Nova Scotia's Sunflower Maze

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No.. not Mod Podge… Hodge Podge.. What is Hodge Podge? Other than a delicious well kept Maritime Secret handed down from generation to generation? Hodge Podge is a mix of early summer garden pickings… Invented most likely by a Mother, who lived before the age of microwaves and freezer meals, […]

Hodge Podge

July 14, 2016 in Recipes / Vintage tagged beans / carrots / farm / fresh / garlic scapes / hodgepodge / peas / potatoes / recipe / sage flowers / soup / thyme / veggies by Jen

Back when things were typed on a typewriter instead of written on a screen, the Nova Scotia Government at the time, produced a little recipe booklet.. filled with Honey Recipes. It has no date, no author, just the title `Honey Recipes` It was published back when we had a Nova […]

Honey Buns

April 28, 2016 in Recipes / Vintage tagged Honey / recipe / vintage by Jen

strawberries — Spring is here.. which means I need to empty out my freezer to make room for this coming years garden. As I tend to save the best for last, my freezer is full of strawberries. Last year I managed to save 5 bags filled with 8 cups of strawberries from […]

Vanilla Strawberry Banana Jam

March 27, 2014 in Jam / Recipes tagged Banana / dakeyne / farm / jam / recipe / strawberry / Vanilla / yummy by Jen

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 […]

Strawberry and Chocolate Mint Jam

July 21, 2013 in Jam / Recipes tagged chocolate / dakeyne / farm / jelly / mint / recipe / strawberry by Jen

garlic-scape — 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

July 9, 2013 in pickles / Recipes tagged dill / farm / garlic / pickles / recipe / scape by Jen

wet-rose — 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

July 8, 2013 in Beauty / Recipes tagged beauty / farm / jelly / recipe / Rose / Rose Jelly by Jen

In honor of the upcoming Apple Blossom Festival, I thought I would try and make a blossom jelly. I saw an ad for cherry blossom jelly once, and with all the beautiful spring blossoms out thought, well, why not. Its the only way to see how it tastes. I […]

Crabapple Blossom Jelly

May 28, 2013 in Jellies / Recipes tagged blossom / crabapple / farm dakeyne / jelly / recipe by Jen