Nova Scotia's Sunflower Maze

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Now that the weather has warmed.. finally.. as well as the passing of the first full moon in June.. and the cutting of the first crop of hay of the season.. It’s time to get ready for Nova Scotia’s 2017 Sunflower Maze! The Butterflies have been ordered, and the girls are […]

Garlic Scapes & Sunflower Mazes

June 27, 2017 in Fresh from the Garden / News / Recipes tagged farm / garlic scapes / sunflowers by Jen

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

Field-Dandelions — It’s that time of year again.. little yellow heads popping up to announce Spring arrival. I’m a happy Beekeeper when I see all those fields of yellow everywhere we go… Dandelions are a very important flower for our bees. It’s one of their first foods after a long winter, and […]

Picking Dandelions

May 24, 2016 in Growing / Jellies / News / Recipes / wildcrafting tagged bees / Dandelions / field / flowers / jelly 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

Birthday Cake Recipe

April 7, 2016 in Recipes / Vintage tagged 1916 / birthday / cake / chocolate / choice recipes / cocoa / dakeyne / farm / frosting / kitchen / marshmallow / recipes / 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

Yes. Chocolate Bread.. with a Cream Cheese Swirl in the middle. Be careful.. people may argue over the last piece at your next family dinner or potluck. It also goes great toasted with some Strawberry Chocolate Mint Jam heaped on top. I found a recipe I liked in this great […]

Chocolate Bread with a Cream Cheese Swirl

December 30, 2013 in Recipes 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

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

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