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Strawberry Jam -- This is so easy to make, and absolutely yummy! You just may find
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While there, we had to-die-for Bloody Mary's. What made it so good you ask, the
pickled green beans. Here is a great recipe I found.
Spring is marching forward. Say good-bye to dull Winter skin, hello bright and fresh with
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7/12/08 - The Market was fun! Got Walla Walla sweet onions, fresh dill, green beans and garlic. Also picked up a lovely bouquet of lilies, daisies and other beauties and a gallon pot of coneflowers to plant.
Next we hit a nursery. Okay, I'm a sucker for beautiful flowers and I couldn't resist more coneflowers, dahlias and black-eyed-susans to mingle in on the hill in the side front yard. Sigh. For out back, I got more dahlias, marigolds, and snapdragons. I'm loving the backyard, and sitting out there at sundown with the glow of tiki lights and candles. Can you say paradise! :-) AlI I need now is lites for market umbrella.
I later cooked a pot of snapped green beans. While that simmered, my man and I sipped crantinis on the patio. A refreshing, fabulous summer cocktail! Then bbq'ed chicken breasts and made a Caesar salad. YUM!
Here's a gardening tip my grandma always swore by when gardening. Run your fingernails over a bar of soap so dirt won't get under nails. Worked for her. She always had beautiful nails.
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7/10/08 - There's just something magical about fresh summer veggies. Whether you live in the burbs, country, or inbetween, it isn't hard finding them. And -- what better way to welcome summer than by visiting local produce stands, roadside stands, farmer's market, grocery or by planting seeds in your own backyard. Each summer I grow tomatoes, corn, artichokes, garlic and anything else that strikes my fancy. I've also done varieties of herbs, watermelon, pumpkins -- which I've discovered need tons of room for those vines to spread -- and fruits. I like to think I have a fabulous green thumb that I inherited. But it's nothing like what my grandparents could accomplish in their lavish gardens. Theirs were overflowing with every kind of vegetable imaginable. Growing up, my favorites were always vine tomatoes -- ahh, the sweet scent that brings back childhood memories -- green beans, zucchini, acorn squash, cucumbers and radishes. Ooh and those potatoes. Or 'volunteer potatoes' as my grandma always called them, because they always replanted themselves year after year.
Now that I live in the outskirts, I like supporting our local farmers. This weekend, my man and I will be hitting the Vancouver Saturday Market.
Here are some pictures I took today of my artichoke plant and green beans.
4/09/08 - I need your help! I'm looking to try out some new and/or canning and preserves recipes. Got some old tried and true that you love? Send me the recipe, and if we (me, friends and family) love it too, you just may see it here in my Web-site. Please send by April 20, 2008. Thanks!
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3/31/08 - Whew! What a busy month March has been. But, I've been making time to do some canning. My mom says when she was growing up, folks always asked my grandma how much she canned each year. Grandma's reply, "A hundred quarts of everything." My grandma was pretty amazing with everything.
So far this week I've made two dozen half pints of yummy strawberry jam for friends and family, 6
pints of pickled green beans, and 2 pints of marinated mushrooms. I'll be trying out more recipes. I
always love hearing what you're doing in your kitchen.
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