I won't lie, making pasta sauce from scratch to can is time-consuming. It'll have you wondering why you are standing there, sweating...when you could just drive to the store and buy it. Right? But....it is worth it. You know what goes into it. No thickeners, no stabilizers, no gums. No preservatives. Canned in glass jars,… Continue reading Handcrafted Marinara Sauce
Category: Gardening
Handcrafted Ketchup
Let's say one has around 25 pounds of ripe tomatoes and free time....what does one make? The sensible solution would be pasta sauce, but no, I decided ketchup. This isn't an easy recipe by any means. It is time-consuming - it took around 4 hours time (although much of it is free time), and it… Continue reading Handcrafted Ketchup
August In The Garden
Summer settled in, with a few days of cool(er) weather at the end of July (read, normal weather for the PNW). It gave me time to go outside and do a lot of needed work. I assessed what was thriving, what wasn't growing well, and what needed to be culled (a good way to speed… Continue reading August In The Garden
Sweet and Sour Zucchini Pickles
You know how everyone makes zucchini jokes? About so many they are going Ninja at night and throwing them on neighbors porches? That doesn't seem to happen here. Of all my plants, my summer squash I work the hardest with and often don't a ton back. I think it just comes down to where we… Continue reading Sweet and Sour Zucchini Pickles