The days are finally getting longer

Happy winter everybody! The Winter Solstice has finally past and now the days are getting longer. There are only 38 shopping days left until Groundhog Day (halfway through winter) and here in Alabama the gardeners are searching for those seed catalogs!

I have spent the last couple of weeks cooking, canning and baking breads and cookies. My friend Billy and I have found that we enjoy preserving stuff that we grew on our properties. The other day he brought me bottle of wine and a quart of dill pickles. I offered him some of my pickled hot green pear tomatoes, an assortment of ales that I brewed and a jar of my raspberry balsamic reduction. Want the recipe?

I will have an announcement later today about my special guest for Home Grown Tomatoes this Saturday. The name you will recognize I'm sure, but we have an announcement to make about a special rose. I'll include a video with the next post so be sure to check back later.

Any how; I hope your day is relaxed and warm while visions of garden plans dance in your heads. -Kenn