First vegetable garden July 1992 Not much has happened here on the farm since the heat wave hit on Wednesday. I’ve not been sleeping well, on the couch in the living room where it’s tolerable. My 2 helpers

I like to use dried cranberries for baking or to add to oatmeal for breakfast; but a small package is outrageous. Since fresh berries are abundant this time of year, I decided to purchase 4 bags and dehydrate

Every week something new pops up in the garden and I've been busy dehydrating so many all spring and now summer. The first one I did were the early dandelions. I dried some of the petals and then have

Freeze drying The first time I learned about a freeze dryer was here on Hive. I forgot the name of the account (sorry) but I read some posts about processing food in a freeze dryer and I was intrigued.

On Monday morning I was expecting my general helper and intern #2 at 7AM. I was up at 4AM to get my post up and clean the kitchen up. I went out at 6AM to get the yard cleaned up so I could mow. I had

The outer cabbage leaves are enormous on the plants in the garden. I trimmed off some of them to get better airflow between the plants. I washed all the leaves and cut out the thick ribs to prepare them

It has been a busy two days this week as the first round of herbs were ready to harvest. I took advantage and decided to dry them in the #dehydrator. The chamomile, chives, lemon balm, oregano, sage, and

The Lilacs were at their peak here in western, New York this past week. I took a day to focus on preserving the blossoms for future use. Today, I will share three ways I use these beautiful, edible flowers.

Dehydrating Green Onion Many of us grow more vegetables than we can use, when we harvest them, so, WHAT to do with your BOUNTY? Here's a quick little tip for how to save your extra green onion, chives,

In which I do battle with Parsley Root. Or rather, the roots of Parsley...

On Saturday morning first thing I set about getting as many of the plant lights and shelves out of the windows as I could. Then I put the window shades back up. We were to be in the 80’sF and I had to

With the ever-increasing prices of store-bought eggs it was time to do some research on dehydrating some. Our stores in western, New York have increased the egg price from springtime @ $1.29 a dozen to

My back up helper and helper friend got here around 8AM. My helper friend did the foliars and then ran the vacuum around the house. My backup helper and I packed up and went up to the barn to clean freezers.

I got out early on Friday morning and started moving the pile of mulch in the Small garden. It did ²⁄³ of the back of the garden. My backup helper arrived at 8AM and she started putting the bales down

Hi Herb Hivers i have just filled the dehydrator with sage leaves harvested from the Dave goes Nuts harvesting trip from last week. i guess i will use it for making tea and adding to food. Any suggestions

On Tuesday, I didn’t accomplish much. I didn’t work in the gardens. I spent the morning on the phone, trying to find out how many people who had not RSVP’d were coming. We made a big jump, up to 61 now.

Friday morning I got the dehydrators unloaded. The comfrey in both of them just filled the half gallon jar. That one’s done. I’d planned to go out to pick green peas and process them while it rained, but

I thought I had a few nettles plants out on the bank so I went out to harvest from them. Turns out there were only 5 small ones and I only got 2 trays worth. Last year there had been huge dandelion leaves

Using my homemade Teriyaki marinade sauce to make the BEST jerky.

We’ve been getting 4 pullet eggs from the new flock most days. One day a large egg with a broken end came in. I saved it for the old cat. It had a double yolk, common in newly laying pullets. I sold my