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We recently met up with The Kiln Guy and the Chef at the Jefferson Market and General Store in Jefferson, Maine for lunch and we all liked the place so much, I just had to share. Since moving to Maine a few years ago, we’ve found oodles of general stores dotted across the landscape and Read More >>
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Yesterday, Kiln Guy stopped by and picked the rest of the ripe paste tomatoes {and some green ones too}. This was the second round of tomatoes we’ve been able to share with him this season {the first round was about 30 pounds, this one was closer to 55}. A great way to start Mid September Read More >>
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Sweet And Spicy Hot Sauce Canning Recipe At one point last week there were over 80 pounds of ripe tomatoes waiting to be processed, and since we had already checked tomato sauce, ketchup, bruschetta and salsa off our list, we decided to make a batch of hot sauce. Which of course will come in handy Read More >>
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It was a good week in the food department. With the garden pumping out vegetables left and right, we’ve been busy not only eating as many as we can, but preserving them as well. With so many vegetables canned, dehydrated or tucked away in the freezer already, I think it will be interesting to see Read More >>
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Here’s my big list of things I want to accomplish in 2022: Remodel The Kitchen The kitchen looks exactly the same as it did last weekend. The Girl came for a visit and stayed an extra day and then I did a bunch of canning and never got around to getting the paint on the Read More >>
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Hello Saturday! It’s been a VERY busy week around here in the canning/preserving front. So busy in fact that I wasn’t able to finish up all the “little” things I needed to do in order to be able to list my next round of hooked rugs, pillows and other treasures tonight on Etsy as I Read More >>
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bits and bobs: A random assortment of things; small remaining pieces and things Tomatoes ripen from the inside out. It makes sense, right? I guess I never thought about it until I sliced one open. I missed a call yesterday and when I checked my voicemail this is what I saw. HA HA HA. I Read More >>
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The Girl was here over the long holiday and yesterday morning before she headed back, we hopped in the dinghy and made our way across the inlet to grab a doughnut. For the past few days the evening temps have been hovering around 58-60 degrees and so there was a definite nip in the air Read More >>
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