Garden Visitors Broadly speaking, gardeners tend to be wildlife lovers too. When I worked in garden centers, I regularly had conversations with clients who simultaneously wanted pointers on ridding their yard of one pest or another (without harming it) and attracting wildlife. Interestingly the key to both lies in understanding what these critters are looking…
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…
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…
History of Oakland Cemetery For someone who only lives 20 minutes from Atlanta and have spent over half my life in the metro area, I have not spent a lot of time in the city. I am one of those suburbanites that detest traffic, the lack of parking, and just the general hustle and bustle…