I live in Brunswick county, Virginia. Brunswick is a small sparsely populated county in south central Virginia. Brunswick doesn't have very many claims to fame but it's Brunswick stew is famous. During the fall and winter here, the fire departments...

I have recently learned about a program called Angel Food Ministries. The ministry provides food packages that cost a little less than half of their retail value through local churches . The website states that the package should be enough to feed a...

With frost coming quickly here in central Virginia, I decided to pick the majority of our green tomatoes. The larger ones I am going to cover with newspaper and set to ripen. These will continue to ripen until probably Christmas or New Year. The...

It's almost Halloween and I am still getting vegetables out of the garden. I have to admit that I am tired of picking tomatoes. I have frozen more than we will eat this winter and the extended family hasn't wanted to pick anything. I am also still...

Its been challenging over the last two weeks to find the time and energy to get everything done. With the days getting shorter and going to work for most of the day, the garden is getting wilder and wilder and I am getting further behind. I did get...