ICE CREAM, ICE CREAM, ICE CREAM!

This is the season for ice cream – warm, humid, summer weather. Ice cream needs no explanation or introduction. Everyone knows what ice cream is. Basically it is a smooth, frozen mixture of milk, cream, sugar, flavorings and sometimes eggs. It is usually served as a dessert. Artificial sweeteners, flavorings and colorings may be used. [...]

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Everything one reads says for a good garden one should do a compost pile. Well How do I do a compost pile? So I have done some searching and what I am finding I will share with you. At this time, I am only interested in the simplest, easiest, and least time consuming methods. First [...]

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                            It’s springtime and time to think about gardening.   It’s a bit too chilly here in Ohio yet, to get into the        garden, but not too early  to think about fresh tomatoes, little green onions, cucumbers, fresh carrots  and maybe some squash for fall!  I hear people talking abut soil and it sometimes seems a [...]

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Keeping foods fresh longer by wrapping them in a thin film of plastic wrap before storing them in the refrigerator or freezer has now become a way of life, a part of modern day food preparation and storage.  Unheard of just fifty years ago, plastic wrap forms a tight seal around food, sealing to itself [...]

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  The strawberry plant belongs to the Rosaceae family and the genius Fragaria. Grown around the world, in the U.S. we have about 25,000 acres of land in strawberry cultivation with California the largest producer, supplying about 80% of the U.S. supply. It is a native plant of North america. Europeans first discovered strawberries in [...]

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If one is going to plant a home garden, chances are one will plant tomatoes.  Among all the vegetables, the tomato is America’s most popular home garden crop. If one likes tomatoes, there is nothing to equal the taste of a home grown tomato- red, ripe, and juicy.  Nothing grown in a hothouse can compare.  [...]

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It’s Springtime and it’s Gardening time! When the threat of frost is over and the weather is warming to a light jacket or shirtsleeves – it’s time to think Gardening!       For seasoned gardeners, no one has to tell them – they know. And for newbies – try it – you might like [...]

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  Food packaging is simply taken for granted by most of us.  However it arose out of necessity and evolved over centuries of hard work. It may be the cardboard box that our cereal is in, the glass jar of pickles, the paper sack holding our popcorn or the plastic bag with our macaroni or [...]

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For some, summers mean vacations, the beach, amusement parks, picnics, and baseball games. For me, all of the above things are fun too, but a summer would not be a summer without tomatoes. As soon as frost is over in the spring, I get tomato plants and plant them in my little back yard garden. [...]

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