Essie's Garden

01/22/2024

Poet-Robert Frost
Artist-Suzanne Schafer Bakert

10/09/2023

04/16/2023

A map of where hummingbirds are on their journey north

04/16/2023

✨ A Big. Little Herb Tip ✨
Homemade Apple Cider Vinegar

Ingredients & Equipment:
✨ Apple scraps — the cores and peels from organic apples
✨ Water
✨ A wide-mouth jar
✨ A piece of cheesecloth — for covering the jar

Leave the scraps to air.
They’ll turn brown, which is exactly what you want. Add the apple scraps to the jar, and top it up with water. You can continue to add scraps for a few more days.

Cover with the cheesecloth and put it in a warm, dark place. You’ll notice the contents of the jar start to thicken after a few days, and a grayish scum will form on top. When this happens, stop adding scraps and leave the jar for a month or so to ferment.

After about a month you can start taste-testing it. When it’s strong enough for you, strain out the apple scraps and bottle the vinegar. It’s OK if your vinegar is cloudy; there will be some sediment from the apples and what’s known as “the mother”. If you don’t like the cloudiness, strain it through a paper coffee filter to remove most of the sediment.

Enjoy!

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Robin Rose🌹
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01/17/2023

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01/08/2023

11/11/2022

Spending time with the plants.. soon we will be inside planning for the next garden season

Always a good reminder to go spend some time with the plants!

10/24/2022

Today someone who was at the block party a few weeks ago came by and picked up some more lemon ginger honey tea and also fire cider. If you're interested in some let us know and we'll get it to you.
Help your immune system to be strong. Both of these are great for winter support.Feel well ! 💜

10/23/2022

Did you know that Foxglove was thought to be one source of witches’ power? People believed that witches would make a balm from animal fat and foxglove which they would rub on themselves and their broomsticks in order to fly!

This and more garden superstitions here: https://gardentherapy.ca/garden-superstitions/

10/22/2022

Yumm ! My mother in law always made this at Christmas..so good

RECIPE ➡️ https://recipesforholidays.com/coquito-recipe/
COQUITO - Sometimes referred to as “Puerto Rican Eggnog” 😋