Making Comfort Foods Healthy Foods
This gardening season has definitely going well. The weather is not perfect, it has been very hot, but not so hot plants wilted, and having enough rain certainly helps us
Tasty Healthy Eating
A lot of people think that heart healthy cooking means eating healthy but tasteless food. You can’t have fried chicken or fried okra or hammy green beans or pizza. They
Early Gardening
So far our growing season is being interesting, with 80 degree weather followed by a couple of hard frosts, some dry weather that had us in a minor drought period,
Big Ugly Jamming
This month our workshops focused on food preservation. This is always a fun hands-on activity for everyone, and everyone walks away with proof of their efforts. This year we did
A Little Winter With Your Spring
Two days ago it was about 80, and gardeners were happily getting their gardens ready, even planting some early crops. Even yesterday morning it was in the mid 60’s. Not
Winter Gardening In The Spring
Right now, looking out the window anywhere on Big Ugly, it’s hard to believe that within days people will be looking at planting some early crops, including potatoes. It’s a
Gardening Year-round
If you’re a serious gardener, the fall and winter months can be a difficult time; the best you can do is look at seed catalogs, plan your garden out for
Another Gardening Year Ending
Another gardening year has come to an end, though many gardeners still have winter squash, pumpkins, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and a few other things to harvest. Many like to wait
Jamming Time!
It’s that time of year again, when we can and freeze and preserve our harvests and make delicious things to eat over the cold winter months. Just tasting these things
End of the Growing Season?
It’s hard to believe that the end of the 2025 growing season is coming to a close. Countless quarts and pints of pickles, green beans, tomatoes, and more have been
