Err, Whats Up Doc? © A long time ago I was invited to the home of one of the deans of a college in our town for supper and his charming "hostess" of the month was a beautiful young student from Ethiopia who also happened to be the creator of our lovely dinner. One of... ( added 1 year 68 days ago.)

What Else to do With Roma Tomatoes© Our section of Roma tomatoes in our garden is really doing its thing this year. We are getting a lot of yield and we are able to share them with my brother who lives next door to us and does not keep a garden. We did not plant many plants because... ( added 1 year 68 days ago.)

It’s Thyme to Make Soup© The best thing about a garden is all the freshness is readily available throughout the summer. That's the reward for all the hard work and it is hard work to get the ground made ready, to sow the seeds, to water and the constant weeding, to worry... ( added 1 year 71 days ago.)

Can She Bake a Cherry Pie, Billy Boy© When I was a kid growing up this was one of the songs we learned to sing in good old P.S. 81. There was never a lot of pie baking in our household, matter of fact there was never really much baking unless my grandmother did it. We had such... ( added 1 year 71 days ago.)

Growing Apricots© Most of us do not have a really good appreciation of apricots and I think the reason is that we do not see many fresh apricots in the market place because they do not ship well. Many of us are very familiar with dried apricots. However, they do... ( added 1 year 71 days ago.)

How to Make Onion Zucchini Frittata© I was never one to enjoy an egg for breakfast. I did not like the smell or taste of them nor do I to this day. However, after many years of traveling the world I discovered the cooking of Italy and especially how to make and enjoy a frittata.... ( added 1 year 71 days ago.)

The Plum Tomatoes are Rolling In© I don't know about your organic garden, but my 6 plum tomato plants are really giving me more than I can use right now. My brother is sick of seeing me bring him over some. At the age of 73+ I no longer maintain big gardens or do a lot of canning... ( added 1 year 71 days ago.)

How to Cook Exotic Pears© Or perhaps the title of this article should be "How to Exotically Cook Pears". As I walk through our small orchard which consists of about 30 or so trees which bear us apples, pears, peaches, cherries, and a variety of plums I can see that this... ( added 1 year 71 days ago.)

Cucumbers and Tarragon, a Nifty Combination© We all know how to prepare cucumbers. When our organic garden starts producing lots of them we put them in salads, we prepare pickles, we make relish, we eat them raw, we have cucumber sandwiches and we start to give them away to anyone who will... ( added 1 year 71 days ago.)

Pass the Terrine Please© If someone asked me to pass the terrine please I would be stumped for a second until I ask them if they wanted a dish or mold which is a glazed earthenware object, usually terra cotta, having vertical sides, a cover and is a mainstay of a French... ( added 1 year 71 days ago.)

Pass the Crudités Please© We have all prepared fresh vegetables for dipping. Often called "relish" trays the correct name is Crudits which is nothing more than pieces of raw vegetables, prepared simply on a large serving dish and usually surrounding a dip or a variety of... ( added 1 year 71 days ago.)

How to Grow Rutabagas© I used to get rutabagas and turnips mixed up when I was a kid and since I did not like either one as a young child I really did not care a flying fig when my mother would say, "Finish up those vegetables, thousands of children in China are... ( added 1 year 71 days ago.)

How to Make Pâté for Vegetarians© Many people, when they hear the word Pt, think of meat and mostly of poor geese in cages with their head and neck sticking through while some French housewife has a funnel stuck into its beak and down its throat while grinding away corn into the... ( added 1 year 71 days ago.)

How to Create a Mediterranean Courtyard© The last time I was in Cannes , Nice and Monte Carlo I had a chance to observe the vegetation along these coastal areas. Over the centuries of using all the timber, trees in the course of living and building in ever increasing steepness on the... ( added 1 year 71 days ago.)

How to Make Really Good Mint Ice Cream© I find it really hard, in my old age, to find really good ice cream. I live in an area of rural KY where one cannot find some of the brand names I like. I also have found that today's ice cream, at least in my own personal opinion or should I say... ( added 1 year 71 days ago.)

What to do With Those Seashells You Collected on Your Last Vacation© Each of us at one time or another has collected seashells and those of us who have kids usually wind up with colorful plastic buckets of them brought back to us and dumped in our laps. These must always be brought home at least according to the... ( added 1 year 71 days ago.)

How to Grow Jerusalem Artichokes© You don't need to live in Jerusalem to grow Jerusalem artichokes and they do not come from Jerusalem. Some times referred to as Sunchokes this tuber is actually part of the Sun flower family and it can be grown anywhere in the United States. This... ( added 1 year 71 days ago.)

How to Grow Turnips© Don't think just because summer is ending that your gardening has to stop because you can plant a cool weather crop called turnips. You don't have to bother with plants because turnips grow better from seed and the seed can be sown in the fall... ( added 1 year 71 days ago.)

Cool Vegetables for a Hot Summer© The weather is hot here now in zone 6 and especially with global warming signs everywhere. This is the hottest summer I have known to date. However, the summer vegetables are in abundance. We have green peppers, tomatoes, plum tomatoes, cucumbers... ( added 1 year 71 days ago.)

How to Make Apple and Beet Soup© The garden is giving out the beets. The orchard is giving out the apples and you have run out of ideas on what to do with them. We have all heard of the classic borscht, a soup that may or may not be in your daily diet. Beets are great for their... ( added 1 year 71 days ago.)

How to Stop Tomato Blossom End Rot© My tomato plants came from a really good Amish nursery that I have been doing business with for years. Since we do not do a lot of canning or preserving in our old age, I do not start a lot of seed in our green house which this year has become a... ( added 1 year 71 days ago.)

How to Add Pizzazz to Apple Pie© Our apple orchard is gaining every day and I am very glad about it. I am an apple eater. However, our present energy situation here in the United States has sent us into an inflationary recession (is that an oxymoron?). I went into one of our... ( added 1 year 71 days ago.)

How to Become a Seed Saver and Sharer© As more and more of our world, our world's heritages, traditions and lifestyles change and even disappear it is most important that we seriously consider becoming savers and sharers of heirloom seeds. The emphasis is on the word heirloom seeds... ( added 1 year 71 days ago.)

How to Pick an Eco-friendly Plant© Just what the heck are Eco-friendly plants? I suppose one can come up with lots of answers and they will all be correct in this day and age because Eco-friendly is a whole new ball game, being written as we read here. It is like the computer age... ( added 1 year 71 days ago.)

How to Create Miniature Mediterranean Gardens© As I get older and am less able to stand the grueling sun we have been getting from Global warming in our zone 6 or as I can no longer seem to find willing teenagers or any kind of helpers even at $8.00 cash per hour for even 2 or 3 hours in the... ( added 1 year 71 days ago.)