Drying Food This is the first year I have tried drying food, other than herbs. Drying food is an old technique used for thousands of years. Dried foods contain more nutrients that canned food and are delicious when reconstituted. Drying is a simple technique that involves very little equipment. Dry food is less likely spoil due…
My Photography Gear I have started to get a lot of questions about my photography gear and how I shoot the garden photography on the blog. First of all, I am an amateur. In fact, all of my gear is considered “cheap” in the world of photography. I took a photography class in college…
Summer Harvest This week has been busy with food preservation and fall garden planting. The biggest workload as of now is our corn harvest. The great thing about home grown corn is that it is SWEET and TENDER right out of the garden. The bad thing…a bunch come on at the same time. So it…
When to Prune Raspberries and Blackberries Pruning raspberries and blackberries after the harvest is a necessity for an orderly, trouble free berry patch. I should know…I skipped this step last year due to a number of time constraints and paid the price with a congested mess of raspberry plants that could hardly be approached, much less…