Last year, we had our first successful garlic harvest. This week, I am breaking apart two heads of garlic to replant, and so that we will have another harvest this coming summer. It’s the perfect crop to get started in your fall garden! Garlic cloves are the individual bulbs that when planted will each become …
On snowy days growing up, my younger brother would ask me to make him chocolate chip cookies. He would drag a chair across the kitchen and stand next to me as I would make these. Taste testing the chocolate chips, and always asking for a spoonful of cookie dough. It was the first recipe I …
I love being crafty and coming up with fun projects for our Girl Scout Troop to work on each week. Last weekend, I went to the craft stores to pick up a Thanksgiving or fall themed project. Guess what I found? NADA! Nothing! Zip! Zilch! I could purchase anything and everything Christmas themed under the …
I haven’t been into gardening as much in the last few months as I usually am. I have been dealing with a lot of health issues and they have completely zapped my energy, so I’ve done as little as possible. Thankfully, gardeners have a lot of optimism. We always believe in a better tomorrow. We …
Are you hosting Thanksgiving this year? Just bringing a dish while someone else hosts the big day? Holiday cooking and the planning that goes into it can be stressful. The hardest thing for most people to figure out is how much food should you prepare for the number of guests you are serving. When we …
