Herbs: Lemon Balm

As promised, here's a post to start telling you a little about some of the herbs I'm growing for medicinal purposes.  I d…

HERB HUNTER - How to get started

While there are a lot of edible plants out in the wild, there are also many medicinal plants. Those are the ones I'm talking…

Why all the herbs, TennZen?

I've had a lot of questions about why I am growing so many different herbs these days, not all of which are culinary. Well, t…

Zucchini Madness

Garden update: We have very few tomatoes hanging on to life. With all the dampness, the late blight hit the tomatoes hard. Yellow…

Game recipes: Dove

Right now it's dove season in Tennessee. Dove season opened at noon on September 1, 2008. Doves can be hunted now through S…

Canning dried beans

Beans, beans, Good for your heart. The more you eat, The more you... Well, you know the rest. Beans (what we call "soup bean…

What to do with apples, part 2: Applesauce

I'm still dealing with the abundance of apples we picked at the orchard. All the apple pie filling I made is in the freezer.…

Ask TennZen: What to do with paw paws

It's time for another edition of "Ask TennZen," in which I do my best to answer your questions. As always, any advi…