During fall break, we decided to travel to Sheridan, Indiana and visit Stuckey Farm Orchard and Cider Mill. I had not been to this farm...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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