I prefer the quiet, lazy Tuesday evening farmer's market to Saturday morning. The is partially true due to my man despising the market all together not because of what one can purchase and support but …
My friend Connie gave me two generous bags of plums. Last year was the first year I made plum butter and it was complete perfection. I didn't even have to add sugar because it was …
Get your mind out of the gutter. I am talking about tomatoes. I picked them all last Sunday, the day after the first frost. They were just barely OK.The texture was all funk but the …
My friends, Bobbie and Shirley from down the Bitterroot, gave me bags of perfect, delectable Macintosh apples. Turns out this year was a great apple year.Today I made pureed apples for bug.I decided it was …
Just have to brag about my mom's food preservation so far this year. She just sent me this photo. Damn. Her pickles are worth about $1 million per jar. That is just an estimate.Top Row: …
I planted too much basil. gasp. Too much basil? It is true. I have trees of basil loaded with huge green leaves. And I will be bringing pesto something to every single potluck for the …
Oh, what to do with all that effing zucchini.This year I planted my summer squashes from starts that I bought so I wouldn't be misled into planting just one more tiny, innocent seed in the …
Here is what I ended up with from the 10 pounds of raspberries we picked last weekend:three quarts of frozen berriesseven half-pints of jamthree pints of jamseveral delicious handfuls along the wayI kept going on …
I made raspberry jam this morning with the berries from last weekend's harvest. I am pretty new to canning and I always feel like a mad woman when I drag out my jars and pots …
I canned plum butter last fall and have found amazing uses for it. To make plum butter, I halved plums and boiled for a long time until the mixture was all pulpy and the …
