by Daisy | Aug 9, 2010 | Dessert, Recipes
I appreciate trying to live within ones means. What does this have to do with cookies? My nephew was married last week and, besides the wedding cake, the reception was cookies and punch, supplied by family and friends. I hope the trend away from the extravagant...
by Daisy | Aug 6, 2010 | Conversation, Fencepost
Huh? Spil what? It’s a real thing. I’ve got some growing in my vegetable garden, right at one end of the pepper patch, not to confuse you–it’s not in the capsicum family. It’s its own thing, a medicinal herb I selected because the seed...
by Daisy | Jul 26, 2010 | Conversation, Fencepost
There it was, at the feed store. A small eggplant seedling in a black plastic pot. The first rule in edible gardening, in my opinion, is only grow what you like to eat. Having had more than my share of bad eggplant experiences, I’m a little put off by the...
by Daisy | Jun 28, 2010 | Recipes, Snacks & Sides
I’m going to have to buy squash to make this from now on because my eight squash plants produced a total of 4 squash before I ripped them out. They were infested with squash borers and squash bugs and I gave them to the chickens. I hope they ate every bug....
by Daisy | Jun 7, 2010 | Beginner Gardens, Garden
I decided to do a little tutorial on how I grow salad greens after the following conversation with my husband: Me: How much do you think this would cost in the store, a huge bowl of fresh organic mixed salad greens? Husband: Oh, about four dollars. But that’s...
