How to Blanch Vegetables (or fruits)
How to Blanch Vegetables. Blanching is handy. Blanching is easy. Blanching will prevent you from spending your entire morning peeling tomatoes (or …
Category: Real Food
Growing, raising, processing, preserving, cooking and eating real food
How to Can Tomatoes – Fast, Easy, Safe, Healthy
Canning tomatoes is easy. If you can boil water you can can tomatoes. If you are new to canning, this is a …
Garden Update – July Edition
I realize that it is August and I am just now getting out my July garden update. Sorry. July is a busy …
Children, Chickens, Weeds & Work
If you’re already confused, stick with me. This post includes: 5 cent chickens (300 of them) CSA (Community Shared Agriculture) Weeds Grumbling …
Pressure Canning Made Easy – How to Can Green Beans in 5 Simple Steps
Pressure Canning Made Easy. Canning green beans is not hard. I know pressure canners freak some people out. I am one of …
Why You Should Can Your Own Food – 5 Reasons
5 Reasons to Can Your Own Food Do you can your own food? Did you know it’s almost free? Did …
Onions – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Planting, Growing, Harvesting, Curing & Storing Fresh Onions
It is time to harvest the onions! This is really a continuation of my original onion post: How to Plant Onions. Go here …
Homemade Pickles – Fast, Easy, Taste Like Claussen!
Not only do these pickles taste just as good if not better than Claussen Pickles – they are quick, easy and you …
Perfect Jelly Every Time – The Secret You Must Know
I have been making jelly, jam and preserves for over 10 years. I know the secret. And I’m going to tell you …
Blackberry Cobbler
How to make blackberry cobbler I am all sorts of high-maintenance when it comes to pies and cobblers. If I’m gonna eat the …
How To Store Cucumbers
How do you store fresh cucumbers? Here’s the dilemma: You are going to make pickles. You want to make pickles. But, you …
Homemade Blackberry Jelly – Easy Step-by-step Instructions
Perfect. Easy. Blackberry jelly. The blackberries are “ON.” If you have any canes around your homestead, and you live near me, you …
Get Your Food Farm to Table – Faster & Easier With this 1 Simple Trick
Farm To Table – in a jiffy with this 1 simple trick. I know a secret that will get your fresh fruit …
4 Fast, Easy, Tasty Summer Meals
If you are, like me, still on the fence about what you will be feeding 50+ people this Saturday I have come …
Staking Tomato Plants
Staking Tomato Plants. To see how I plant tomatoes go here. How do you keep your tomato plants from falling over? Stake …