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Shicole

Oct 10, 20141 min read

Brussels Sprouts Gratin

My boys and I picked these Brussels sprouts from my parents' garden. I love Brussels sprouts, but my husband does not. He will eat them...

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Oct 9, 20141 min read

Zucchini Pie

My dad ordered the book, The Amish Cook’s: Family Favorite Recipes. I looked through the book and found a zucchini pie recipe. I...

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Oct 7, 20141 min read

Stuffed Peppers

As I stated in my previous post, I had to acquire some bell peppers from my parents' garden since my bell pepper plant grew but did not...

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Sep 21, 20141 min read

Bell Peppers

Most gardeners struggle from time to time with a crop. My struggle is bell peppers. Over the years, I either grow a nice plant and it...

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Sep 15, 20141 min read

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

If you grow just one zucchini plant, you will have more zucchini than you can consume. I love to use our zucchini in bread. I found a...

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Sep 1, 20141 min read

Hand Pollination - Zucchini

Back in early July, I was getting really concerned about my zucchini plants. The plants were huge, but I had no zucchini. The...

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Aug 10, 20141 min read

Basil Pesto

This year in addition to growing regular basil, I also decided to try my hand at growing spicy globe basil. Spicy globe basil has...

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Shicole

Jul 23, 20141 min read

Dad's garden

My dad's garden is awesome. He has more space available to grow than me and he grows many of my favorite foods. When you have other...

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Shicole

Jul 22, 20141 min read

Sage picking

This is our first time growing sage. We planted six plants and they are growing wonderfully. I can't wait to use this sage in some...

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Shicole

Jul 21, 20141 min read

Old Fashioned Daylilies

I don't know if it was due to the polar vortex, but this has been a mild summer for Indiana. Typically all my old fashioned daylily...

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Shicole

Jul 21, 20141 min read

Very Hungry Caterpillars

Our collard and kale greens were doing well until the catepillar invasion. Eric Carle was right...these caterpillars are very hungry. ...

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Shicole

Jul 20, 20141 min read

Pinch those buds

A gardener never has enough time. One of my chocolate mint plants started to flower before I got around to pinching off the buds. I...

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Jul 19, 20141 min read

Ladybugs

This year is my first year puchasing ladybugs. Ladybugs are a gardener's friend. They help eliminate garden pests. There are...

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Shicole

Jul 19, 20141 min read

Cornish Hen with Orange - Ginger Glaze

I love Cornish Hen. I had the opportunity to use herbs I had dried from my garden for this recipe. When I realized I had the...

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Shicole

Jul 16, 20141 min read

Drying Herbs using your Oven

My herbs are growing faster than I can harvest them. I decided to try drying them using my oven. Sanctuary Gardener has a great blog...

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Shicole

Jul 15, 20141 min read

Which insect are you?

If you are a gardener, you know that with gardening comes insects. I love the ladybugs and the praying mantis (as long as the mantis...

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Shicole

Jul 14, 20141 min read

A Pollinator at Work

Although I did hand pollinate some of my zucchini (I'll blog about that process later), pollinators did eventually arrive in our garden...

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Jul 11, 20141 min read

Chocolate Mint Cookies

Not only do our boys help out in the garden, they help out in the kitchen also. Last week was a perfect time for making chocolate mint...

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Shicole

Jul 6, 20141 min read

Tangy Coleslaw

I decided to make coleslaw with one of the two cabbage heads we picked. Check out my tangy coleslaw recipe. #cabbage #coleslaw #sides

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Jul 4, 20141 min read

Cabbage and Greens Harvest

My boys and I went to our garden to harvest some collard greens and two heads of cabbage about one week ago. Our work was interrupted by...

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