Tonight we will have our first hard freeze of the season and snow, or so the weather people predict. First I brought in all my plants. Then I picked oodles of veggies from my garden and must deal with… more →
Eat Veggies, save the planetaustingardener wrote 1 day ago: Tonight we will have our first hard freeze of the season and snow, or so the weather people predict. … more →
austingardener wrote 1 week ago: I never liked the broccoli that I bought frozen in the grocery, but last year I froze 1 quart and wa … more →
gaelenscafe wrote 1 month ago: Image by upturnedface via Flickr ‘Net searches turn up the most amazing things. Yesterday, sea … more →
gaelenscafe wrote 2 months ago: I make jams, pickles and salsas all year ’round, but I admit that when the first berries come … more →
gaelenscafe wrote 3 months ago: Image by chrisfreeland2002 via Flickr Chances are the Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving is the firs … more →
austingardener wrote 5 months ago: My gardening friend Jerry says he has the time but not the know how to can so I am posting this for … more →
austingardener wrote 6 months ago: My rhubarb is gone! In Texas it is an anuual and the heat has taken it out. but lucky for me I froze … more →
austingardener wrote 8 months ago: We ate spinach all winter by clipping off the outer leaves. Now spring has arrived and the spinach i … more →
JoAnn wrote 8 months ago: Nothing says “comfort food” like a bowl of creamy tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandw … more →
austingardener wrote 1 year ago: I never thought I would freeze broccoli because I never thought I would have too much to eat. But I … more →
austingardener wrote 1 year ago: My chinese cabbages are huge and delicious. the cabbage I harvested today weighed in at 2.2 pounds. … more →
austingardener wrote 2 years ago: With my abundance of green, leafy things in the garden I decided it was time to freeze some of my pr … more →
austingardener wrote 2 years ago: I finally picked enough okra to make okra pickles. First I made the brine. Combine the following and … more →
austingardener wrote 2 years ago: The mammoth basil is making the tomatoes I am canning so delicious. I use almost 1/4 cup along with … more →
austingardener wrote 2 years ago: With my overabundance of cucumbers this year I decided to try canning some of them. I looked for the … more →
austingardener wrote 2 years ago: I have so many green beans I froze a batch of green bean paté . Yesterday we defrosted it for lunch … more →
austingardener wrote 2 years ago: This is peach season in Central Texas. It was a difficult year for the local peach growers due to a … more →