I am gooving to my jam...lol Those are my beautiful wild black berries. Since 2022 I have made at least 2-3 batches of black berry jam...

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Lovely rows of Bok Choy are coming up. Our growing season here in east Tennessee has been about 6 weeks earlier. Already picked and...

Hi everyone! This is my busy time on our homestead. So much to do in order to have food planted for eating fresh and for later down the...

Yesterday I worked out in the garden. Digging up the potatoes I had planted last fall. They did well. Most were a good size overall....

Our weather has been warming up. So, it is time to be prepping my garden for the 2024 planting season. My compost pile is ready to use....

My garden boxes still have some little onions, swiss chard and kale. I read an article about leaving them in over the winter so they will...

Life has been quite busy. I believe as busy as it was during the spring and summer months with working out in the garden. Just super...

One of my goals this summer was to have enough green beans canned so I wouldn't have to purchase any. The prices on canned veggies really...

Funny story about the squash this year...lol I planted it all later in the summer so the flying bugs that land on the leaves and the...

I am still seed saving from my Basil plants. This is a photo of the first batch I did several weeks back. Growing them in a pot is...

Dinner is served!!! From my gardne I used carrots, kale, zucchini and tomatoes. Added a few store bought red potatoes and quarter of an...

This is my garden haul recently. Tomatoes, cabbage, broccoli and swiss chard. I get everything cleaned up so I can process them. Tomatoes...

This year I have had so many tomatoes. Really thankful to the Lord for them. I planted a good amount so I could have enought to eat and...

Recently I made the time to transplant my squash that was growing in a pot. Yeah, with everything on my plate elsewhere in the garden...

The last few years I have been experimenting with new main dishes that have less amount of ingredients in them. For example, I can use...

Last year was my first attempt at growing bush beans. I had 8 plants in a garden box. I was able to can one batch of beans and ate many...

My garlic is growing well as you can see. This goes for my tomatoes also as you can see in the photo. I have more popping up in my other...

This years experiment with Bok Choy turned out excellent. I was able to eat and dehydrate several batches. Currently, I have let it bolt....

This spring my hubby and I expanded our back garden. These pinto beans are growing where we expanded the area. Okay, so I bet you are...