Yum, yum, right? Yeah. For the worms in my garden. A little romaine, some banana peels, apple bits, pear peelings, etc. I have been playing around with composting lately. The method I am using is referred to as “trench composting.” See, I can’t have chickens in my HOA like I wanted to try, so I… Read More Trench Composting
Yesterday I made 8 loaves of “Amish Friendship Bread” for the freezer. It was an edible science project on fermentation (sourdough) that He-Man brought home from homeschool co-op. This is the second time I have made this same bread. Once, a long time ago, a neighbor gave us a “start.” The bread is okay. I… Read More Amish “Friendship” Bread
Have you ever made your own granola? If not, you should give it a try. Super simple, inexpensive and oh, so yummy! I found a recipe a long time ago and have modified it over the years to suit my own tastes. I think it originally came from an Amish cookbook, but I don’t remember… Read More Healthy Breakfast Idea! Make your own Granola!
Store the onions without weeping…mad scientist or kitchen genius? Okay. Admittedly not the best picture, but when your photographer is 10 and takes the picture at an upward angle, cutting out the actual onions in your left hand, this is what you get. A crazy, goofy, grinning mommy wielding a large chopping knife. Point is…you… Read More Stocking up the Freezer without Crying too Much
Ah, homeschool. How I love thee. So, I realized when my hubby called around lunch time to ask how my day was going that 4 of the 5 of us were still in our pajamas and all of the remaining peanut butter cookies had been stolen one at a time between lessons, BUT we had… Read More Pajama and Peanut Butter Cookie Kind of Day
I am loving the first feelings of fall. Grandma passed on some apples – the sour Granny Smith ones, so I thought I would try my new dehydrator and make some apple chips. Easy and yummy and about the only way I will eat a Granny Smith apple. I just got a new Nesco American… Read More Dehydrating Apples
So, we have been spontaneously visiting family in the Northwest. As we were driving along the smoky roads (thanks to all the wildfires) I kept noticing these familiar looking bushes. TONS of them. Finally, we pulled off and I checked them out. Score! Wild blackberries! In just 15 minutes or so, I picked enough standing… Read More Wild Food Harvests
It’s harvest time! Here is a quick tip for freezing zucchini bread for later in the year…grate the zucchini and then puree the grated zucchini. When I first started trying to preserve the harvest, I knew that I didn’t like grated zucchini in my zucchini bread. I don’t like to find chunks of veggies in… Read More Quick Zucchini Bread Tip for Preserving the Harvest
Picked these in the last few days – most of them today. Time to start the canning! I have passed quite a few out to our neighbors already. The cherry sungold tomatoes are by far my favorite. They look kind of yellowish in the picture but they are soooooo sweet! Definitely doing those again next… Read More Tomatoes Coming Out our Ears!
Insecticidal Soap as an Alternative to Chemical Insecticide I was recently asked what insecticidal soap recipe I use on my plants, since I don’t like using chemicals. This is a recipe that I got from talking to my local County Extension office, mixed with information I got off the internet a long time ago and… Read More Homemade Insecticidal Soap Spray
