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It’s Fall – Time to Redesign Your Garden Space

What are you thankful for today? Today, I am thankful for my new garden up the road – a borrowed garden in someone else’s yard that is so much sunnier than my own. I’ve been having a lot of fun experimenting with mulching techniques and garden design. In my own small garden, I’ve had to be quite creative about space. I live in a townhouse with a tiny yard, and my tiny yard doesn’t really have room for a big garden bed. For a few years, I tried having a garden bed, but it just didn’t make sense. It was … Continue reading →

Storing Garden Seeds for the Winter

If you’re a gardener, you likely have a stash of seeds. If you’re anything like me, these seeds vary from nice, neat and labeled packages gleaned from stores and friends to roughly-made envelopes with penciled names on them. Whether the seeds are gleaned from your own garden plants or from the garden store, you’ll want to keep them safe this winter so that you can plant them in the spring. Label your seeds so that you know what you have and where it came from. If you have more details about planting and growing that plant, add notes to your … Continue reading →

Can You Do the Canning? Finding Old Jars

There’s a lot of can canning going on in my kitchen these days. This damp, sticky dance involves a lot of careful footwork and arm-lifting and a little bit of yelling upon occasion, as boiling hot water runs onto a part of me that doesn’t want to be exposed to boiling water. Yes, it’s canning time. This year I’ve done a whole lot of freezing. However, given that my freezers are mostly full now, I’m turning the focus to canning now. What I’ve discovered is that given my propensity to freeze jams and sauces in canning jars, I have very … Continue reading →

Food Storage: Plan According to the Seasons

You may have noticed that you eat different meals with different seasons. In the United States, we are entering the comfort foods season. This means a lot of heavy home cooked food, like soups, stews, and potatoes. When you are planning your food storage you should take into consideration the different seasons and the types of foods you would like to prepare. You should then stock up and rotate using these foods at the appropriate time. In the summer people tend to eat lighter fresher foods. You may rely heavily on farmer’s markets, and fresh produce from the grocery store. … Continue reading →