Smooth sumac bob Smooth sumac shrubs [Rhus glabra] are invasive around here in southern Indiana. They grow from the root rhizomes–like iris do–to form large clonal colonies. These short trees get about 15 feet tall when they’re really happy. The branches ooze a white sap when cut. The good news is that they’re attractive and… Read More
Merry Anniversary Month of May again! Continuing the celebration of one year of Farm Bell Recipes, this week’s giveaway honors our steadfast, stalwart, creative, funny, amazing, and deliciously-minded contributors to the Farm Bell Recipes blog–and those of you who have yet to contribute! Whether you’ve submitted a blog post in the past or you submit… Read More
Another day in the kitchen with my Granny Girl. My kids and granny kids go every year to a farm and pick me berries. I am a lucky girl. I look forward to that day all year. I now have the canning bug and make my very own jam. Also, I like to bake. As… Read More
Hi, my name is Kelly and I’m a canning addict. I get an adrenaline rush when I hear lids pinging. My pupils dilate when I find a stash of canning jars at a yard sale. My pulse races when I find a bargain on produce. I am no longer in control of my addiction; it… Read More
My maternal grandmother, Elzoda, cooked on a big black cast iron wood-burning kitchen stove all of her life on a farm in rural Maine. The stove was called Modern Clarion, with the name right on the oven door. It was purchased around 1915 when they were first married. The stove in 1941. The stove in… Read More
Farm Bell Recipes blog contributors are eligible (and automatically entered!) in a giveaway each month in which one contributor will be drawn (by random.org, using the days of the month that posts run) to receive a prize. Each month’s prize (and previous month’s winner) will be listed here, in a blog post on the Farm… Read More
any MSG free recipes and substitutes for bouillon used to make my own, as the homemade recipes all contain flavored granules or bouillon which contain MSG
My MIL made the only thing I actually liked using the old fashioned citron fruit mix – a very soft cookie. Not a bar, just a regular cookie. Not particularly spicy, and more sponge cake like than a normal cookie. For some reason, the citron tasted good in this particular cookie. Other than in this... Read More
When I was a kid, my aunt used to can crab apples that I loved. Never thought to ask her for the recipe when she was alive, but a friend has a crab apple tree so loaded with crab apples, that some of the branches are touching the ground. When she told me that I... Read More
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