Canning PSA
Posted on September 5, 2009 - Filed Under canning, cooking, fruit, pears, vegetables | Leave a Comment
I’m currently in canning mode (pesto, pear concoctions, whatever else comes along), so I’m cleaning out the storage cupboard of last year’s leftovers…which means you should too! Although I’ve heard stories of people safely keeping and eating their home-canned goods for years, we’re all a bunch of wusses now. Just kidding, it’s better [...]
Read More..>>Mmmmm…Pear Nectar Martini
Posted on September 22, 2008 - Filed Under drinks, fruit, just for fun, pears | Leave a Comment
Coming soon to select south Florida and Georgia locations.
Read More..>>Grapes on the soles of her shoes
Posted on September 6, 2008 - Filed Under bees, canning, fruit, grapes, paper bags, picking fruit, ridiculous city girl | 2 Comments
I picked grapes for the first time…and you could definitely tell it was my first time. It was very Gza Gza Green Acres mixed with a dose of I Love Lucy. See during the morning, I was in my city-girl role dressed in sky-high heels and above the knee skirt. I thought [...]
Read More..>>Let the games begin
Posted on August 16, 2008 - Filed Under Olympics, canning, cooking, fruit, pears, weather | 1 Comment
New event for the summer farm olympics: Canning! And yes, I would win the gold. I know it’s cliche, but we’re completely hooked on the Olympic coverage and it’s just so fitting.
Today, was a marathon: 24 half pints of Pear Butter Infused w/Vanilla Bean & Rosemary, 9 pints of Whole Pears in Brandy w/Cinnamon, and [...]
I love my grandma.
Posted on May 19, 2008 - Filed Under broccoli, canning, cooking, cost of living, economy, fruit, saving | 2 Comments
I was slicing lemons and limes for iced tea (and beer) and noticed I was slicing the lemons thinner than normal. Now I love citrus in my drinks. I have many times been accused of slicing lemons too big to fit “properly” in an iced bottle of Corona (As if! It just [...]
Read More..>>Garden Geek
Posted on May 6, 2008 - Filed Under farm maintenance, fruit, grass, herbs, pasture, pests, planting, seeds, vegetables, worms | Leave a Comment
Call me a garden geek, but it’s really exciting when tiny plants start popping where you simply put a teeny tiny seed under some dirt with a sprinkling of water. Our last minute lettuce is thriving: beautiful baby leaf lettuce just like I used to buy from a bag! And almost all the carrots have [...]
Read More..>>Signs of progress in a list form
Posted on April 20, 2008 - Filed Under fruit, herbs, planting, seeds, vegetables | 3 Comments
IN THE GROUND!
Melons: honeymoon, canteloupe, american melon, honeydew, planters jumbo
Mammoth Red Mangel Beets
Tomatoes: black cherry, dad’s sunset, carbon (purple), reisentraube, dr. carolyn (yellow)
Carrots: scarlet nantes, danvers, cosmic purple, lunar white, little finger
Lettuce: butterhead, european mesclun, rocky top, big boston, little gem
Peanuts: Tennessee Red, Pre-Civil War
Japanese white eggplant
Peppers: tobasco, thai red chili, chinese 5-color, asti rosso, [...]
Rodeo-eo-eo-eo
Posted on September 28, 2007 - Filed Under animals, children, cooking, diet, fruit, horse, nutrition, rodeo, vegetables | 1 Comment
It was rodeo time again. Jett thinks the bucking bulls and the rodeo clown are the coolest. I love the barrel racing. I can do without the calf roping which is basically a big man accosting a cute baby cow, body slamming it to the ground and hog-tying it. Yeah, real [...]
Read More..>>I’m cornering the pear canning market, see
Posted on September 15, 2007 - Filed Under canning, cooking, fruit, green market, pears, pomegranate | 2 Comments
Today was Green Market #3 for us. And it was a great success! We had a record 13 vendors (haha, woohoo!) and sold a ton. I decided to bring my canned pear recipes (roasted pear chutney, cranberry pear chutney, cranberry pear relish, pear ginger marmalade and pear butter infused w/vanilla bean & [...]
Read More..>>Going commando
Posted on September 1, 2007 - Filed Under animals, canning, dog, fruit, horse, jeep, pears | Leave a Comment
We finally got a new used truck today. It’s a 1973 Jeep Commando. It’s definitely got some wear and tear on it, but it definitely looks good for a 34 year old vehicle. And it drives…woohoo! We (well, John drove it; Jett and I were in the Honda) drove it 2.5 hours from where we [...]
Read More..>> keep looking »