by Renee Pottle | Oct 6, 2015 | breads, Recipes From the Garden
How do you make a blueberry muffin even better? Add pumpkin! It’s pumpkin season. Time for hay rides, apple cider, and pumpkin pie. Even though I love pumpkin, I am always hesitant to let summer go even one second early. So I was delighted to find this muffin... 
by Renee Pottle | Sep 29, 2015 | and sweet treats, Instagram, Recipes From the Garden
Sometimes the old-fashioned way is the best way, like with this sweet-tart apple-pear crisp. Update: If you are interested in apples in general, and in the health aspects of apples in particular, check out this lengthy and informative article over at Well-Being... 
by Renee Pottle | Sep 24, 2015 | Canning and Preserving, Vegetarian
Turn dehydrated garden vegetables into multi-use powders. Homemade vegetables powders are a great way to use up the dwindling garden harvest. Which Vegetables Should Be Used For Powders? Almost any vegetable can be dried. Here are some of my favorites: Roots: beets,... 
by Renee Pottle | Sep 22, 2015 | Recipes From the Garden, Soups, Sauces, and Entrees
Enjoy the harvest with this easy, Mediterranean inspired, eggplant and pasta recipe. Long time readers know that I am a big advocate of the Mediterranean Diet and that I credit it with helping me to keep my genetically high cholesterol somewhat under control. Of... 
by Renee Pottle | Sep 17, 2015 | gardening, Grow Your Own Food
Poor Cinderella. She wouldn’t get to the Ball in a coach made from this pumpkin! Now that the 100 degree days have gone, the pumpkins finally decided to start growing. Just in time for the plants to die. Sigh. I have had a garden for many years, yet I still have...