It’s the time of year when fresh produce from the garden is starting to come in. We don’t have ripe tomatoes yet, but I’ve been able to harvest some hot peppers. One thing I surely love is hot pepper sauce to use in the middle of winter. It’s a great reminder of summer.Continue Reading
One of my favorite summer meals is barbecue. Barbecue chicken, barbecue ribs, pulled pork with BBQ sauce. You name it. The rhubarb in my organic garden is producing abundantly, and I’ve been making all things rhubarb, including rhubarb sauce sweetened with maple syrup. And that gave me the idea to try and create some homemade rhubarb BBQ sauce.Continue Reading
If there’s one thing that’s exploded in the spring of 2020 it’s the interest in gardening. And for good reason; in these uncertain times people are seeking food security. Many of these people have packets of seeds sitting around from that time they were going to start a garden. And now they are asking, “how long do seeds last?”.Continue Reading
Weeds. One of the biggest problems a gardener faces. They aren’t all bad, of course, but they are competing with your vegetables for nutrients, and because of that, it’s helpful to have some strategies for organic weed control.Continue Reading
Do you need relief from skin irritations like sunburn, bug bites, razor burn, or dry skin? This easy to make violet-infused aloe soothing gel will bring about quick relief. Aloe and violet each have natural skin-calming and anti-inflammatory properties that your skin will love.Continue Reading
When I was in my late teens and early twenties, I relied on the local public library to feed my insatiable desire for information on self-reliant living. Attainable Sustainable: the Lost Art of Self-Reliant Living by Kris Bordessa was just the type of book I would relish finding, and covet owning.Continue Reading