This Sunday is pumpkin roasting day. There are two pie pumpkins, halved and cleaned out of seeds and "stringy stuff" in the oven. I'll turn the...
I was at the local Dollar Tree, and it looked as if Halloween had exploded in the store! The scent of cinnamon and "pumpkin spice" was so...
Sorry I can't post a photo, but what is looking really good is the rain we received today! We haven't had rain since Aug. 13, and have been...
We have a fruit similar--persimmons. They need a frost to be edible, and make a nice jam or jelly. We had them when we lived up north, but not...
I can't reach the doorbell!
I have to ask, just out of bald curiosity, what is a medlar? That's a new term for me.
One month, and it's blooming? Goodness gracious!
My husband was out feeding the birds this morning, and saw a Giant Swallowtail in the pasture. Intrepid man that he is, he put down the birdseed...
Denisac, parsley chopped fine freezes well. I make up small amounts of chopped parsley and use it in stews, as a sprinkle on chicken breasts,...
Oh Logan, I hope your "bump" goes away fast. I bet you have a heck of a headache! Husband was mowing this morning, so I stayed out of the garden...
Here in the states, we are being inundated with pumpkin spice this, pumpkin spice that. There are pumpkin spice scented candles, pumpkin spice...
Mart, I peel and core and save the peelings and cores to make apple jelly. It's the old "if you grow it, you don't waste it" thing!
Zigs, when we lived in upstate New York, there was a nearby restored village--Genesee Country Museum, that was a collection of buildings from the...
For all of you who are overwhelmed with apples this time of year (Sojerd, hear me?) here is a way to use up some of them. This bread freezes well,...
A most warm welcome to you, Mike! You will like it here, and all the members will like you, too. Please feel free to post answers, suggestions,...
My, great minds do run on the same track! I'm making applesauce today. Not any seven kilos, but enough to tire me out with peeling and chopping.
Netty, I'll post the apple bread recipe on the recipes forum later today. It is really quite good--at least I haven't received any complaints yet!
I love the architecture--Tudor beams, lovely stonework! Thanks for posting these vintage photos.
We have a variety of this moth here--and you are so right! They are nocturnal, and that is frustrating my husband no end. Taking photos in the...
It's Saturday so it's herb day here! I cut more basil (note to self--three basil plants is quite enough for two people, twelve are not necessary)...
