Author: Mary Ann

 Saffron is an expensive spice when purchased at the store (I think I paid $14 for a normally-sized spice jar of it when I last

My potatoes that I harvested back in the early summer are sprouting eyes, even though I have kept them in the coolest area of the house, and

Sometime late Friday night or early Saturday morning, the temperature dipped below freezing, ending up at thirty degrees or lower by morning.  Heavy frost coated

I picked these beautiful peppers this afternoon before the temperatures that will dip towards freezing arrive   I am preserving some of them by making

Although Mr. Cuteypants doesn’t roam the yard eating ticks and other critters, he does love crabgrass seeds, as do my chickens.  He’s the one making