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Alberta Gardening, Family Blog, Garden Harvest, Garden Recipes, Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkins -

Making your own pumpkin pie is so worth it and very rewarding as well. What an amazing feeling it was at Thanksgiving to serve Pumpkin Pie that we grew right from seed in our very own Garden. The only thing we cheated on was the Pie Crust but in the future I would also like to make that from scratch as well. You can use different varieties of Pumpkins for Pumpkin Pie Puree filling but we choose to use a Jarrahdale Pumpkin (Blue Pumpkin) for ours and we were not disappointed!   STEP 1: Make sure your pumpkin is all...

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Alberta Gardening, Family Blog, Garden Harvest, Garden Recipes -

One of our favorite ways to use our rhubarb is making pie. Nothing beats homemade warm pie fresh from the oven with a scoop of French Vanilla ice cream. We usually get a harvest of rhubarb in June and again early August and depending on the year I can sometimes get a fall harvest as well. The recipe I will share is one of my families favorites; you can choose to make your own crust however I cheated and bought the frozen pie shells and the Pillsbury pie tops.   MAKES 4 LARGE PIES 8 Cups Chopped Rhubarb 3 Cups Chopped...

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Alberta Gardening, Canning, Garden Recipes, Hot Water Bath Canning, Pickled Carrots, Pickles -

Using this recipe we made: 12 Jars (250 Ml.) of Pickled Carrots                                              12 Jars (500 Ml.) of Garlic Dill Pickles                                            2 Jars (250 Ml.) of Hot Jalapenos & Garlic Carrots Start by sterilizing your glass jars and lids using your preferred method. I choose to boil in hot water for 10 minutes and then just let them sit...

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