I had the pleasure this morning to come home to a Burpee package containing my most recent order, 4 varieties of blueberries, and… wait for it… Pawpaws! I’m so excited!!! These are American pawpaws (I imagine asimina triloba, but the catalog didn’t specify) not papayas. The pawpaw in America bears a fruit that is often [...]
Canned and stewed tomatoes make for a great addition to winter stews to help bring the flavor of summer back into those cold, frigid days.
So far, all of our efforts have stemmed from our life of modern suburbia with our backyard garden, canning veggies and fruits, and trying to live a more sustainable lifestyle in the face of looming Walmarts and McDonalds.
I am naturally frugal by nature. I remember as a kid telling my parents I did not want the pink jeans at the store because they would not match as many of my shirts as the regular blue jeans, therefore making less financial sense. I also had a slight obsession with the colors in my [...]
I am sure this comes as no big surprise confession, but I have been neglecting this blog. Sad, but true. I stopped posting the Meatless Monday posts because, quite frankly, I got kind of bored with it. We still do eat meatless once a week, Mondays being the usual day, but coming up with new [...]

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