Green Tomato Salsa – Making, Canning and This is so Good it’s Ridiculous!
Green Salsa. Oh, the deliciousness. If you have some green tomatoes under your bed in a box you may want to …
Category: Real Food
Growing, raising, processing, preserving, cooking and eating real food
Garden Update – When You Get a Hard Freeze in October
Weather Alert – Hard Freeze in October. I live in a bubble and most of the time I have no idea what …
Best Venison Burgers You’ll Ever Eat & How to Grind Your Own Meat
Venison Burgers To some of you, fall means gourds, witches, black cats and all things pumpkin. For those of us living in …
How to Build a Milk Barn You and Your Cow Will Love – A Tour of Our Milking Parlor
How to Build a Milk Barn. This post is a response to a reader request. Thank you for the question & please …
How to Freeze Peppers
Freezing Peppers. Every year I freeze peppers. It only takes a few minutes and will allow you to eat fresh peppers from …
Bread & Butter Style Pickled Beets Recipe
Homegrown, Homemade, Pickled Beets For step-by-step instructions with pictures go here. To get old fashioned recipes, farm tips and advice be sure …
Mint Chocolate-Chip Ice Cream
Mint Chocolate Chip Ice-Cream. I love ice-cream. My favorite flavor (like most Americans) is vanilla. One of the benefits of having a …
Buying Meat in Bulk – How to Buy a Cow – What to buy – What You’ll get
How to Buy a Cow (and other animals). Did you think that if you bought a 1000 pound cow you would …
Planting the Fall Garden – JOY!
It’s Time to Put in the Fall Garden! I’m not suggesting you should buy your seeds at Dollar General. I’m sure there …
Canned Peach Spice Jam
Peach Spice Jam Peach Season is in full swing here in Kentucky. The thing about peaches is how quickly they ripen and …
Why Aren’t There Any Tomatoes on My Tomato Plants?
Why aren’t my tomato plants producing tomatoes anymore? If you are asking yourself this question it is possible that you are growing …
Strawberry Lemon Marmalade – Making & Canning
Strawberry Lemon Marmalade. Are you kidding me? Sweet, tart, fruity, wonderful! I don’t like super sweet jams and jellies. You’ll soon notice …
How to Can Tomato Juice
Canning Tomato Juice. This is probably the simplest thing to can. Not to mention – it’s fabulous! If you have had your …
Build a Garden in 2 Hours (almost) – We put in a Pumpkin Patch!
We put in a Pumpkin Patch. It took 2 1/2 hours. My garden is out of real estate. Every bed is currently …
Make and Can Spaghetti Sauce!
Canning Homemade Spaghetti Sauce. This is a must can here at our place. Having quarts of homegrown, homemade spaghetti sauce in the …