Category: Food Storage
Posted on June 30, 2025
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Goodness, the month of June has flown by! My youngest grandson stayed with me this month and I really enjoyed his visit. Despite being dragged into participating in many of my tasks and projects, he said he had a good time, too. In addition… Continue Reading “AND JUST LIKE THAT, IT’S OVER”
Category: Food Storage, Self-RelianceTags: clean and purge, figs, Garden, homemade broth, marigolds, marigolds for pest deterrent, marigolds for soil health, marigolds to improve soil health, marigolds to reduce nematodes, pressure canning, quilt top, quilting, small batch canning, soil health
Posted on June 20, 2025
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Garlic is a lovely, set-it-and-forget-it kind of a crop. If you will recall, I planted my bed of garlic in October. The only time I had to pay attention to it was to water it if there were too many dry days – which… Continue Reading “IF YOU GROW IT, YOU MUST PEEL IT”
Posted on May 12, 2025
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I’ve not accomplished terribly much this past week but here goes: I was completely out of canned ground beef, so I processed a batch. This time though, I threw in some onion when I cooked the meat. I’ve not done that before and am… Continue Reading “TALK ABOUT LAZY”
Category: Food Storage, Preparedness, Self-RelianceTags: bug repelling plants, canning ground beef, Food Storage, geranium, ground beef, lavender, lemon grass, marigolds, plants for bug deterrant, plants that repel bugs, plants that repel flies, plants that repel mosquitos, shelf-stable meat, small batch canning, snapdragons, yarrow
Posted on April 6, 2025
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The beds of greens I planted for the chickens are exploding so I pulled a bunch of the radishes to thin them out and gave them to the chickens. Boy, did they go enjoy the treat! When I watered the beds this afternoon, I… Continue Reading “FIRST OFFERINGS”
Category: Food Storage, Preparedness, Self-RelianceTags: apple blossoms, baking, breadcrumbs, food, homemade bread, I need a good and easy bread recipe, Make-A-Mix, radishes for the chickens, recipes, retirement, Stuffing Mix, thinning the garden, to do lists, treats for the chickens
Posted on September 2, 2024
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This week has been about finishing a project started in October of last year when I planted garlic for the first time. I harvested it in May. Considering the small size of most of the bulbs, that may have been early. I was judging… Continue Reading “THERE ARE NO VAMPIRES IN MY HOUSE!”
Posted on August 25, 2024
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I had a busy week at work so didn’t have much energy left for fun projects. I did get something done though! First, I harvested some basil, washed it, and put it in the dehydrator. There’s not much that smells better in the house… Continue Reading “BASIL AND PEPPERS”
Category: Food Storage, Self-RelianceTags: #everybitcountschallenge, basil, dehydrated basil, dehydrator, every bit counts challenge, fajitas, frozen diced green peppers, frozen sliced green peppers, green peppers, hash browns with green peppers and onions, homegrown basil, homegrown green peppers, mason jar vacuum sealer, pasta salad
Posted on August 18, 2024
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Every year my employer gives each of us a turkey for Thanksgiving. I tend to put mine in the freezer for later since I go to my daughter’s house for Thanskgiving dinner. Not this year though. It’s taken six decades but, I’ve finally admitted… Continue Reading “IT WAS A TURKEY OF A WEEK”
Category: Food Storage, Preparedness, Self-RelianceTags: a week of food preservation, broth in freezer, canning, cooked turkey, cooked turkey meat in freezer, every bit counts challenge, food preservation, Food Storage, ground turkey, Nesco PPC-9 Smart Pressure Canner, pressure canning, raw turkey, ready-to-eat, shelf-stable, turkey broth, turkey soup
Posted on June 18, 2024
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A couple of months ago, we ran out of blueberries. My supply was from our 2022 picking so we certainly did a good job of stretching them out. So, I was ecstatic when I heard from my friends at Wilding Acres Farms that their… Continue Reading “BACK IN BERRIES”
Posted on June 16, 2024
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When I was growing up Alaska, my mom could not grow carrots. Not because the environment was inhospitable, not because of the permafrost (though that could cause short carrots), but because I would not stay out of the carrot patch. I thought there was… Continue Reading “BIGGEST HARVEST EVER”
Category: Food Storage, Self-RelianceTags: carrot harvest, carrot seed germination, carrots, carrots in the freezer, food preservation, Garden, gardening, Little Finger Carrots, Nantes carrots, par-cooked, real food convenience food, vegetables
Posted on June 7, 2024
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I had done no canning for months! My supply was dwindling, and I needed to get back on that horse. The horse is named Yummy – It’s so easy to do. It’s handy for quick dinners. It’s shelf stable. What more could we want?
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