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  It's that time of year again!  Family & friends, mommies and daddies, little ones, silver ones and everyone in between are experiencing the wonderful tradition of going apple picking:-)   We had the joy of going ourselves to the Windy Hill Apple Orchard in York, SC.  And it really was a treat!  According to some of the employees at this family run orchard, due to the weather, apples were ready much earlier than...

This is about the time of year that I'm usually going out to pick whatever's not yet ripe of our tomatoes before the frost hits to make up some green tomato cake.  But unfortunately, the weather has been so wacky that there aren't really any green heirloom tomatoes out there.  So, I've been asked for this recipe time and time again.  And here I am to finally post it after a very loooonnng delay (my apologies:-(   Green Tomato...

Formerly the home of Bakie Me Sweet now at LoveFarmCake I blend my knowledge of gardening, cooking & baking, along with the expertise that I share with the moms of Charlotte as Cooking Coach and present to you one home, for moms.  You will laugh, cry & hopefully be wowed as I share easy to replicate tips & give you the tools that you need to share the love with the ones that you love.  Oh, and there'll be some Mommy Moments...

 Aren't these just beautiful?  Oh!  Who would have told me five years ago that I'd be sitting here taking pictures of peppers...I never would have believed it.  Here is batch #2 of our pretty peppers.  I had to get this shot here (above) to let you know of all of the varieties that we are growing because it's hard to tell in the baskets.  You see the greens, the yellows, oranges and reds but you can't really point...

This is our latest batch of cayenne and bell peppers and there's a lot more to be picked.  As you already know, just one plant puts out a LOT of fruit, be it whatever veggie (ie. tomatoes, herbs, peppers) you name it.  You don't have to have a lot of any one plant to bring in a hearty harvest.  The right amount of soil, sunlight and water is really all that you need.  Even your average container garden with...

Can you tell the difference between these two eggs?  Let me get a little bit closer...how about now?  Do you notice the extra depth in color of the one on the right from the one on the left?  The one on the left is a store-bought egg, and the one of the left is from one of our chickens.     Being raised in New York, I don't think that I would have ever been able to tell you the difference between a store-bought...

We've got them in all colors & at all stages.  Some are already ready & ripe, while others are still green.  We put them up on the sill by the sink where they can get some sunlight and continue to ripen and then dry out.  Then once they're done drying out, well probably cut the stems off, remove the seeds, and powder them down in our coffee grinder:-)  -The Farmer's Assist...

Aren't these beautiful!!  And we've got all kinds in there.  There's the ancient sweets, banana peppers, cayennes, bell peppers, poblanos, you name it.  Peppers anyone? :-)  Happy Gardening! -Chemeek...

 One of Don's co-workers shared these nice peppers with us from his garden.  So we took a few of them and made some yummy jalapeno cornbread!  First, we removed all of the seeds and membranes. And then after giving them a good chop I added them to my cornbread mixture. I poured it all into my cast iron skillet that I had already heated and oiled.   And topped it with a nice mexican blend...

These little "berries" are about as sweet as they come...when you talk about tomatoes, that is.  These are our very sweet & very delicious grape tomatoes.  Love 'em!  In a salad, in with pasta, or just a snack.  I'm serious, they're delicious & sweet! And of course you know that I couldn't forget a couple of pics of the garden to date.   The corn is pretty much finished for the season but it...

 I took a few pictures out in the garden this morning. There is a nice calm outside and a soft dew resting on everything. The corn is not cut down just yet but it will be once it's done.   I also took a few pictures of one of our wild plum trees.  All of these little plums are ripe but even ripe they are quite bitter.  The plums have a large pit with a little bit of fruit surrounding it. And here's...