Garden Update: More Tomatoes
As we near the end of the season, the tomatoes are still coming in (the green ones in the photo above are cherokee purples, and not green...
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As we near the end of the season, the tomatoes are still coming in (the green ones in the photo above are cherokee purples, and not green...
Happy Fall! Here in the upper midwest, early October is usually one of the best times of the year for outside activities. Beautiful and...
When I started the Moda Blockheads 4 Sew A Long, 28 weeks ago (they posted a core block design every Wednesday morning to the FB group...
This was the final week of the Moda Blockheads 4 Sew A Long! The final block was by Joanna Figueroa, who is also the designer working...
In this week's CSA box, we got 4 ears of corn and a leek, amongst other things. I have a bunch of my homegrown poblano peppers and...
I saw a simple Instant Pot recipe on "How to Make Dinner" on youtube tonight, and decided to give it a try. It all came together in...
Earlier in September, I posted a few times about my second tomato canning run of the year (what to do with the peels, and canning crushed...
Tastes of New Mexico in the Frigid North In this post, I'm going to share with you the two different ways that I make a warm and...
This week is #27 of the regular blocks (there have also been 10 patterns for the optional/extra blocks). There's one more week to go,...
Yesterday was the official first day of autumn, and the weather is finally (and quite suddenly) colder and wetter. I have a few days off...
I decided to try the postage stamp again, after my dismal results (both in color/design and execution, as seen here). And, at the same...
We picked up another peck of roma tomatoes at the Saint Mary's Thursday Farmer's market, and I set out to put more tomatoes up. This...
In this year's garden, I decided to try to grow my own potatoes! I bought a "potato pot" and seed potatoes at Gerten's garden center,...
We keep pulling Jack B Good pumpkins out of the monster patch, and this week pulled out our first regular size pumpkin! Here's the haul...
Just a few weeks left, and today they surprisingly dropped a "triple play" bonus block on us. I chose the pinwheel 9-Patch version: The...
The last month has been filled with a dozen different projects, which have pulled me away from my potholder of the week project. Given...
On a whim, we decided to plant a coupe of pumpkins on the edge of our raised beds... and that's where it all went wrong. It's now...
After our flight home, on MBH Wednesday, I took some time to work on the latest design. I still need to catch up on week 24 and the...
All safe canning recipes require that you either peel the tomatoes, or remove the peels (and seeds) by running the sauce through a food...
This year, I planted 12 celery starts, and 8 of them have done really well. That's a lot of celery, it doesn't freeze well, and isn't...