Growing your own vegetable garden transplants from seed is pretty straightforward, but sometimes you can run into problems. Here’s how to identify and resolve some of the most common seed starting problems you may run into when starting seeds indoors. There is a special sense of fulfillment when you see the plants you have nurtured…
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Mason Jar Italian Salad Dressing Recipe
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This homemade Italian salad dressing tastes great on leafy salad, adds a zesty zing to pasta salad, and is a delicious marinade for grilled meats. Skip the store bought bottles and shake up your own Italian salad dressing using fresh ingredients. Growing up in an Italian household meant that there was only one salad dressing on…
How to Grow Chives
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Chives are an easy to grow, hardy perennial herb that will reward you with attractive edible green foliage and colorful blossoms each year. Chives are a versatile and delicious way to flavor many dishes. Here are tips for growing chives. Chives are an herbaceous perennial species in the lily family (Liliaceae) and are related to…
How To Can Chicken Stock
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Chicken stock is a must have pantry essential for many recipes, including soups, stews, gravies, and stir-fry. Skip the store bought cartons and make and can chicken stock instead. Benefits of Making and Canning Homemade Chicken Stock Better Flavor: When you make your own chicken stock, you can choose fresh, quality ingredients that can give…
How to Grow Beets from Seed to Harvest
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Beets do double-duty in the kitchen, producing tasty roots for canning, roasting, or boiling and fresh greens for salads, soups, and sautéing. Beets can be planted as spring and fall crops. Here are tips for growing beets plus types of beets to consider adding to your vegetable garden. Honestly, it took a while until I…
How to Freeze Potato French Fries
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Whether you grow your own potatoes, purchase in bulk from the farmers’ market, or snag a great deal at the supermarket, a day of prep can fill your freezer full of potato French fries ready to bake or air fry quickly for meals. Potatoes have been relied on for centuries as a great crop for…
How to Grow an Indoor Garden
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Whether you are craving fresh harvests during the winter or live in an area without gardening space, you can grow edibles in your own indoor garden. Winter always seems to sneak up on me. It’s not until the first snowfall that I consider the growing season over. Up until then, I am still clipping hearty…
Vegetable Garden Planning: Choosing Vegetables to Grow
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When planning your vegetable garden, it is so easy to get excited about the wide variety of crops in the seed catalogs. Here are some tips to help you with choosing vegetables to grow. Deciding which vegetables to grow in your garden can be a lot of fun. Especially when you are looking over seed…
Grow Herbs Indoors: 5 Herbs that Thrive Inside
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Even if you don’t have outdoor gardening space, there are plenty of herbs that you can grow indoors successfully on a sunny windowsill. If you do grow herbs in your garden, fall is a great time to think about starting an indoor windowsill herb garden to grow herbs indoors so you can enjoy their fresh…
Spiced Apple Jelly Recipe (No Added Pectin)
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This spiced apple jelly recipe livens up the plain apple flavor with some traditional pairings including lemon juice, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. After tasting the tart and sweet flavor combination of crab apple jelly, the jelly I made from regular apples tasted bland to me. The abundance of this year’s apple harvest allowed for a little…