by April | Last Updated: Dec 8, 2023 | Canning & Pickling, Chickens, Daily Life, Gardening
So you’re interested in homesteading. But where do you start? Should you buy some land, buy a cow, start a farmstand, build a barn, plant a field of corn; there are too many choices, help! Calm, the key is starting small and then building up as you have time,...
by April | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | Canning & Pickling, Food Preservation & Storage
What to do with the beet stems? That is the question. The beets themselves, easy. Beet greens, no problem. I love to cook and eat them both. But my question has always been, ‘What do I do with the beet stems’? In the past I’ve composted the stems....
by Jessica | Last Updated: Oct 30, 2018 | Canning & Pickling
This recipe is an old school dill pickle recipe, the pickles come out full of flavor and lightly effervescent. Fermenting pickles produces a much better pickle than hot water bath canning because the pickle is never cooked or heated it retains the crunchy texture of a...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Aug 14, 2018 | Canning & Pickling
I grow a large garden every year but, never large enough to fulfill all of my canning needs, so off to our local farmers market I go. August is an amazing month at the farmers market, everything is available in bulk, at a great price. 25 lbs of tomatoes go for $14,...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Dec 13, 2023 | Canning & Pickling, Cooking, Our Kitchen
Every family has that quick weeknight meal that takes moments to prepare and is loved by everybody. When I was a kid it was grilled cheese and Campbell’s tomato soup. To a 7-year-old it was THE BEST DINNER EVER. I love to share the things that I enjoyed as a...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Jul 9, 2018 | Canning & Pickling
When summer berries are ripe, I fill my freezer and wait for cooler weather to start canning. Some garden produce must be canned right away, not so with berries. I clean them an put them in a single layer on a cookie sheet and freeze them like that. After a day or two...
