April 25 - Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College, Hayward, WI, hosted an annual Sustainable Living Fair. I made squash bread, which won the Boss Bread category. Seed was saved prior to 2010. Wilma Johnson, Nutritionist, in Northwest WI, gave Happy Tonics squash seed in 2010. We didn't even know what species it was.  Happy Tonics, planted the seed in the Monarch Butterfly Habitat, in Shell Lake, WI, in 2011, as part of the Three Sisters Garden. I cooked the squash in March 2012. In…

Fig season is just around the corner.  I am excited.  We are fortunate enough to have a friend who has a fig tree in her backyard.  She tells us every year, “Come over and pick some figs.”  We do.  I show up in the morning, after an hour or so, I leave with two big paper bags full of fresh figs.

You can’t beat fresh figs, and you definitely can’t beat free figs.

Figs are delicious and nutritious.  You can make cookies, bars, eat them raw, and even make preserves.  I know what I…

I have literally been around canning as long as I can  remember.  I was blessed to have four Grandparents and a Great Grandmother who all shared a tremendous love of gardening and all had a great appreciation for canning.  My favorite earliest canning memory was visiting my Grandparents on my Mom's side and being down in the root cellar looking through all the beautiful jars of canned goodies, all of which came from the garden.  I also remember my other Grandmother and Great…

I've been using them for years.

I didn't plant in them this spring...

I'm sorry I didn't...they are awesome.

Thanks, Chris