Our strawberry harvest was very sad this year. Last year it was wonderful. This year, we've made one batch of strawberry jam, a double ...

1. We made our first batches of strawberry jam! So far we have four pints of strawberry jam and seven pints of strawberry lemon marmalade. T...

Grow your own strawberries, if you can. Varieties you grow will be much tastier than anything you can buy in the stores (since they don...

It's  Thursday and time for more Small Successes! Oh, wait, it's Friday. It's so nice to be reminded that even someone who seems...

Over the course of a couple of weeks, we picked 96 pounds of strawberries from our garden. (Kansas Dad spent a lot of time on his knees pick...

1. I'm posting some Small Successes! (Ok, I won't really count that.) Kansas Dad has been handling a lot of the meals around here. ...

I cannot believe how much sugar we use when canning - seven cups is not unusual! Here's the sugar for our first batch: Here are a few...

Fifteen years ago, as I was finishing up high school (and now you all know how old I am), I never would have believed in 2010 I'd be sta...

Probably no one out there cares, but I wanted to have a little record (since this blog serves as my garden journal in addition to my baby bo...

From the 11pounds of strawberries Kansas Dad picked on Friday: 7 pints of strawberry jam 4 cups frozen strawberries ate about 4 cups with...

It's hard to believe it's Thursday already, and time for more Small Successes. 1. My mom and I made these lovely jars of applesauce ...

Spending all day Saturday in the kitchen canning tomatoes, making applesauce and slicing apples for the freezer and baking cupcakes and app...