Sometimes you need pumpkin pie spice to whip up a delicious pie but you look and search finding no pumpkin spice in your spice cabinet. Have no fear! I’m going to show you how to make your own pumpkin pie spice so that you you will always have this popular spice on hand for pies during the autumn season. How to Make Your Own Pumpkin Pie Spice What is pumpkin pie spice made of? Pumpkin … [Read more...]
Putting the Garden to Bed for Winter
It's Fall and things are finally winding down in the garden. Everything has been dug up and dealt with. Now it's time to start putting the garden to bed for winter. Here's what we've done so far this season with our garden harvests. Root crops are being stored in our cold room. The canning is almost finished for the season and we're happy to see jars full of home canned goodness on our … [Read more...]
Tucking Your Yard in for Winter – Part 2 The Garden
During the Spring and Summer months, we were busy with planting seeds, transplanting seedlings, weeding, irrigating, weeding again, thinning, more weeding and finally harvesting vegetables and fruits. Our Vegetable and Berry Gardens have given us a fantastic harvest, even though the weather this year was mostly cool and quite rainy. Sure we had two or three weeks of Summer, but gorgeous hot … [Read more...]
Tucking Your Yard In For The Winter – Part 1
Ahhh, Fall - that wonderful time of the year. The temperatures are dropping and it's wonderful for working outside. The leaves start changing colour and just by looking around, you can see everything starting to get ready for the coming Winter. Now is the time to start tucking your yard in for the Winter. The Garden Harvests have slowed down somewhat, … [Read more...]