I'm thankful to be part of a family of gardeners. Growing your own food and making harvest meals has been part of my family for generations. When is a better time for a harvest meal than Thanksgiving? I'm also thankful we have had a mild autumn so far here in Indiana. For some reason me growing sage coincided with me also being assigned to bring the dressing (aka stuffing) for the last few years for Thanksgiving. Because we have not had any long spells of cold weather, I

The best part about federal holidays is that most people have the day off and are able to spend time with family. Sunday and Monday, my boys and I (hubby decided to catch up on some sleep) harvested some items from our garden in preparation for today. Salad I unexpectantly ended up with some lettuce plants (although hubby suggests that these occurrences happen too often to be considered unexpected). This was the first time I have ever planted any lettuce and we planted thre