In the Garden with Celeste

Nobody is neutral about beets. You either hate them or you love them.

Bone broth is magic! About twenty years ago, I made a startling discovery. I noticed that—if my husband, Bob, and I have at least two servings of my homemade bone broth soup a week—we have no problems with our joints. If we don’t, our joints get quite stiff and bothersome.

Canning and freezing—as methods to preserve food—are relatively new in the Grand Scheme of Evolution.

Peppers are such a lovely fruit. They come in many different colors, sizes and hotness.

Garlic is a wonderful and powerful savory addition. It jazzes up many recipes and also contains healing properties. Truly fresh garlic is pungent, white, hard and full of a juicy liquid.  I believe that much of the garlic that is sold in stores has gone past its peak (rubbery or soft) and has lost much of its medicinal value. One way to maintain not only its flavor but also its healing powers is to dry it and make it into garlic powder.

Thinning Vegetables 2

Thinning vegetables in the garden is a chore that lasts for most of the growing season.

I find that getting seeds to germinate properly is the most difficult aspect of planting the garden.