condiments/pickles/jams/jellies

Lovage is an old fashioned herb that grows to be over six feet tall. Later in the season the leaves can get…

Preserved Lemons sound exotic but are dead simple to whip up and make a fabulous hostess gift for the foodies in your…

Basil Puree unlike pesto seems to keep forever in the freezer. Most likely, it’s the absence of pine nuts and cheese that…

RIGHT TURN CLYDE! For those of you who remember my jubilation last summer when I’d discovered that my struggling teeny black current…

I had no idea Ralph and I have been living such a quiet life. Having our daughters home for the holidays happily…

OLD FASHIONED SWEET AND SOUR HARVARD BEETS are a holiday staple at my family’s table. A humble root vegetable turned into a vegetable…

WILD BLUEBERRY JAM or any jam, for that matter, is the least difficult to make of the preserving world. Really, all you…

An overcast Sunday morning at the farm, as summer starts to fade away… I don’t know where the time went this summer.…

When John Denver sang the line, “life on the farm is kinda laid back” it should have been clear to the world…

This is the second post in my HOW TO PICKLE series. Whether you tried the pickled turnip or not doesn’t matter –…