is showing up at all the local farm stands. It is...

It is time to restock the pantry with a few jars of salsa. Today, I'm sharing one of my favorites; Firey #Peach #Salsa. It is absolute...

When the blueberries are abundant it is time to make jam and syrup. It has been two years since I made the jam so it was time to restoc...

Getting all the cabbages into the freezer and on the pantry shelves has been a busy week for me. The Red Acre Cabbages were large enoug...

It was time to finally pick all the cabbages from the large raised bed planted in early April. The Filderkraut Cabbages were huge and n...

After harvesting all the garlic and letting it dry in the greenhouse, I was so disappointed by the quality. This is the first year I re...

I did not realize how huge they would get when I planted 4 #Filderkraut Cabbage plants in the center of the large raised bed. It was my...

It has been a few years since I made these jams. When I went to the local farm nearby they had just picked these strawberries. Well, i...

When it's downright pouring outside all I could do was finally get to some of the tasks I've had on hold. Lemons and Limes First in line...

 When it's downright pouring outside all I could do was finally get to some of the tasks I'v...

It has been a busy two days this week as the first round of herbs were ready to harvest. I took advantage and decided to dry them in th...

The Lilacs were at their peak here in western, New York this past week. I took a day to focus on preserving the blossoms for future use...

When the Dandelions are prolific it is time to make some syrup. You can tell how much my husband loves the syrup when he asks if it's t...

I had a busy day in the kitchen canning vegetable broth and black beans. I save all my scraps from vegetables in the freezer until I ha...

The problem with true abundance is that we rarely know what to do with all that we harvested. Two or so years ago, I wrote about the ...

It was another fun day in the kitchen. I had a few large bags of scraps from all the vegetables that I made meals out of. I save them ...

Winter approaches in the northeastern United States. Farmer’s markets are on hiatus until late spring. Hardwood leaves have been raked to...

It's really quite amazing how many days can elapse when you are having fun. Of course by fun I mean healing up, but honestly, I am fee...

Well, the long slog towards healing up continues. Each day finds that I can do a bit more, but I have to say it's harshing my mellow ...

Since I am still on the slow boat to recovery-land, my work ability is a bit limited. That said, every time I went into the kitchen t...

Every year in late September I make a trip to one of the local apple farms. This year was a great one for the farmers with weekly rainf...

The last of the peppers were picked and the garden has been cleaned up for fall. There were a lot of smaller peppers that did not get th...