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LOVE tabbouleh! Ever tried roasted applesauce, karen? I tried a recipe once because it sounded like such an unusual approach to applesauce but now I'd never do it any other way. Tastes like apple pie without the fat and calories of a crust. I don't preserve it. I just do 6 apples at a time...

So I made my carpaccio and had it with cold meatloaf for dinner. Tasty! Great for a hot night. When I've made this salad in the past I simply ignored that instruction to use blossoms for a garnish 'cause I just couldn't wrap my mind around what they meant about slicing up a big floppy flower...

It is that! Props!!! Feel better, trumpeting_angel! That's gotta suck. Never had one but it's clear from the resounding descriptions how debilitating they are. Hope your meds will squash it ASAP!

I'm staggered with admiration!

Oooo! I just checked the volunteer tomatoes in my landscape. There are probably 30-40 plants sprawling all together out there. They'll never be productive becasue I'm sure they'll get too much water from the lawn irrigation. But I saw a number of cherries developing and there are 2 yellow...

No yield in my garden today. Still it's always pleasant to go out there and wander around and see what's happening. AND, it's also a small miracle it made it through the worst part of the Summer intact. I will have to re-examine my usual methods of planting in March and April and staying...

You are a talented lady!!! Is it harder to get the image on such a large scale? Or did you do it at the scale of a paintbrush and then blow it up in some way? However you did it, you really nailed those graceful, flowing curves! I would imagine this is going to give your home or farm or...

OMG the fjord horse is gorgeous! What's it constructed of? And you did the painting? Soooo beautiful! I once had a collection of them. About 7 of them in graduated sizes and I loved it but sometime after I left home for college it just managed to disappear.

OMG, those Norwegian meatballs look delicious!

The female blossoms never got fertilized. This often happens at the beginning when you have a ton of either male or female blossoms but not both. It can continue to be a problem if you don't have pollinators in your garden. But that can be fixed because squash are easy to hand pollinate. A...

Yeah. A spread for toast or scones. But maybe you'll think of something brand new to do with it. I might suggest trying it as a glaze for meat but it's pretty sweet and it has, at its base, that iconic Welch's grape flavor. Just more complex and interesting.

Just checked the garden. Nothing to pick and nothing for the foreseeable future(other than zucchini, there are always zucchini) but I've never seen so many bees out there workin' the plants! My egg production's way down too but at least my girls are feathering up again. Only thing is it's...

Gorgeous dahlia! So sorry for your loss, WTHRLady.

Oh! That beefsteak just looks soooooo good! So do those gorgeous beans. Will you save some for planting next year? Listen, folks, I'm not advocating the old ways. Not by a long shot! What I'm doing is comparing what my great aunt did to modern USDA approved methods and trying to reason it...

I got a really nice zucchini this morning. I've never had a zuke as robust and mildew-free as this plant. And I've got my first baby acorn squash on the vine. But then I always planted them last and had to stick them off in shadier spots. This one's in prime place in the sun and thriving...

OMG! I grew up in NYS. We had an old abandoned line of Concord grapes behind a barn at my house. No one pruned or tended the vine in any way but it just kept going. As kids we used to lie on our backs in that field and eat the Concord grape, sucking the skins and dumping the grapes (if I...

That's how I always prepared my jars to be filled but I never thought of sealing in there. I know the USDA has guidelines now that once didn't exist. If you ask me, their guidelines can scare as much as encourage. I'm going on the record as NOT in favor of anyone getting botulism but -- and...

OMG! I think a 1/3 of my compost must be the trimmings from fresh Brussels sprouts! When I'm doing it I always end up with a bowl twice the size of what I bought that's just the dry parts of the stems and outer leaves.

Gorgeous garden, caveman rich! I just love Black-Eyed Susans and nasturtiums too! Such unassuming cheerful flowers. And I especially love watering the nasties and watching the droplets bounce off the leaves until only 1 shining drop is left looking like a jewel. So sweet! _________...

That is exactly where I am! No freezer or fridge space and I'd like the flavor of Summer in the Winter. Sooooo, if you're got any time after all the stuff on your plate could you tell me a bit about pressure canning? I've never done it. If I pressure can would I not have to worry about the...