Even though I live on a farm with over 80 varieties of tropical fruit, coconut is one of my favorites because it is the most versatile. There are just so many ways to enjoy coconut and so many stages of a coconut to enjoy. There are six different ways to enjoy coconuts, the stages are: […]
Cucumbers are a rewarding crop to grow. I grow them every year. They also grow very fast and soon you’ll discover that you can’t eat them fast enough. I usually make a brine and keep adding cucumbers as they come, but sometimes I get the hankering from some good old-fashioned bread & butter pickles – […]
If you’ve got an abundance of fruit and are running out of ideas to preserve it – a simple solution, which uses lots of fruit, is turn it into wine. Or if you know a beekeeper or you are a beekeeper who has lots of honey or nectar you can turn it into mead. Most […]
Anyone can easily make yogurt at home without a yogurt making machine or expensive kitchen gadget. What you will need is milk, an active yogurt culture (a container of Brown Cow plain yogurt will do) and a modest amount of time where you will be home (though not entirely engaged in the process). Basically, you […]
If for the rest of my life, I had only one choice of a fruit jam, that jam would be mulberry, hands down. I could forgo even raspberry, strawberry or grape for this delectable little tree berry. Mulberries even want you to pick them with their willowy branches, lack of thorns and tall stature. They […]