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Small Batch Southern Black Eye Pea Recipe
We welcomed in the new year and ate a traditional meal to bring prosperity and luck into the new year. It was just the two of us this year so we did not need a huge feast. We had a meal of grilled ribeye steaks, creamed spinach, black eye peas and cornbread. Black eye...
Milk and Honey Homemade Sandwich Bread
We have been home more these days and can take the time to make sandwich bread from scratch. My milk and honey homemade sandwich bread uses only six simple ingredients out of my pantry. This bread is great to use for a turkey sandwich, Texas toast for breakfast with...
How to Store and Organize Seed Packets
Planning and ordering seeds for my garden is much simpler now that I have learned how to store and organize seed packets. My previous storage method had several different shipping boxes and envelopes stuffed with seed packets. There was not an order to the madness and...
East Texas Garden Tour
We went to visit friends in Palestine, TX, a few weekends ago and got an East Texas Garden Tour. They are in grow zone 8b; you can find your grow zone through the USDA's site using your zip code. Their garden is quiet large with over 20 raised beds, oodles of fruit...
Fertilizing Lemon Trees
January or February is the time of year when I start fertilizing lemon trees on our homestead. Fertilizing coupled with weekly watering has proven successful and this fall I was able to harvest quite a few lemons. Living in zone 9A, I planted my lemon trees in the...
How to Grow Lettuce from Seed
Lettuce is one of the easiest crops to grow and growing lettuce from seed is so economical. A packet of lettuce seeds is generally less than $2.30 and contains hundreds of seeds. I have been growing lettuce from seed in my raised beds and containers for years; you can...