4th of July a quick note apple butter autumn baking basil bathroom beans bell pepper berries blueberries broccoli canning carrots cheese-making cherries cherry tomato chicken chicken coop chicken eggs chickens chicks christmas cooking corn cucumbers dilly beans duck eggs duck house ducklings ducks early spring egg fall fireworks first snow florida flowers food freezer freezing frugal fruit trees garden green beans grilling Halloween harvest holiday homestead house houseplants invasive species kitchen leaves mozzarella new year okra outside peas pepperoni peppers photos pickles pizza pizza friday potatoes preserving pullets random ravioli remodel rooster roscoe scalloped sunburst squash sedum shore birds snow spring squash summer summer squash Sungold thanksgiving thrifty tilling tomato hornworm tomatoes vegetables wildlife wineberries winter zoo