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Entries from October 2009

Thanksgiving Dinner from Angels

October 26th, 2009 · No Comments

I have recently learned about a program called Angel Food Ministries.   The ministry provides food packages that cost a little less than half of their retail value through local churches .  The website states that the package should be enough to feed a family of 4 for a week and the cost is $30.   The [...]

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Tags: Farm Life

Green Tomato Relish

October 19th, 2009 · No Comments

With frost coming quickly here in central Virginia, I decided to pick the majority of our green tomatoes.  The larger ones I am going to cover with newspaper and set to ripen.  These will continue to ripen until probably Christmas or New Year.
The smaller ones I made into green tomato relish.  Green Tomato Relish is [...]

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Tags: Canning · Recipes

October Gardening

October 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments

It’s almost Halloween and I am still getting vegetables out of the garden.  I have to admit that I am tired of picking tomatoes.  I have frozen more than we will eat this winter and the extended family hasn’t wanted to pick anything.  I am also still picking cucumbers, squash and a few stray limas.  [...]

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Tags: Gardening