Some of the best advice given to me when I first started growing my own food was “Never Let the Mint Out!” As if it were a monster hiding in the closet.. how bad could it be? Being someone who needs to learn lessons the hard way, I planted two […]
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Kennie loves his garlic… as much as Laddie loves his bones…. and like Laddie and his bones, Kennie has garlic buried in every corner.. Lucky for him, I love garlic too.. My favorite part is the tender Scape that grows from the Garlic plant. To get a bigger bulb […]
Pickled Garlic Scapes
All the roses seem to be blooming, and the smell that travels with the breeze was so beautiful that I wanted to capture it in a jar… so I did. I made some Rose Petal Jelly. I started by picking a healthy bowl of rose petals.. one of my first […]
Rose Petal Jelly
I’ve always loved Dandelions.. I love how they pop their little yellow heads up as if they were Mother Nature’s messengers, sent to remind us summer is on it’s way, how they fight to stay alive, the way they duck the mower, and dodge the weed puller. I love how […]