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It’s days like these that make me really really wish I didn’t have to work for a living! I took today off in order to run some errands and enjoy my new sewing machine that Kirk bought me for my upcoming birthday. (It arrived yesterday.) I was up and dressed, had eaten breakfast and . . . → Read More: I feel very accomplished today! I’m thinking of making a structure to contain my container garden. This maybe: http://www.thebucketgarden.com/5.html Or something similar. I have had great success with growing tomatoes, cucumbers, and all sorts of peppers in buckets. I’m sure that other crops would work in buckets just as well. It’s also been easier. Weeding is minimized. I pull . . . → Read More: The Incredible Bucket Garden – modifications There are all sorts of ways to preserve peppers! I chose to dry and grind up a batch of cayenne peppers from my garden last weekend. I harvested approximately 50 cayenne peppers from my Incredible Bucket Garden, spread them out on a baking sheet and put them in the oven at about 150 degrees . . . → Read More: Drying Cayenne Peppers Making wine vinegar is incredibly easy. All you need is a container, preferably a glass jar of some kind and some wine, and either some cheesecloth or some other fine mesh barrier to cover the opening, mainly to keep bugs out. Now, to kick start it you can buy some vinegar from your local . . . → Read More: Making your own wine vinegar Kirk and I started our first batch of mead in November of 2009. (Here is a short article on what mead is: ( http://www.essortment.com/food/mead_tvtn.htm ) I have loved mead since I first tasted some Chaucer’s Honey Mead( http://www.chaucerswine.com/mead.asp ) when I lived in Alaska. My mother introduced me to it. I have since tried . . . → Read More: Mead In South Carolina, the 10th of May is recognized as Confederate Memorial Day. From the May, 1893 issue of “Confederate Veteran,” the Origin of Memorial Day It is a matter of history that Mrs. Chas. J. Williams, of Columbus, Ga., instituted the beautiful custom of decorating soldiers’ graves with flowers, a custom which . . . → Read More: Confederate Memorial Day This is what we had for dinner last night along with a can of “no salt added” corn. 1lb lean ground beef 4 cups tomato sauce 1 tsp minced, fresh garlic Herbs to taste such as: Oregano, Parsley, Thyme weight watchers shredded cheese, about 8 ounces part skim ricotta cheese 1 box whole . . . → Read More: Lasagna, almost diet-worthy 1 cup water 1 cup honey 1/2 cup chopped FRESH ginger root 1 teaspoon lemon zest or fresh lemon peel with most of the pith (white part) removed 1 1/2 cups 50 proof vodka Combine honey and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil, boiling for about 5 minutes. Skim off . . . → Read More: Honey Ginger Liqueur Fresh tomato and cucumber salad 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar 1/4 teaspoon lite salt 3-4 cloves garlic, minced 10 fresh basil leaves (fresh today from my garden) 5 fresh oregano leaves (fresh today from my garden) 3 small fresh cucumbers (fresh today from . . . → Read More: Tonight, fresh tomato and cucumber salad This happened when she was Mayor of Wasilla, the town I lived in. It was sometime in the mid to late 90′s, I don’t remember the exact dates, but I remember the event. I worked for a non-profit agency doing all sorts of IT related things along with my primary job of doing income . . . → Read More: Random Sarah Palin Encounter |
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