Shicole
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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Shicole
Oct 9, 20141 min
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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Shicole
Oct 7, 20141 min
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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Shicole
Sep 21, 20141 min
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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Shicole
Sep 15, 20141 min
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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Shicole
Sep 1, 20141 min
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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Shicole
Aug 10, 20141 min
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
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
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
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
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
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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Shicole
Jul 19, 20141 min
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
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
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
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
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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Shicole
Jul 11, 20141 min
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
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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Shicole
Jul 4, 20141 min
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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