Blackened Seasoning Dry Mix w/Dried Herbs Recipe

This is a very simple and basic recipe. You can add some extra spices or herbs to it if you so wish? Or make it spicier with the addition of some dried chiles. Experiment! This is wonderful for grilling fish and chicken. I use it for Mahi Mahi Tacos and its awesome!


Blackened Spice Seasoning Recipe

Mahi Mahi Tacos w/Ginger Lime Dressing Recipe

Italian Dressing Dry Mix w/Dried Herbs Recipe

Italian dressing is great on a fresh Romaine Salad with Feta and tons of veggies from your garden. Why not make your very own Italian Dressing Mix using your dried herbs from the garden! I like to add freshly grated Parmesan to my dressing. This is a great dressing to use on sandwiches. The dried herbs can be used sprinkled on a pizza too! Just add oil and vinegar and you have a fantastic dressing that tastes out of this world.


Italian Dressing Dry Mix w/Dried Herbs Recipe

Poultry Seasoning Using Dried Herbs Recipe

This is a nice light and fresh seasoning to use with fish or chicken. You can use the dried herbs from your garden and make a wonderful meal full of flavor in no time!



Poultry Seasoning Using Dried Herbs Recipe

Building A Mason Jar Herb Wall- Video

I love Jars. I use them for so much. They are all over my house and I have collected vintage Mason Jars for years. This is a very rustic and wonderful idea!



DIY Mason Jar Herb Wall

Get Inspired! I Love These Simple Ideas!

Here are a few pics from around the web that I found this morning.

15 Ideas For Vertical Garden DIY-

Here are a few ideas to give you some inspiration for your vertical garden. They range in skill levels. Some look incredibly easy? Others may require a lot more know how. But? That's ok!


15 Ideas For Vertical Gardening- Video

DIY- Building A Vertical Pallet Planter

This is a really fantastic idea for those that do not have a lot of space in their backyards. Even a small apartment patio would be wonderful for these vertical pallet planters. Herbs? Do wonderful in these pallet boxes! You could use your imagination with paint or stains? Leave it rustic. You would have endless options. :)


Building A Vertical Pallet Planter- Video

DIY- Drying Herbs & Spices

Drying Herbs is a very simple and easy way to add fresh flavor to foods. Growing them yourself is also very easy. Great for beginning Gardeners and kids! Get some small pots to plant them in and set your Herbs on a sunny shelf in your kitchen. Planting them outdoors is a cinch as well.


Drying Herbs & Spices At Home

Stone Fruit Jam (Peaches, Nectarines, and Plum) Jam

Lovely fruits to use in a Jam. Wonderful on Bagels and toast. Even great when used as a base for BBQ sauce (I have done it before. Its awesome!). BBQ Sauce can be used on chicken, hamburgers, or grilled ham steaks! Yummy!

Stone Fruit Jam Recipe

Pickled Beets & Onion Recipe

I know. I know. You saw the word Beets and went 'Blech!". But trust me on this one. Homemade pickled Beets made with garden fresh Beets? Is wonderful. It has a light sweet taste to it and the natural earthy sweetness of Beets themselves. So give it a try. Really. You are going to be surprised how much you like these.


Pickled Beets & Onion Recipe

Achar-Pickled Asian Relish Recipe

This would be wonderful to have on a relish plate with a cool salad on a warm day.


Achar-Pickled Asian Relish Recipe

Sweet Refrigerator Pickles Recipe-

This basic sweet recipe can be used for many other vegetables as well. Beets...assorted veggies.....even green beans! I myself am not a fan of sweet pickles so I add red chile flakes to mine and fresh chopped Dill. Extra Garlic thrown in is awesome as well. I omit the sugar and increase the salt by another TBSP.  But this a great basic recipe and its easy. No canning needed. Just find a jar that will seal tightly? And throw in your fridge for a crispy cool treat from the garden. These are best after waiting for four or five days in my opinion. I usually make two jars worth so one is the one that eat gets eaten now? And the second is the one for later and tends to have a much deeper flavor because it has sat longer. These will last in your fridge for 2-3 months. Enjoy!

Sweet Refrigerator Pickles Recipe 

Strawberry Jam Iced Tea Recipe

I have used my preserves and canned items for many things...but this was a first for me. It sounds divine! The taste of sweet Strawberries with the refreshing properties of Iced Tea. This would be wonderful using Green Tea bags as well. Enjoy it! If you do make it? Come back and tell me how it was. I would love to hear about it!

Strawberry Jam Iced Tea Recipe

Dehydrating Fruits-DIY

I think dehydrating is another wonderful way to preserve! Plus its great for a snack when you don't want to have to pack ice or a cooler. Mix together with some homemade Granola? Divine!


Dehydrating Fruits-

Strawberry Vanilla Bean Jam Recipe

This is going to be my next canning project! Made with real Vanilla bean and sweet strawberries? How could you go wrong? You can use Splenda as well if you do not want to use cane sugar. Or if your berries are sweet enough? Just get rid of sweeteners all together. You decided. Yummy stuff!

Strawberry Vanilla Bean Jam

Canning: Apple Pie Filling Recipe-

This is something that I do pretty much every year. When the apples are plentiful and Fall has finally made an appearance? There is nothing more relaxing than to peruse through a Farm Market or even pick your own Apples someplace. Those lovely Apples make wonderful filling and its so easy to open up a jar and pour it into a pie shell for dessert on a cold winter day. The smell of Apples and cinnamon is the best!


Canning Apple Pie Filling

Gingered Rosemary Pear Jam Recipe

This sounds divine!!! What a delicious way to use those sweet Summer Pears. This particular recipe calls for using the Ball Freezer Jars. Easy prep and easy preservation...you cant beat that! 

Rosemary Pear Jam Recipe