Looking to make some apple butter with all of those fresh apples that are in season this fall? When it comes to the autumn season, pumpkin pie, hot chocolate and chili are always high on the list for sure. As are apple pie, apple crisp, pumpkin bars and pumpkin cookies as well. But for many, …
If you are looking for a simple way to feed and watch birds this fall and winter in your backyard – making homemade bird suet is a great, inexpensive way to do it! Not only will it have all kinds of beautiful birds visiting your landscape, you will also be helping them survive with an …
You won’t believe how simple and inexpensive it can be to make your very own scented pine cones to fill your home with the joyous scents of the holiday season! Pine cones and holiday decorating go hand in hand. Whether dressing up greenery on fireplaces and mantles, or piled high in glass containers with ornaments, …
Looking to know when it’s the perfect time to harvest your sunflower seeds from your plants? Whether you want to save seeds for future planting, keeping them to use for bird feed or planning to roast the seeds to enjoy them for yourself – there’s nothing quite like growing and harvesting your own sunflower seed …
Looking for a simple method using your oven to make sun dried tomatoes from the fresh tomatoes growing in your garden this summer? Harvesting fresh, ripe tomatoes from your garden and turning them into sun-dried tomatoes has a certain magical quality. Being able to concentrate and save the fresh taste of summer the whole year …
One of the easiest and most efficient ways to preserve your tomato harvest is to make and can delicious homemade tomato juice! It is hard to beat the incredible taste of homemade tomato juice. Especially when it’s made from the tomatoes straight from your garden, or from fresh tomatoes from a neighbor or local farmer’s …
If you have a whole slew of cucumbers growing in your garden – it’s time to make an incredible batch of delicious, old fashioned pickles in a crock! Crock pickles, often called barrel or jar pickles, are one of the easiest of all pickles to make. Not only is there no canning required, they can …
When it comes to making delicious treats from from fresh-picked garden vegetables, turning fresh-picked cucumbers into homemade dill pickles is certainly high on the list of favorites. Cucumbers are the second most-planted home garden crop behind tomatoes. And quite certainly, making pickles is part of the reason they are so popular. Every growing season, we …
If you want to make some incredible homemade salsa verde, then make this the year you plant and grow delicious tomatillos in your garden! Salsa verde has exploded in popularity. Along with it, so has interest in growing tomatillo plants in the garden or even in containers. And growing them is easier than you might …
It’s apple season, and we couldn’t be happier that one of our loyal readers has shared her family’s famous homemade freezer apple sauce recipe for all to enjoy! To be exact, it is actually her Aunt Jeanie’s famous homemade freezer apple sauce recipe! In addition to our weekly gardening articles, we try each month to …