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Some of the links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon affiliate I may receive a commission at no cost to yo if you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Food For Life Garden Update! Inspiration Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.”– Lauren DeStefano Such a cool turtle hanging out in my garden! October is ending and we've had our first light frost here...

a photo of  maple pumpkin cake with apple, pecan and ginger streusel

Some of the links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon affiliate I may receive a commission at no cost to yo if you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Food For Life Garden Update! Inspiration “Autumn glows upon us like a splendid evening; it is the very sunset of the year,” – Mary Russell Mitford, “Our Village” Marigolds I can't believe how fast the time went since my last newsletter. I try to not let this much time pass, but I got a bit behind with so much going on...

watermelon in the garden

Some of the links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon affiliate I may receive a commission at no cost to yo if you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Food For Life Garden Update! Inspiration “It was August and the fields were high with corn. In the orchard the last of the peaches clung to their branches and the apples were showing their first pinkish blush. The vegetable garden overflowed with produce: peppers, green beans, zucchini, tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash.”...

cucumber salad in a bowl.

Some of the links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon affiliate I may receive a commission at no cost to yo if you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Food For Life Garden Update! Inspiration "No single sort of garden suits everyone. Shut your eyes and dream of the garden you’d most love then open your eyes and start planting. Loved gardens flourish, boring ones are hard work." Jackie French Butterfly visiting my zinnias It appears we have come to the end of the rainy...

photo of a couple of cheese cake pieces stacked on top of each other with blueberry sauce running down on it.

Some of the links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon affiliate I may receive a commission at no cost to yo if you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Food For Life Garden Update! Inspiration "A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all, it teaches entire trust." Gertrude Jekyll Dill going to seed Wow, in Southern Missouri it has been like a rainforest for over two months now. We get our almost...

Some of the links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon affiliate I may receive a commission at no cost to yo if you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Food For Life Garden Update! Inspiration "The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul." Alfred Austin Pepper plant in my garden I hope you are enjoying the school's-out and vacation season. Summer is here and with it the...

strawberry quark layered in serving glasses with strawberry decorations

Some of the links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon affiliate I may receive a commission at no cost to yo if you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Food For Life Garden Update! Inspiration “A garden returns 50x the investment you put into it. Not just food, but joy, peace and a real connection with creation. A spiritual retreat from a noisy world and hurried people. Grow a garden.” Unknown Wow, it's June already. Amazing how fast time goes by these days. Life is...

a jar full of quark cheese mousse with orange slices

Some of the links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon affiliate I may receive a commission at no cost to yo if you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Food For Life Garden Update! Inspiration “The real things haven’t changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.” Laura Ingalls Wilder Elderberry Flowers As spring progresses and is on it's last stretch...

bowl full of mushroom risotto

Some of the links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon affiliate I may receive a commission at no cost to yo if you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Food For Life Garden Update! Inspiration "Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever." — Unknown Wild Blue Violet May is here in full swing and with it comes a great awakening. The deciduous trees are once again clothed in leaves and spring rains have colored the world a rich green....

two dropper bottles with lemon balm tincture

Some of the links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon affiliate I may receive a commission at no cost to yo if you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Food For Life Garden Update! Inspiration “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”― Bill Keane Tatsoi in my garden It's been a couple of weeks since my last newsletter. I've been absolutely busy with updating and redesigning my website. I needed to move to...