STRAWBERRIES Dehydrating Strawberries are as Easy as Dehydrating Bananas. With our severe weather seasons approaching, we want to prepare for our families to have lightweight food to carry with us in case of disaster. This is one of the best, most nutritious foods that will carry you and your family through trips or troublesome times. […]Read Post ›
Herbs HERB BUTTER’S “Excellent For The Holidays” I had tried mixing herbs in butter while basting a chicken, a turkey, a roast, then I went wild and started mixing herb butters and putting them on everything. I like different herb butters for different meats. I love Lemon, Garlic, and Rosemary Butter for Chicken. I […]Read Post ›
Dehydrating 101 Dehydrating Pears I had a few medical issues with my husband, so, its been a while since I blogged. In the midst of everything, my Asian Pears ripened, I gave most of them away as I was pretty busy caring for my husband. I retained enough Asian Pears to Dehydrate two trays. […]Read Post ›
Gardening: Fruits and Vegetables 101 The Figs are ripe in my part of the country, so, those of you who make preserves, should find a good price at this time of year. If Dehydrating: Wash, cut out any blemishes, slice about 1/4 in. slices, skin side down place on trays in the Dehydrator and […]Read Post ›
Aquaponics 101 Update on Aquaponics We have been watering, watering, watering the plants. At 100* almost every day, the plants need more than a sip of water; more like a deep drink. We are moving along on the digging out of the fish pond. Like I said before, it is slow going at […]Read Post ›
Aquaponics 101 “UPDATE ON DIGGING OUT THE FISH POND” I Thought I would keep everyone updated on the progress of digging out the Fish Pond. We have had a few delays due to storms knocking down a huge tree, moving a few wheelbarrows of dirt from the huge dirt-pile, from digging out for […]Read Post ›
Gardening: Fruits and Vegetables 101 “The Pear Tree, The Rabbit, and The Squirrel” I looked out of my kitchen window and I beheld a rabbit, on its’ hind legs, stretched out, holding an Asian Pear with its’ front paws, eating the Asian Pear. The tree branch was so loaded-down with Asian Pears that the […]Read Post ›
Aquaponics 101 Update on Aquaponics We have decided not to use containers for the fish…takes up too much plant space in the greenhouse area. We are using an old pond that we built 26 years ago. We had intended to use it for a herb garden as we had filled the pond with dirt […]Read Post ›
Gardening: Fruits & Vegetables 101 Checking on Progress of Fruits and Vegetables I was out looking over my Fruit and Vegetable producers and here are the results: Cilantro with Leeks: are from last year into this year. Started them from seed. They are in a bucket and doing very well. Blue Grapes: are […]Read Post ›
Aquaponics 101 Update on Aquaponics 101 Landscaping Prior to Setting Up Fish and Greenhouse I am finally done with landscaping the Aquaponics 101 site walls. On the back wall I added a Hydrangea on both sides of my transplanted Gardenia. The Gardenia only blooms once at the beginning of summer so I decided it needed […]Read Post ›
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