Port Potager

Now that all our Christmas gifts have been given, we can share how our garden gift boxes turned out without ruing anyone's surprise. For my sister, some homemade cosmetics: Here is a gift bag of oatmeal-comfrey soap  and comfrey lip balm . Check out the fancy-schmancy labels! That was my Christmas craft project last week. Some quality time with PowerPoint and sticker paper made for some professional(wish)-looking presents. For our other relatives, we put together garden gift boxes. They were each a little different, but here is a good example: Kirk nailed together the boxes from workshop scraps, and we filled them some freshly-labeled items from our store of preserves. In this box we have a bottle of dandelion wine , a jar of brined pickles , a jar of tomatillo jam, and a package of tomatillo-lime dodgers.  Kirk made the tomatillo jam back in the fall, when we picked out last major baskets of tomatillos before the frost. This is a made-up recipe, subs...