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Paint the Cookies, Sculpt the Cookies, and Make them New

Sugar cookies emerge every year for the church bazaar, the annual neighborhood cookie swap, the office cookie tray, and the ever-full Christmas cookie jar.

Celebrate the Season With Winter Squash

Winter squash blesses us with a plethora of variety, in all matter of shape, size, hue, texture, and taste. There are over 40 types of well documented winter squash all with the defining characteristic of thick inedible skins, or rinds, as opposed to the tender edible skins of summer squash.

Now is The Time for Apple Cider

Since cider is only made in the fall in Vermont, when apples are plentiful and fully ripe, some folks freeze cider to have throughout the year. Fresh cider is highly perishable and therefore another way to save the apple juice is to ferment it into hard cider, which is an alcoholic version…

The Ever Abundant Zucchini

Extreme summer weather this year, such as extraordinarily dry or uncharacteristically wet, may keep some of your garden veggies from reaching their true potential, if they grow at all. In either case, it has become clear that home-grown produce is fragile. While one or another weather pattern may become overbearing, there…