Eat the Frog

This year I grew cayenne peppers. Yes I did. I love them so much. A friend loaned me her dehydrator and it has been plugged in and going ...

Every meal that we say grace Lil'Bug says, when it is her turn, "I AM THANKFUL FOR OUR FOOD!" I am too. The last couple weeks...

Name this vegetation......edible or poisonous?

This week and weekend has been a whirlwind of frenzied chaos, to an end, it will bring order to our home. Basically, we have been working ou...

Last week a co-worker of Dearest's invited us to pick apples at her farm. Ooooooh. Apples. I love apples. Really. A lot. (((((drool)))))...

First let me start out by virtually head-smacking myself and doing the big L sign on my forehead. I did a stupid thing. That's what this...

The 100 Species Challenge Otherwise known as why my husband cannot remember where his keys are.....his brain is filled with plant names. Oh ...

For the first time since planting the peach tree four years ago, we have peaches. There is nothing like a fresh picked, still warm from the ...

I did not even place, BUT the judges said all the entries were wonderful and met standards. That meant a lot to me. I entered jam made from ...

Today mama podkayne entered her world famous raspberry jam in the Iowa State Fair! She did this despite myriad events conspiring to make it...

Peppers, peaches, Table Ace squash, tomatoes, peas.

A small first harvest. We'll blame the tons of rain. Ok, if we are being honest, the one red tomato is the only early one that survived ...

This is Lil'Bug's cabbage worm. She's holding it hostage. Normally I'd have a big problem with this, but cabbage worms are ...

We were at the hospital four days. In that time my heiloom rose bloomed...... The iris burst open...... These iris were planted in the rotte...

Broccoli! These are doing awesome. The strange absence of bugs this year also includes cabbage moths and such so maybe we won't have a ...