Remember the picture of baby peppers I posted a few weeks ago? Well they went and grew up on me and now we have four plants loaded with ready-to-pick hot wax peppers. I’m going to let some of them mature on the plants until they are fully ripe and red, but most of them are … Continue reading
I went a little bit canning crazy this weekend (and I realize that “lots of canning” by my little house standards is very different from a real gardener or homesteader’s “lots of canning”). This is all new territory for me – I’ve made jams and pickles and spreads before, but never attempted preserving them. I … Continue reading
I had great ambitions at the beginning of this summer: dreams of delicious, locally sourced breakfasts every Saturday. I even wrote about it (here). I promised that I’d keep you updated with our adventures in our farmer’s market Chopped style brunch challenge. And then life happened. Between vacation, babysitting, house sitting, and an anniversary trip to … Continue reading
