by April | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Our Kitchen, Recipes
While talking with a friend the other day I mentioned I needed to buy some honey at the Farmer’s Market. He then surprised me by saying he received 5 gallons of honey for a wedding gift but didn’t know what you use honey for. After giving him a wide-eyed...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Jul 14, 2018 | Daily Life
Everybody needs a break occasionally, a change of scenery or new people to meet. A reset on daily life. I love my home and the quirky day to day management that keeps it running. But sometimes I just need to get out. A new place is always inspiring, it gives me ideas...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Canning & Pickling, Our Kitchen, Recipes
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...
by April | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | DIY Homesteading, Food Preservation
Homesteading can be a fickle lifestyle. A late frost can kill your tomato starts, deer come by and eat all of your strawberry plants. Some years, no matter how hard you try, your beehive swarms and your incubator fritzes out and kills your turkey eggs, and yet somehow...
