Cheryl Magyar

When was the last time (or the first time) you knowingly ate tallow? Could you appreciate the flavor? Or did you happen to bite off more than you could chew? …

Take a good look around and open your eyes wide. It appears that modern technology has us pressing a lot of plastic buttons and swiping screens at lightning speed. From …

Edible ornaments for birds? Yes, you read that right. Currently you are about to embark on a tutorial on how to make bird cookies. And healthy ones at that. There …

Beguiling wild mushrooms flourish at various times throughout the year, generally 1-3 days after a generous rainfall. However, their distinct flavors and potential risks of misidentifying them are not agreeable …

Call them hazelnuts in raw honey, honey-marinated roasted nuts or simply nuts in honey; the end result will always be a spoonful of pure yum. When making hazelnuts in honey, …

If you find that you’re jumping in the car to go shopping far more often than you’d like, or are relying heavily on products with brand names that you recognize …

Learning how to successfully save zucchini seeds can only mean one thing: even more zucchini next year! But wait, there is more. Especially if you are willing to search a …

At the peak of every autumn apple harvest, one quickly begins to search for clever ways to preserve bucketloads of apples. Then the thought eventually bubbles up – is apple …

Mint is a reliable perennial herb that needs little attention in the garden. That’s in part what makes it such a wonderful plant to grow. It is one of those …

Sawdust, otherwise referred to as wood shavings, is a beneficial by-product of working with wood that has many applications on both urban and countryside homesteads. The further you get from …

Have you ever seen a simple and elegant wreath at a craft show and thought “I could do that!”? Some people pick it up straight away, while others stumble through …

For many people, the start of fall is signified by an eventful and colorful change in the leaves, as well as darkness arriving earlier and earlier each evening. One of …

Behind the woven garden fence, where the pumpkins are blushing with bright orange cheeks, the beets and chard are still standing up proudly – demanding attention in the dwindling sea …

It’s officially autumn, and the leaves are turning colors before our very eyes into beautiful shades of yellows, reds, and oranges. Some of them have already been dipped in beeswax …

Fried green tomatoes are in season! It seems that every fall, without fail, you will end up with a certain amount of green tomatoes. That is, if you have grown …

Once you learn how to make applesauce at home, I guarantee that you will never want to get store-bought again. Not for fresh eating, and not for canning either. Why? …

While there are several ways to preserve fresh table grapes, making grape juice tops the list of most delicious ways to make those fragrant bunches last well into the winter …

When the warmth of summer suddenly comes to a halt, will your garden be ready for cold nights and beautiful, sparkling frosty mornings? Many gardeners know the feeling all too …

With a bountiful apple season on the way, are you prepared for the work – and joy – that comes with preserving a hundred apples? Or a hundred pounds of …

We are always on the search for easy canning recipes that are not only delicious all winter long, but those that store well for several months too. As sweet as …

Outside of the coldest months, there is always something to do in the garden, whether it be planting, weeding, dealing with pests, saving seeds, drying herbs, amending the soil or …

Perennials are more than just beautiful and useful landscape plants – they are the future of a sustainable food supply. Likely you have already come to that important realization – …

Every backyard chicken enthusiast longs for the day when they have an overabundance of farm fresh eggs to collect from the backyard. That means, it is time to make delicious …

Zucchini has a tendency to just grow and grow (as long as you don’t make these growing mistakes!), often leaving you with the feeling that there is no end in …