Preserving Herbs – Drying.
If you are like me you have an abundance of fresh herbs in your garden, perhaps more than you can use. What do you do with the surplus? I do what gardeners and cooks have been doing for years – dry the...
View ArticleHomemade Salad Dressing: Blueberry Vinaigrette
I’ve mentioned that we have blueberries in abundance this year! The freezer is full of frozen blueberries; the pantry is well stocked with Blueberry Lime Jam, Blueberry Lemon Bread, Blueberry Vinegar...
View ArticleChange Is In The Air
Can you believe it’s September already? Not sure where the time is going but it sure is flying by quickly. As I look around the colors are already changing in the hillsides. The leaves no longer have...
View ArticleSaving Lettuce Seeds
Often I speak about saving money, but today I want to talk about saving lettuce seeds! In June we went away for two weeks. My garden had all been planted and I had some wonderful Butter Crunch lettuce...
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Making Seed Balls for Simple Gifts
Several months ago one of my faithful readers, Heather, suggested I do a post on making seed balls. I have made seed tapes using carrot seeds before but never seed balls! After searching online I...
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Repotting a Peace Lily
Repotting a Peace Lily Early winter is a good time for repotting your houseplants. Over the summer I tend to neglect my houseplants. Some of them are moved outside for the summer while others just...
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Gete Okosomin Seeds Available
Many of you have been following my adventures with the Gete okosomin squash seeds I obtained last year when we were in South Dakota. There are several stories going around about the origin of these...
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What To Do with Your Christmas Tree?
Christmas has come and gone and if you are like me you may be wondering what to do with our Christmas tree? For over twenty years we have had an artificial tree but in preparation for our eventual...
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Winter Reading: Seed Catalog Time
Winter Reading: Seed Catalog Time The weather outside may be frightful but my favorite thing to do on a cold winter’s day is sit by the woodstove and enjoy some seed catalog time. It’s the time of...
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Moving Houseplants
When making a cross-country move I am realizing that I will not be able to pack my plants into a moving box and have the movers transport them. Plants can’t go without light, air and water for ten...
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Propagating a Christmas Cactus
Did you read my post on moving houseplants? If so you know that I can’t move all of my large plants with me. Instead I plan to propagate my Christmas cactus and have a much smaller pot to take with...
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Propagating an Aloe Plant
For some reason I have the perfect conditions to grow an aloe plant. The Aloe Vera plant is a popular houseplant with medicinal properties. The sap from the leaves has wonderful topical benefits,...
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What To Do With Food Scraps?
By July 1, 2017, The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation assures that waste haulers and drop-off centers must provide food scrap collection. I am more interested in managing my food...
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Seeds in a Jar Giveaway
This past fall my husband met a young woman who had created a product called Seeds in a Jar. In the jar were corn seeds, bean seeds, tomato seeds, sunflower seeds and butternut squash seeds. It was...
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Tips for Planning Your Vegetable Garden
As spring rolls around we start to think of being outside, enjoying the wonderful weather. Now is also the time to think about planning your vegetable garden – it’s a wonderful way to save money, get...
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Missing My Garden
Recently I wrote a post on planning for this year’s vegetable garden. Gardening has always been a big part of my life. I enjoy planning out my vegetable garden each year, what I will plant and how I...
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2017 May Gardens in Vermont
May in Vermont tends to be a wet month. Elsewhere the sun may be shining and the flowers are in full bloom while here in Vermont we are experiencing a cool wet spring. After last year’s drought we do...
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How to Protect Crops By Using Garden Sprayers
There are many ways to protect your crops, and one of the best ways to do this is by utilizing sprayers. Commonly known as garden sprayers, these tools are basically containers filled with various...
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Seeds Worth Saving
Last week I was able to attend a talk given by Sylvia Davatz also known as the “Radical American Gardener”. Several years go I took a six month long class with her which discussed seeds worth saving...
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First Harvest – Rhubarb
First Harvest – Rhubarb If you have been reading my blog for any length of time you know that I am a lover of rhubarb and I have a lot of rhubarb! Here in Vermont rhubarb is the first harvest from...
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