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Seriously, what’s the deal with cranberries?
The holiday season is upon us, and with it comes the biggest debate of them all…cranberry sauce. Some love the whole cranberry sauce, some say jelly is the way to ... Read More
They Weren’t Always Picking Crabapples On This Land
Today's story about picking crabapples gave me a little chuckle, though you might not laugh at the punch line if you're vegetarian. "Crabby About Apples," comes from Alma Barkman, who has ... Read More
It’s Never Too Late For the Benefits of Healing Gardens
I think as gardeners we can all appreciate the idea of gardens as a place of healing. That can be quite literal when we grow herbs like peppermint that can ... Read More
The Great Pumpkin Escape
Once upon a time, when I was just a sprightly seven-year-old, I embarked on an adventure in our family garden that would forever be etched in my memory. Our backyard ... Read More
A Blueberry Sunday Morning at Sea
I remember that bright blue Sunday morning like it was yesterday. Paul and I were on the USS Enterprise, cruising from the Philippines to Australia. We had been at sea ... Read More
It’s time to say goodbye to the garden
As the days get shorter, the nights get longer, and a heavy frost greets me each morning, I realize it is time to do the thing I dread each year. ... Read More
Celebrating Samhain with delicious recipes
Everyone wants to pronounce Samhain like Sam Hane. In reality is it pronounced Soh-Win. So exactly what is Samhain? It is more commonly referred to in modern times as Halloween ... Read More
Start preserving for National Canning Day
National Canning Day was on October 23rd and it isn’t your grandma’s canning anymore. No more wax on the jams and jellies which that was my job when I was ... Read More
Mr. Kelly’s Tomato Patch
I grew up on the North side of Sacramento, which, to the best of my knowledge, was then, and still is the tomato capital of the United States. Back then, ... Read More
The Tomato Tango: My Love Affair with Sunchocola Tomatoes
Fellow food gardeners, gather 'round, for I have embarked on a culinary journey that has left my taste buds dancing the salsa, waltzing the foxtrot, and even attempting the moonwalk. ... Read More
