A bit of harvesting & foraging going on here
Despite a few setbacks in our garden (like the loss of 80% of our tomato plants), we’ve still had a fairly decent harvest. You can see our full list of harvest figures on our In the Garden page but here’s what we’ve collected from our garden in the...Succulent slow roasted chicken with fresh carrots and beer rice
Most of the time when Stefan is on vacation, I fall out of my usual groove a bit and don’t run around like a crazy woman all day. You probably noticed by my lack of posts for the last week or so…and I’m just now starting to catch up on everything here in the house. I...
How to make your own jalapeno hot sauce
When my dad came over from Texas to visit us a few months ago, one of the things we requested that they bring was Louisiana Hot Sauce. We can buy Tabasco here, which we use a lot in cooking, but the flavor of Louisiana Hot Sauce is so much nicer on tacos, eggs and...Harvesting a giant zucchini
I harvested our first zucchini today from our Fordhook (Burpee) plants. It’s a whopping 3 pounds (1.5 kilos), 10 inches long and 4 inches across at the biggest part!! I grated about 1/3 of it and made zucchini bread (which takes about 2 cups grated zucchini) and...Harvesting green goodies
We got to harvest a few more things from our garden last week…it’s always an exciting time. But it can be tedious when it comes to things like berries, especially gooseberries. They grow all over the bush and you really have to climb up, down and around...ABOUT NOH
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