Our Share of the Harvest

Last year, I wrote about making a basic marinara sauce based off of the recipe in Ball’s Blue Book.  We ran out half-way through the year so this year I knew I had to make more.  That meant a trip to Papa John’s farm and buying bulk but I was not prepared for just how [...]

I am an idiot.  I will fully own it because I actually thought it would be a good idea to buy 25 pounds of peaches, 5 pounds of blackberries and 80 pounds of tomatoes thinking I’d be able to bake, can or freeze every last ounce in one Sunday.  I get carried away sometimes. But, [...]

Last year, I had already made one batch of classic salsa from the Ball Blue Book when our CSA farm had a run on tomatoes. Worried about them going bad before I could use them, and already a little regretful that the classic salsa didn’t have the spice combination I wanted, I thought I’d make [...]

Greg and I have two very different methods of attempting most projects: I am tedious and methodical but complete, Greg is fast and efficient but messy.  About 3/4 of the time, we make a good team.  He ripped out the majority of the front lawn of ivy our sellers left us in about 15 minutes [...]

My family is full of farmers, garden club members and seed catalog receivers.  So, it was no surprise that, after my parents quit farming, my mother filled some of her free time building a big vegetable garden which keeps expanding each year.  She has herbs, peppers, squash, cucumbers, sweet potatoes and pumpkins (new this year!).  [...]