If you haven’t already had hard frost in your part of the north, it’s coming soon. Maybe tonight! So, it’s time to take a good long look at your beloved, bounteous garden and decide what to do with what’s left out there. And that includes what’s left behind after the crop is picked and brought in!Read More →
Will wonders never cease? Apparently, not yet. If you’ve been wanting that just-got-back-from-the-islands look but are afraid of the damage the sun might do to your skin, there is an alternative you can try. So says a new report from researchers at the University of Nottingham, in England…Read More →
I know, I know… You planted one little Zucchini sprout and it took over your garden, giving you back dozens and dozens of cute little Courgettes. But you ran out of ideas on how to use them fresh before the end of the first week they started coming in. We all do! Now, try preserving them to enjoy all winter long!Read More →
We kicked off our Fall Harvest Tips series recently with my take on how to deal with the inevitable Tomato Tsunami. Today, we’ll tackle another Harvest Time Embarrassment of Riches: What to do with all the lovely fresh herbs still growing like weeds in the far back corner of your bounteous garden!Read More →
Yes, it’s that time of year, again. The tomatoes are starting to come in, fast, from the two or three little plants you put in over by the back fence last spring. Surprise! They’ve grown to three or four feet in height and each has about 20 kg of fruit on it, coming ripe all at once!Read More →
Thought you’d heard the end all and be all of weird diets when Dr. Oz was called to account before a Special Congressional Committee on the marketing of weight loss products? Think again. No sooner had the kafuffle over Dr. Oz died down than we were looking at Vinegar Drinking… Read More →
I’ve been ignoring it, hoping it would just go away and leave us alone. But it shows no signs of going anywhere anytime soon, so I guess I have to comment on it. I’m talking about the recent fad for drinking Vinegar and substituting it for other foods – something I just can’t get my head around.Read More →
Remember the big consumer kafuffle a year or two ago, about so-called ‘Pink Slime’ – a cheap, chemically-treated Slaughterhouse byproduct being used to ‘extend’ the actual meat used in Fast-Food Burger patties and other Ground Beef products? Well, the stuff is back…Read More →