This past Saturday was the 12th Annual Jam Contest and Public Tasting at Downtown Home & Garden. This Saturday, Oct. 9, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. is the "2nd Annual Pickle Contest & Public Tasting." For a business with a storefront that has graced Ashley for more than 120 ...
As our household creeps toward food self-sufficiency, you would think our decision to keep backyard chickens would incite more concern than canning fruits and vegetables. However, botulism is a big word and scenes from Louisa May Alcott books where women in full-length wool dresses sweat over a hot stove in ...
In my Farm to Fork series I visit local farms around Ann Arbor and share what I learn. Driving along Platt Road recently, I was arrested by a majestic sign. The sign states that U-Pick raspberries start August 15th - directly under that in huge block letters it said, “RASPBERRIES ...
Blueberries have started to show up in the stores and at local farmers markets. That's a sure sign to me that it's time to get prepared for summer vacation up north, and an opportunity to head out into the fields to go berry picking. Clear out your freezer to make ...
The Amelanchier - variously called juneberries, sugarplums, serviceberries, shadberries or saskatoons - are starting to get ripe on the streets and in the parks of Ann Arbor and in the upland woods of the area. Every year I surprise passers-by and friends by stopping along my walk to pick a ...
The pick-your-own strawberry season is short. Typically there are only three or four weeks when the berries in the fields are ripe enough to pick, and some years there are only two weekends when they are out in enough quantities where you can count on getting enough to freeze, turn ...
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