Little bit of everything : gardens

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Chive Vinegar

Spring has finally come and is almost gone now. I feel the only two seasons we are promised is winter and summer. My mom's garden is in full bloom and I decided to steal most of her chive buds to make a vinegar. The end resulted with look amazing. You only need 3 things: a glass container that is sterilized, white vinegar, and chive buds. Make sure you wash the buds really well because little bugs like to hide away in the plants. You may not want to persevere them for salads, then again it can be extra protein.

Our supplies

Mr. Man filling the jars with Hulk watching

In it goes

Our jar nice and full.

Filling up all 3 now.

Our nice full jar.

Marley and Justin filling the jars with Vinegar

Fill until flowers are covered.

Pretty little jar nice and full.

Leave the jar in a cool dark place for about a month. Look for salad dressing recipes to use this with, otherwise sub in for white vinegar for an extra bang!!

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Hidden Gems: Sonneberg

When I tell people I live in Canandaigua NY first people think I live in NYC. I do not. Also I would never want to, there is way to many people and I can not have all of the pets I want. The second thing people think of is wine country. People are correct on the wine country thing but they fail to see or even know about all of our hidden gems. One being Sonnenberg Garden. I can only picture how gorgeous it was back in the day. It is still pretty but I wish the state would restore the bath house and fix the gardens further from the house.