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…
Put It On Ice Freezing is my favorite method of preserving. Prepping is minimal and I can get ripe produce from the garden to the freezer within the hour. Plus, it doesn’t heat up the house! Freezing fruits and vegetables has its advantages over the other methods of preserving. More nutrients are preserved in the…
Falls Park is a garden lover’s dream…. I admit that this is the first time I actually stopped in Greenville, SC. We travel up Interstate 85 frequently heading towards North Carolina and Maryland to visit relatives. Greenville is only 2.5 hours away from us so when we make our 12 hour trip to Maryland, we…
Phew…it’s hot out there! It’s the middle of July and we are already thinking about back to school and fall planting. Summer is flying by fast. Yes, I did say back to school. Our oldest only has about 3 weeks left until he goes back. He is not looking forward to it! We also ordered…