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I have a new video and this time it’s about food! In it, you’ll learn how to make soup stock from the vegetables you grew this year. You’ll discover it’s easier than you thought. And the best part is it tastes so much better than what you can buy in the store. I hope to shoot videos every now and […]
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Hey, everybody, I’ve got a new video! This one is about how to harvest leeks, recipes for cooking with them, and how to store them. You really get your money’s worth when you grow leeks. That’s because you can eat the majority of their stalk. This is the third year I’ve grown ‘Bulgarian Giant’ leeks. The seeds came from Baker […]
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This year, I grew something new: Autumn Frost winter squash. I’m very impressed with it. It’s essentially a mini butternut squash. Since I’m just cooking for the two of us, I was attracted to the idea of a more manageable size squash. In the past, I’ve cooked some whopper butternuts so this was a nice change. I got the ‘Autumn […]
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Well, that was different! My goal was to create a video on how to harvest root crops. Sometimes it’s a breeze to shoot my videos. Other times, Mother Nature throws everything she can at me just to remind me who’s in charge. I ended up shooting this video over the course of 6 days. That’s because of a freak snowstorm […]
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At the risk of seeming redundant, I need to write one more post about how to keep cucumbers fresh. Why? Here’s the deal: On Oct. 8, I wrote a Facebook post in which I shared a tip I’d learned. In the past, whenever I harvested cucumbers, they would turn soft or shrivel up so quickly. I recently did a web […]
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Holy cow! A few days ago, I wrote a Facebook post about a new tip. It was about how to store  cucumbers so they stay fresh. Little did I realize how many folks would find this tip so useful! As I write this, 7 MILLION people have seen the post! There have been 17,000 comments and an astounding 82,000 shares! […]
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Homemade salsa made with a whole lot of goodness from your garden is the BEST. Am I right? I’ve had a lot of requests for the salsa recipe that Bill and I make. We’ve been perfecting it over the past couple of summers and think we’ve finally nailed it! Use a food processor to shorten the amount of preparation time […]
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All of a sudden, I’m starting to experience a bit of garden overwhelm. There are so many things to harvest and preserve for yummy fall and winter eating. Since there are a lot of new gardeners this year and increased interest in preserving the harvest, I thought that would be a perfect topic for today’s garden column and video. You […]
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As many of you know, I’m growing fava beans this year. This marks the second time I’ve grown them, although the last time was quite a few years ago. I’ve been pointing them out in my vegetable garden tour videos but thought you’d like to see how to process them in order to use the beans in cooking. Fava bean […]
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Since Thanksgiving is just a week away, I have a treat for you! I shot a video on how to make a pumpkin pie with your very own homegrown pumpkins! And it’s OK if you didn’t grow your own because there’s always next year, you know. In the meantime, you can find pie pumpkins at the grocery store. I usually […]
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