There are affiliate links in this post. If you make a purchase through one of these links I will receive a small commission. Thank you for supporting Townsend House! The other day when I was shredding up zucchini for the freezer, it was a bit of a chilly day. And when the air has any chill to it – ever – I think of baking. With all that freshly shredded zucchini, … [Read more...] about Zucchini Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
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Easy Ways to Preserve the Harvest
This post contains affiliate links which means if you make a purchase through one of these links I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting Townsend House! Food preservation – is it something that you ever think about? Growing up in Maine, and with a mother who had a very large garden, putting up food was something that was always done, jams … [Read more...] about Easy Ways to Preserve the Harvest
A Garden Tour – Week Twelve
I think that this may be my last weekly garden tour of the season! Of course I still plan to share my garden with you all, but we have come to the point when there really is only garden cleanup, tomatoes, and potatoes left. Not that tomatoes and potatoes aren’t extremely important, they absolutely are, but obviously there are only so many pictures of tomatoes and potatoes that one may … [Read more...] about A Garden Tour – Week Twelve
A Garden Tour – Week Eleven
Here we are in week 11 of the garden tours, and I am officially calling the pumpkins done for the year. I have been looking at my very sorry pie pumpkin plant for about a week and a half, and seeing all the powdery mildew made me realize that it was in a losing battle. Fortunately, the pumpkins themselves seem to be ripe enough to pick. So I am going to pick them and then figure … [Read more...] about A Garden Tour – Week Eleven
A Garden Tour – Week Ten
We are going into the final stretch for my garden, it doesn’t seem possible, but that is where we are. I hope that you are enjoying reading the garden tours as much as I am enjoying writing about them! This week there is a lot of green coming into the house. The kale continues to grow prolifically. Honestly, it has spread and taken over most of my “greens” … [Read more...] about A Garden Tour – Week Ten
A Garden Tour – Week Nine
Here we are, the first day of August, and week nine of my garden tours this summer. I am really excited about this month because it is when the garden tends to explode with produce (I’m thinking of tomatoes here!). We are at a point in the summer when I am bringing in handfuls of cherry tomatoes and green beans. I have picked a few little pickling cucumbers – which I cut up … [Read more...] about A Garden Tour – Week Nine