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Midwestern Herb and Garden Show, Times Square Mall...

Wilsons Gourds   -   Feb 09, 2012 - By Karen and Paul

Wilsons Gourds and Earth Mother Pottery invite all to attend the 24th Midwestern Herb and Garden Show this Friday, February 10, 2012 at 10 a.m. starts and goes on through Feb. 12, 2012 until 5 p.m.  Deborah Lee is the featured speaker, a herbal educators...

Nutty Honey Chocolate-Chip Cookies

Mohawk Valley Trading Company - Honey - Maple Syrup - Beeswax Candles   -   Feb 09, 2012 - By Betty_1

Ingredients: 1/2 cup raw honey 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter 1/2 cup butter or margarine 1/4 cup demerara sugar 1 egg 1-1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 6 oz. chocolate...

Sweet Maple-Sage Pork Patties

Mohawk Valley Trading Company - Honey - Maple Syrup - Beeswax Candles   -   Feb 09, 2012 - By Betty_1

Ingredients:  8 oz bacon, chopped 1 lb pork shoulder, cut into 1 inch cubes 2 T maple syrup ¼ C water 1 ½ t black pepper 1 t salt ½ t sage ½ t nutmeg ½ t ground coriander 1-inch of scraped vanilla bean or ¼ t ground...

Honey Cream Banana Fritters

Mohawk Valley Trading Company - Honey - Maple Syrup - Beeswax Candles   -   Feb 09, 2012 - By Betty_1

Ingredients: 2 teaspoons Demerara sugar 1 cup crushed corn flakes 1/3 cup olive oil 4 medium peeled ripe bananas 1/2 cup heavy cream 2 eggs Directions: Peel bananas cut long ways and in half. Set aside. In pie dish whisk cream,...

Welcome to Mulberry Creek CSA!

Mulberry Creek CSA   -   Feb 09, 2012 - By Glenn & Gail

Welcome to the Mulberry Creek CSA blog! We also have a blog on our website that has some of our past blog entries on heritage meats, sustainable farming, our CSA, and other similar topics. I'll try to keep this blog current - if it seems out of date to...

New starts

Collie Flower Farm   -   Feb 09, 2012 - By Liz_1

This  past week, Cheri, ( Beaver Creek Gardens), and I started the first batch of vegetable and flower seeds. It's great to  have all the space now that the greenhouse expansion is complete. Cheri has also incubated 2 dozen eggs which will hatch...

Maple White Bread

Mohawk Valley Trading Company - Honey - Maple Syrup - Beeswax Candles   -   Feb 08, 2012 - By Betty_1

Ingredients: ¼ C Maple Syrup 4 T butter 1 C milk 1 t salt 1 package active dry yeast 1 t sugar or maple sugar or Demarara sugar 1 egg, beaten 4 C all-purpose flour Directions: Scald maple syrup, butter, milk and salt in a...

Almond Honey Rugelach

Mohawk Valley Trading Company - Honey - Maple Syrup - Beeswax Candles   -   Feb 08, 2012 - By Betty_1

Ingredients: 1/2 cup raw honey , divided 1 cup butter, softened 3 oz. cream cheese, softened 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 cup finely chopped almonds 1/2 cup dried cherries or cranberries ...

Maple Cranberry Compote

Mohawk Valley Trading Company - Honey - Maple Syrup - Beeswax Candles   -   Feb 08, 2012 - By Betty_1

Ingredients: 2 C cranberries, thawed if frozen 2/3 C dried cranberries, sweetened 1 C maple syrup ½ C brown sugar Directions: Combine all ingredients in medium saucepan over med-high heat Cook, continuing to stir until sugar is...

building some greenhouses and growing herbs

Finished up with Kickstarter   -   Feb 08, 2012 - By Amber_1

Yay!  So we finally met our kickstarter goal and are working on the greenhouses. Two down, three more to go. Tomato and pepper transplants are creeping right along with the lovely weather we have had, and we are going to be starting some squash and melons...