My journey of cooking, gardening, preserving and more
Thanks to Mother Nature’s generous spirit, it finally hasn’t rained here for 2 whole days. This means I actually got to go outside again and dig around in the dirt for a few hours. Unfortunately, it’s still a bit chilly out and the wind today …
I admit it. I love the smell of freshly-turned dirt. I love getting out in my yard and digging around in my gardens. Every year, nature amazes me anew. Short, cold and gray days slowly give way to longer, warmer, sunnier days. Every year, just …
A few years ago, I got the brilliant idea to plant horseradish. I got the roots at a local store and then, because I ran out of time to plant them, ended up sticking them in our refrigerator for a week. So when I finally …
I was going through some of my garden photos from this past summer and came across this shot of one of our purple coneflowers. I put a little soft focus on it – you can tell me what you think…
Hot cherry pepper seeds proved to be somewhat of a challenge to find until just a couple of years ago. It seems that they’re making a comeback, though. Finally. These little red orbs of fiery deliciousness are well worth the search, in my opinion. Here’s …
Oh yeah. I went there. I can homemade salsa every fall with all of the tomatoes, peppers and cilantro from our garden. This year we had ghost chili peppers, so I thought “what the hell.” I add a mix of jalapenos and ghost chili peppers, …
If you’ve been following my adventure in growing a ghost chili plant, then you know I’ve been at this for a while. I started our ghost chili plant indoors in February and it has taken this long to achieve one little pepper. The plant is …