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My dogs love fruits and vegetables. They would eat them all day long if given a chance. Every time I take out the cutting board, they are eagerly at attention, …
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Our Peaceful Place
My fondness of dirt started when I was very young: making dirt tracks for matchbox cars (and leaving them out in the rain), building mudpies by the creek (then pouring …
My Dad’s Green Foot
I’m looking at the tomato plants against the fence in our back yard, hoping against hope that this year we’ll have a crop of juicy ripened tomatoes to slice and make …
10 Sage Companion Plants
If you think about it, referring to the garden as a neighborhood isn't so strange. A diverse grouping of flowers, vegetables, herbs, and fruits creates a mini ecosystem where bees, …
Growing Resolutions
The first week of January is, of course, New Year’s resolution time. So, on a sunny afternoon, I always resolutely bundle up, step outside, and have a talk with my …
Beef Chili
Ask a dozen cooks the secret to a great beef chili and you'll get a dozen different answers. Some will tell you it's a family recipe that they can't share. …
Green Bean, Potato, and Bacon Soup
Green beans and baked potatoes are classic side dishes—favorites at home and in restaurants alike. Well, what if you could enjoy these flavors together in a soup? You can—especially if …
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 …
The Making of Mrs. Know It All
I am what you call a city girl growing up just 10 minutes from Downtown Pittsburgh in a borough called Swissvale. My Grandma Kaschauer had lived there since 1906 and …
Garden Follies
My dad was a rural soul, despite a closet full of suits and a house in a Birmingham, Alabama, suburb. This notion first presented itself to me one night when …
