by Jessica | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Canning & Pickling, Our Kitchen, Recipes
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: Jul 1, 2020 | DIY Homesteading, Poultry, Turkeys
Autumn makes me think of vibrant leaves, warm soups, pumpkins, comfy sweaters, and harvesting the bounty that I have nurtured for the last 6 months. Autumn is harvest season on our homestead. I harvest my garden, fruit trees and because I choose to be an omnivore, I...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Canning & Pickling, Our Kitchen, Recipes
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: Nov 15, 2024 | Canning & Pickling, Our Kitchen, Recipes
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 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...
