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This year I decided to grow cucumbers for the first time:  one pickling cucumber plant and one regular cucumber plant.  I planted them in po...

Alright, I've depleted my supply of homegrown jalapenos, so here's my last batch of jalapeno jelly for the season (unless I decide t...

Yup, more jelly! I told you I had a lot of jalapenos to use up. And I'm finding I like this whole canning thing.  Once I figured out the...

OK, I'm officially on a jelly-making kick!  I just made strawberry jalapeno jelly and it's so yummy!  Marty supervised again, but I ...

So, what to do with all the jalapenos that are growing in my garden? And how about all those canning jars I have? Make pineapple jalapeno je...

I've been wanting to try my hand at cooking salmon for several years, but never quite gathered enough courage (or motivation, really) to...

Now that summer is pretty much over, I find myself with lots of tomatoes and jalapenos, which I grew myself thank you very much! There's...

I think by now everyone knows I LOVE goat cheese. I spread it on toast and top it with a fried egg. I put it in my sausage and goat cheese e...

I'm a recovering plant killer, so I'm pretty excited that my vegetables, which I've never planted before, are starting to grow a...

So, this happened Sunday afternoon.   Here they are in their cage before we took them home.  Emily is on top of the condo and Arlo i...

Due to the surgery, I really haven't gotten outside to do any weeding in the garden so it looks like a jungle out there. Some of the wee...

The crab apples trees are ready to bloom! It's been a while since my last post, so I thought I'd write an update. I've be...

OK, someone needs to tell me WTF kind of plant/weed/bush this is.  Bob found it growing next to the barn while he was out splitting logs on...

My cherry tomatoes are starting to ripen finally.  I only bought one plant, just in case I kill them (I'm a known plant killer!).  But t...

Look what I'm growing!  Cherry tomatoes! I don't have a green thumb.  That's not something I inherited from my mom, who lov...