It’s a New England Thing
What can I say? New Englanders love ice cream. My family members have been known to brave the chaos of a supermarket just prior to a blizzard, not to stock up on bread… Continue reading
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Simple Soup Sunday Supper
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, then you already know I can not get enough soup. I could eat soup every day and not get bored. After all, there are… Continue reading
Cookie Day!
Yes, my fellow DIYeters, it is Cookie Day. Today was that day in December when my non-biologically-related sisters and I crash my dad’s house and make a zillion sweet treats for the Yuletide.… Continue reading
2024 Food It Yourself Garden Review
No fruits, no leaves, no flowers, no trees, NOVEMBER! This old English saying just about sums it up for New England, also. We have had a couple of frosts here in central Massachusetts.… Continue reading
Celebrate NOW!
I love a good American Thanks Giving dinner. My family always has butternut squash and potatoes. There are plenty of variations on green beans, broccoli, or Brussels sprouts that might be enjoyed. My… Continue reading
Lunch!
It is that time of year, DIYeters. The time of year when I am searching for ways to use up the last of my tomatoes. This was a much better year in central… Continue reading
The Title is a Dad Joke
So, most of you know “Murphy’s Law”: if anything can go wrong, it will. If you took physics in school, you definitely know “Newton’s Law” of inertia and momentum: a body at rest… Continue reading
The Good, The Bad, and The Evil, Evil, Evil Squirrels
It is July and it’s too darn hot! We are quickly closing in on zucchini season. Before we get there however, we must manage the pests. Remember how I had so many apricots… Continue reading
Growing Well, So Far!
Tomorrow is the summer Solstice, and the Food It Yourself garden is off to a grand start. Although tomorrow is also the official first day of summer in the northern hemisphere, the heat… Continue reading
Awe Rats!
The Food It Yourself garden is loving the weather lately, which is a rare and precious thing in central New England. My herbs are doing very well. The cucumbers and turnips have sprouted,… Continue reading