In my travels during the days following Hurricane Irene I came across some great Guerrilla Gardens right here on Long Island. I found them to be really inspiring, if people can find the will and time to garden in out of the way places I surely can find the time to grow my backyard garden. […]
Refrigerator Pickles
When the cucumbers start coming fast and furious, the strong get pickling, refrigerator dills in this case. I finally got my partner Jim to grow a garden this year, it is nice to see that after 15 years of sitting in a truck together a little bit of my crazy rubbed off. In typical new […]
Swiss Chard, a green for all seasons!
Swiss Chard Okay, even I will admit that it is expecting a lot for people to get whipped up into a frenzy over Swiss Chard in their garden, but this hardy green has it’s place amongst the sexier greens like spinach and lettuce. This was my first year planting Swiss Chard and I can honestly […]
Strawberry-Orange Freezer Jam…Why haven’t I been doing this for years!!!
Strawberry Orange Freezer Jam I’ll admit right here and now, in front of my readers, I have never heard the words Freezer and Jam uttered in the same breath until two weeks ago. Now here I am blogging about this little known (to Long Islanders at least) treat. It first came up at work of […]
Lacto Fermented Radishes
Lacto Fermented Radishes Well with a blog name like Lacto Fermented Radishes I’m sure to be screaming up Google’s rankings, before I know it I might crack page 100!!! Lacto Fermentation is a scary name for one of mankind’s oldest forms of preserving foods. Broken down into its basic component it is preserving food with […]
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