Plant of the Week: Evans Cherry

Evans Cherry ( Prunus sp .) Spring flowers Ripening Fruit Cherry trees produce a fruit that is either sweet (like the well known …

In the Kitchen: Evan's Cherry Pie

My husband has a passionate desire to grow trees, especially warm climate fruit trees.  After we bought our home, he almost immed…

Preserving Backyard Fruit: Nanking Cherry Jelly

A couple of weeks ago I noticed that the robins were spending a lot of time in our nanking cherry bushes so I went out to invest…

Plant of the Week: Nanking Cherry

Nanking Cherry ( Prunus tomentosa ) The nanking cherry is a member of the Rose family (Roseace) and a native of northern Asia.  I…

Plant of the Week: Strawberries

Garden Strawberries  ( Fragaria × ananassa) There is no strawberry like one that is garden raised, picked at the peak of ripenes…

Creating a New Strawberry Bed

Old (sad) Strawberry Bed and New Strawberry Bed          Moving our strawberries to a new location has been on my agenda for sev…

Rhubarb, One of Spring's First Fruits

New flower stalk (left) and new leaf bud (right). I was out enjoying my yard last week and realized that my rhubarb is already st…

Baked Caramel Apple Pancakes

This apple treat is a fall favorite in my home.  My mom clipped the original recipe out of the newspaper and passed it on to me a…