Cucumber Overabundance

We have been blessed to overflowing with cucumbers this year.  I don’t know if the wet/mild summer is the reason, or if the Good Lord just saw fit to teach me how to make pickles.  I’ve made pickles 4 times so far – two batches of bread & butter, 2 batches of dill.  I can’t [...]

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Arkansas blueberries

We found a u-pick blueberry farm not far from us, and decided to get up early this morning to start pickin’! We have 12 pounds of blueberries ready to go in the freezer.  For $1.00 a pound, you can’t beat it (and they are SO much better than the store bought or frozen ones!). BTW, [...]

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Wednesday ramble about gardening

I don’t know about your neck of the woods, but we have had so much rain lately, I can’t even get my garden going.  We had a couple of really cold nights in the early part of the week, but I’m hoping now spring will finally be sprung!  I’m ready for warmer weather (just not [...]

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