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I have successfully turned a zucchini into an apple! The children's minds are blown! My mind is blown! I think I have a new favorite dessert.

Mock Apple Crisp with Zucchini

When Mother Nature blesses your garden, and 12 zucchini all come to harvest at once, you need to get creative.  I have reached out to friends and fellow bloggers to share some ideas.  My friend Robin shared a Zucchini Cobbler recipe that her family enjoys, and she told me that it tastes just like apple …

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The only thing better than a strawberry fresh from the garden is a bite of homemade strawberry jam in the middle of winter! You can capture summer in a jar with this award winning recipe.

Homemade Strawberry Jam: Our Favorite Award Winning Recipe

My favorite thing about gardening has to be eating fruits and vegetables that I grew myself. Taking them from seed, raising the plant, and then harvesting the fruits and veggies to serve my family gives me such a sense of pride and accomplishment. And my absolute favorite from the garden snack – strawberries! I pick …

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Raspberries are one of my favorite fruits, so I decided to grow them in our gardens. It didn't go as planned. Not even close. Here are 3 tips for growing raspberries, and 1 tip for killing them.

Growing Raspberries

Raspberries are one of my favorite fruits.  In addition to eating them fresh, I make raspberry jams and jellies that I then use in candy fillings, for pastries, and filled cookies.  With a 6oz package of raspberries costing about $4 each, I decided to add raspberries to our garden. I originally purchased a package of …

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April is when everything comes back to life in the garden! Its time to plant more outside, and get ready for the warmer days of late spring.

April In The Garden

Even though Mother Nature has been super confused with the crazy weather lately, our garden is thriving!  The cold temps and the snow didn’t cause us any problems with the fruit trees nor with the veggies that are already growing.   Our salad garden is thriving.  While I have several lettuce and spinach transplants that …

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The next best thing to growing your own food is supporting your local farmers. Here are 5 tips for shopping your local farmers' markets.

5 Tips for Shopping Your Local Farmers’ Market

Even though I firmly believe in growing some of your own food, and our family does that with our extensive gardens, when we can’t grow it ourselves the next best thing is to support the local farmers who grow it for us!  One of my favorite Saturday pass-times is to visit the local farmers’ market …

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