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…
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Granny’s Bread and Butter Pickles Recipe
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These bread and butter pickles have a crisp texture and a balanced sweet and sour flavor. The sweet and tangy crunch is irresistible. “I love pickles!” Kevin said as I planned the garden soon after moving to our property. With this in mind, I planned on growing a bunch of pickling cucumbers. I was not a…
Grow Herbs Indoors: Potting Up Chives
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Chives have a mild onion flavor and are delicious eaten raw on salads or as a colorful garnish. Late summer into early fall is a great time for potting up chives into containers to grow indoors. Grow chives all year even when the garden is under snow. Chives are one of the most dependable herbs in the…
Roasted Tomatillo Salsa Verde for Canning
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Canning roasted tomatillo salsa is a great way to preserve the abundance of tomatillos that the garden produces. Jars of tomatillo salsa verde come in handy for all your favorite Mexican dishes. I planted tomatillos for the first time in the garden last year. I thought about four plants would be a good number to…
Canning Diced Green Chile Peppers
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Whether you have a bumper crop in your garden or decided to buy in bulk, roasting and pressure canning chile peppers is a great way to preserve them. Home canned chile peppers are handy to have available to add to your favorite chilies and Mexican inspired meals. The jars can be stored on dark pantry…
13 Quick Growing Vegetables for Your Fall Garden
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Instead of watching your summer crops struggle to ripen the last few fruits, pull them out and plant some of these quick growing vegetables for your fall garden. The vegetable garden shines in summer with abundant harvests. As fall approaches, most of the summer crops begin to wind down. Cooler nighttime temperatures and diminishing…
How to Propagate a Rosemary Plant from Stem Cuttings
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Learn how to take rosemary cuttings from an established mother plant and grow new rosemary plants in containers that can be moved outside in summer and indoors in winter. Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) is a perennial herb in USDA Hardiness Zones 8 and warmer where it can be planted in the garden and can grow…
Grilled Tomato Salsa Recipe
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This tomato salsa recipe adds delicious depth of flavor from grilling the vegetables. The flavors transform to a delightful blend of sweet, smoky char, with a spicy kick that makes you crave for more. I have been craving fresh, homemade tomato salsa all summer. The smaller tomatoes are just beginning to ripen, and I am…
Canning Dried Beans
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Pressure canning dried beans is a frugal way to add to your food storage. Reduce the sodium and chemicals found in commercially canned beans by canning your own. Beans are an inexpensive source of protein, and a great source of fiber, iron, vitamin B and C, and calcium. Having canned beans on hand makes it…
Growing Tomatoes: 10 Tips to Improve Your Tomato Harvest
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Whether you are growing tomatoes for salads, or to preserve into canned tomato sauce and salsa, these tips will help you improve your tomato harvest. Tomatoes are one of the most popular crops to grow in a home vegetable garden. They are often eaten raw in salads, sandwiches, and salsas. Tomatoes also can be simmered…