Gardening season is now upon us. As you may know, our first garden last year was a little bit of a flop (and if you don’t know, here were our garden problems). Since Lara and I are both pretty stubborn individuals, we decided to try our garden again. However, as promised in my last garden [...]
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3.24.12
This will be year number two for a garden here at the Henning household. Our garden inspiration hasn’t changed, but based on last years garden performance I think our garden strategy will have to change! How was our first foray into the gardening world? Let me briefly explain. Last year, we ripped out a small [...]
10.7.11
Since it’s the end of the harvesting season for our herbs, I didn’t want to just throw them out. I decided that the next best thing to do was to freeze our herbs. There are a couple different ways of freezing herbs. One way is to clean the herbs, pick pieces off and place the [...]
10.1.11
CRACK! BOOM! The sky is falling! (according to Chicken Little) Now that September has arrived, the fruits of the black walnut tree are ripening and our yard has turned into a hard hat area. All day and night, we hear knocking on our roof as if a stranger is determined too get in. But no, [...]
9.14.11
Have you ever thought about making maple syrup? Real, natural, pure maple syrup? If so, you have to start at step 1. You must find the source of the super secret ingredient that is maple syrup. What is this source? Maple trees! Sugar maple trees to be exact. And summertime is the perfect time to [...]
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