What to do with Eggs
The chickens have ramped up production, and we are now getting at least a half-dozen eggs a day. Maggie has been giving some away, but...
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Recipes
What good is having a farm or garden without recipes to use for cooking the bounty of the seasons.
Maggie
- May 15, 2023
- 1 min
Homemade Sourdough Bread with Candied Jalapenos and Cheddar Cheese
Ed gave me an idea this weekend. Ed wanted to make homemade bread that had chunks of discernable cheese in it along with our home canned...
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Maggie
- Oct 16, 2022
- 2 min
First Attempt Making Easy Spinach "Pie"
I saw a couple on YouTube make a version of spinach pie using store bought crescent roll dough so I thought I'd give it a try. I wanted...
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Maggie
- Oct 8, 2022
- 1 min
Forty-Seven Bottles of Homemade Hot Sauce
This was our first time making hot sauce. We had one last hurrah of hot pepper harvest from our garden so we decided to give making hot...
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Maggie
- Oct 1, 2022
- 1 min
Last of Our Garden Hot Peppers - Fermenting - Soon to be Hot Sauce
Prior to taking down our garden for the fall / winter, I picked the last of our jalapeno and habanero peppers along with the remainder of...
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Maggie
- Oct 1, 2022
- 1 min
Making Croutons Out of Old Homemade Sour Dough Bread
I made a loaf of sour dough bread earlier in the week. While the bread is always wonderful fresh, the older it gets, the harder it is to...
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Maggie
- Aug 4, 2022
- 3 min
Impromptu Zucchini Fritters
This past weekend, I pressure canned 8 quart jars of zucchini. (I know that pressure canning zucchini (cubes in my case) is no longer...
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Ed
- Jul 19, 2022
- 3 min
Summer Lo Mein
As summer wears on, our garden is beginning to yield more produce. While we have dusted off the canning supplies, this is also the time...
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Ed
- Sep 30, 2021
- 2 min
Right Jar for the Jam
You can tell canning season has been too long when you get excited about finding a new style of jar. One of the problems that crop up in...
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Ed
- Aug 27, 2021
- 2 min
Pickles Multiple Ways
One of the crops I was most excited about this year was our cucumbers, because I wanted to make pickles. Fortunately, we have had good...
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Ed
- Jul 4, 2021
- 2 min
Summer Bounty Dinner
When it rains, it pours, and last week was no exception. After several weeks without rain, we received about 3 inches of rain in 3 days....
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Ed
- Jul 4, 2021
- 2 min
Black Cap Raspberry Jam
On her periodic walks this week, Maggie noticed wild raspberries ripening along our fenceline. I had not realized they were there until...
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Ed
- Jun 6, 2021
- 1 min
Garlic Scape Time
The garlic we planted last fall has been a bright spot in our garden. First appearing in early March, the garlic has, so far, survived...
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Ed
- Feb 9, 2021
- 3 min
Noodling Around
As we slowly expand our food production, a future step will be to have chickens for eggs and meat. While Maggie loves eggs, I am not a...
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Ed
- Nov 15, 2020
- 2 min
A Toast to the 'Year of the Land'
Way back in March, we laid out a handful of things we wanted to do with our land this year. This weekend, we were able to enjoy the last...
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Ed
- Oct 13, 2020
- 5 min
Apple Cider, Hard Apple Cider, Apple Cider Vinegar, Apple Scrap Vinegar - Where Does it Stop?
Search any homesteader or natural remedy blog, and the search is bound to turn up at least one post on apple cider vinegar. It is so...
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Maggie
- Sep 22, 2020
- 4 min
Preserving Tomatoes Via Fermentation
Even though we only had four tomato plants this year, we ended up with way more tomatoes than we could possibly eat fresh (and I’ve been...
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Ed
- Aug 23, 2020
- 4 min
Wild Grape Jelly
As the days begin to shorten and fruits and vegetables ripen, food preservation season is upon us. We have canned food on and off for...
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