Easy Homemade Rhubarb Pie I feel like so far this month, Mother Nature has been confusing the Midwest with the Pacific Northwest. Needless to say, it has been a little too soggy and muddy to put in my garden or get much spring planting done. On the positive, my rhubarb is coming along just fine….
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How to Grow Cucumbers
How to Grow Cucumbers Spring finally seems to have sprung around here after a ridiculously long, cold, and snowy winter. A few weeks ago, I even broke down and started some tomatoes and cabbage seeds for my garden. Now don’t start believing that I am Martha Stewart, most years my garden is both under watered…
How To Freeze Sweet Corn
How To Freeze Sweet Corn It’s that time of year when summer’s bounty is hitting it’s stride in my garden. The beans and peas are winding down. The cukes are still OUT OF CONTROL! And the first tomatoes, peppers, and sweet corn are ready to pick. Eating fresh produce is the main pay off of…
Creamy Cucumber and Onion Salad
Creamy Cucumber and Onion Salad My garden cucumbers are out of control this year! They just became ready about 2 weeks ago and since then, I’ve picked over 60 cukes from only a couple of plants. I see plenty of pickles in my future. But other than some gifted cucumbers to family friends, most of…
7 Tips For Beginner Gardeners
7 Tips For Beginner Gardeners We are officially into Spring, but mother nature keeps throwing a touch of winter back into the game. Regardless, I have started flipping through seed magazines and planning the layout for my garden this year. Each garden takes a bit of planning and although I wouldn’t say I’m a professional,…