Springtime is almost here and if you love to garden-especially organically. May I suggest you visit Peaceful Valley Farm Supply located in Grass Valley California. You can visit them online at www.groworganic.com In their main 2010 catalog they have  over 4000 products – Everything you need to grow organically. They offer a wide selection of gardening supplies including natural insecticides. As of today March 7,2010 I saw a great special for 10 bare-root fruit trees for 199.99 SH included! So if you have enough land, this would be a great …

Depending on how many adults, how many kids and how many leftovers you want.
A good rule of thumb is 1 to 1 1/2 pounds per person. This will allow for some leftovers. If you have guests with big appetites calculate closer to 2 pounds per person if they are big eaters or you want some leftovers. About 3/4 to 1 pound per person if your guests are more side dish eaters and would like to save room for dessert.

This Halloween we had many pumpkins to carve. After carving all of them we had a lot of seeds left over! It is usually only once a year that we get to enjoy the great pumpkin. So I decided we better take advantage of roasting the seeds.

I did try something different this time instead of the traditional roasting in the oven I roasted them in my black cast iron skillet.

Is your tomato crop bursting? Do you have pounds and pounds of ripening fruit by the crateful?

As the tomato growing season comes to an end what are we to do with all those tomatoes?

Here are some recipes when you have an abundance of tomatoes.