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Hi, I'm Dave and thanks for visiting. I garden in Zone 6b in southern Indiana, and I blog here about gardening, nature and food.
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Tag Archives: preserving
Homemade: Quick Refrigerator Dill Pickles
This is a quick and easy recipe for the pickle lover in your family. Here at Happy Acres, my wife is a big fan of them. In years past she had been buying pickles to put on sandwiches, but last … Continue reading
Monday Recap: Getting Saucy
It seems like the last couple of weeks my wife and I have spent a lot of time processing tomatoes. We have made two batches of Homemade Tomato Ketchup, a batch each of Freezer Tomato Sauce and unseasoned Vitamix Tomato … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged eggplant, Gold Nugget, Jimmy Nardello, lemongrass, Mexico Midget, Monday Recap, paste tomatoes, preserving, rye bread, sweet peppers, Tatume, tomatoes
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Roasting Fresh Chile Peppers
I love the smell of roasting peppers. My wife and I made a fall trip to New Mexico a few years ago, and it seemed like everywhere we went they were roasting the new crop of chiles. The wonderful aroma … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Preserving
Tagged Anaheim, Biggie Chili, FoodSaver, peppers, preserving, roasted peppers
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Cherry Picking Time
The cherries are ripe here in Southern Indiana, and that means it was time for a road trip this week to Farview Orchards. It’s about a 45 minutes drive from Happy Acres, and the best local source for cherries in … Continue reading
Easy Refrigerator Pickled Garlic
Since this recipe calls for a lot of peeled garlic, you can speed up the process by using a garlic peeler. Alternately, you can dip the cloves into boiling water briefly, which helps loosen the skins. While researching food safety … Continue reading
