Dill pickles are always a compromise. Okay, that sounds a bit strange to say, but in the pickling world, there is always a trade-off between taste and shelf life. If you need industrial-strength pickles that will last through a zombie apocalypse, you’re going to have to prepare your jars like they are going to be…
Just A Normal Day In The Garden
Lynne and I both have special dietary requirements, and the principle part of that diet is fresh vegetables. Having been a successful gardener long before we got married, I set out to impress my wife with an endless cornucopia of garden-fresh, organic food. Soil + seed + sunlight + water = free food, right? It…
Strawberries – Wave One
While I’m away for the next two weeks, my hubby went out to harvest my strawberries, and I’m so glad he did! I hated missing strawberry season, but I am away until the middle of June so I’m missing my favorite part: bringing in the berries! I have big plans for them too! I am…
Garden 2014 Update May 23
It’s time for another garden update, folks! We’ve been busy this week putting up fences for our beans. We put them side by side because sometimes they will grow up and across and make a little tunnel and it’s neat. We put the posts up and then stretched fence across them – the same fencing…