Dear Neighbor, The two most versatile canned sauces are spaghetti and salsa. While spaghetti sauce can be used in a lot of recipes, I find salsa even more versatile. You can use salsa as a dip,salad dressing, a cracker spread, a soup or casserole base, a condiment poured over omelettes, scrambled eggs, scrambled egg wraps,…
Dear Neighbor, I know, with all my past talk you probably thought I was talking about dealing with bats. No, I am not speaking of dealing with driving a stake through the heart of a vampire but driving a stake out for the dog! I don’t know about you but sometimes the dirt around here…
I know for the suburban lawn set, dandelions are a real thorn in the side. However, as I have written before, dandelions are an excellent food source and freely given. Yes, sometimes too freely. I started doing a little weed picking in the edges of the sidewalk and drive and then it occurred to m
It has been my tradition that sometime Valentines week, I get to start something I love: gardening for the new year.
As soon as the gift wrap is cleared and the cookie crumbs are vacuumed, I move right on past the holidays as if they never existed. I know that is kind of sad, but it is how I cope with winter and one has to move on, right?
Dear Neighbors, Youth is our future. To reach youth and help educate them we need to speak their language. Rap, good or bad, gets their attention. This video about the dangers of GMO food, made by Natural News, comes in four language sub-titles. I am posting all of them, just for fun. PLEASE post one…
Having the homestead spirit as I do, my desire is to have food growing as long as possible. There is still time to get two more rounds of gardening in: a late summer and fall garden.
As I write, we have first gotten a red tomato! The climate has been weird here. Makes for nice green grass in July, but it hasn't been the best mater year. Either it is too hot and dry or it comes down in torrential downpours, splitting all the tomatoes.
Dear Neighbor, Why is one of the easiest vegetables to grow the so under appreciated? It is kind of like the Rodney Dangerfield of vegetables, often joked about and gets no respect. I really don’t see why and will declare publicly: I am a fan. The hardest thing about the zucchini is remembering how to spell…
