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Monthly Archives: July 2013

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

One day when I was a little girl, playing dress-up in grandma’s room, I came across a little glass bottle labeled “Rosewater”. My grandma had lots of interesting things.. jewellery of all shapes and colours, hats for all occasions, and a drawer full of furry things I’d rather not think […]

Rosewater

July 18, 2013 in Recipes 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