I love pickles. Period. I make oodles of them during the summer and eat them all year long. I also give them as gifts for Christmas, bring them out for parties and holidays. My main stay is straight up dill pickles. The recipe is from my mother, Judy, who use to make them in these awesome half gallon mason jars. Read more ›
My garden is moving into high gear after our serious heat and humidity last week. Eggplant, green beans, broccoli, sunflowers, zucchini, crookneck squash, chard and peppers are all producing well. The only thing lagging behind are my tomatoes. Read more ›
My daughter and I are on vacation this week in California with my brother, sister-in-law, nephew, mother, father, step-father and step-brother. Yep, that’s my modern family. Read more ›
I spent the morning doing my community garden hours at Southside Star. I put together our new 4 stroke weed wacker and did some edging around the garden plots. The Minneapolis tour of gardens is coming up and we want our place to look good. Read more ›
I picked this little beauty from my backyard garden, in all it’s Sun Gold glory. Then I made the mistake of showing it to my 4 year old daughter. She is a tomato fan like I am. The whining was brutal! So we split this tiny morsel in half. Lovely. Now my plants better hurry up and produce or I’ll never hear the end of it. Read more ›
I am a garden hoarder. Officially, I have three vegetable gardens; my backyard pottage, my first plot at historic WWII victory garden Dowling Community, and my latest plot at the freshly unveiled Southside Star community garden. Read more ›
My Southside Star Community is finally producing something. The weather in Minnesota has been very wet this summer until July. Consequently, everything is very late. I should have had that cherry tomatoes at least 2 weeks ago. But today Read more ›