Cranberry sauce is a simple thing to make, so simple it is sadness to buy it in a can. And the worst part about canned cranberry sauce is the one dominant brand in the US is a horrid product. It is syrupy sweet, for a reason, it is heavy on the corn syrup: Cranberries, high… Continue reading Handcrafted and Canned Cranberry Sauce
Month: October 2015
Building A Simple Hoophouse
During the long and very hot summer, it was always in the corner of my mind that I needed to think about my garden and fall, unless I wanted to roll up the growing and call it a year. So out of that came these DIY hoop house projects: I came across a copy of… Continue reading Building A Simple Hoophouse
Cold Weather Protection for Fall Crops
It doesn’t much more than this color in a maple leaf to tell us in the Pacific Northwest that Fall is here….. Fall here brings the rain back, but it also has plenty of warm afternoons and sun. Just much shorter days though, and it cools off quickly. The garden still grows happily. But with… Continue reading Cold Weather Protection for Fall Crops
DIY Wool Felt Crowns
DIY Wool Felt Crowns, a project you can make simple, or be elaborate with. I chose to make it with two colors, one a felted color, the other a solid. While I used a sewing machine, this can be sewed by hand if you have the patience. It would be pretty as well top stitched… Continue reading DIY Wool Felt Crowns