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I’m happy to say I am done with peaches for the year! The final tally is 24 pints canned, 20 pints sliced and vacuum packed, 15 cups dehydrated. I am pleased with the outcome: I have enough peaches preserved to have peaches every week… Continue Reading “DRUM ROLL PLEASE”
Each August a challenge is issued to do something every day to add to our food storage. It’s called the #everybitcountschallenge because if you do just a Little Bit Every Day, you will have accomplished a whole lot after 31 days. Your daily effort… Continue Reading “PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITY”
Aren’t my sunflowers pretty? I didn’t go out to the garden for a couple of days and the zucchini went wild! Off one plant I harvested 3.5 pounds! Okay, back to the peaches. Final tally coming soon!
Today was a bit of a lazy day. With the heat we’re having, outside projects are limited to watering the garden and taking care of the chickens. Everything else was accomplished in the blessed air conditioning. After lazing about longer than usual, I started… Continue Reading “LAZY SATURDAY”
Our weekend began with another visit to Wilding Acres Farm to pick another four quarts of blueberries. That was followed by a trip to Kalawi Farm for peaches. Yes, Peach Week is here again! I know I call it Peach Week, but it really… Continue Reading “AND SO IT BEGINS…AGAIN”
Last weekend our friends at Wilding Acres Farm invited us to pick blueberries. Their bushes were crammed full of ripe and soon to be ripe berries. They’ve been waiting in the refrigerator for me to process them. Today, I wasn’t feeling very work-y so… Continue Reading “BLUEBERRIES”
Are you tossing your pineapple peels and cores in the garbage like I used to do? Now is the time to stop that! While there are amazing benefits from eating the fruit of the pineapple, there are actually some great reasons for keeping and using the… Continue Reading “MORE PINEAPPLE-Y GOODNESS”
PINEAPPLE IS BETTER FOR YOU THAN YOU REALIZE Pineapple is loaded with essential vitamins, minerals, fiber, antioxidants, and other helpful compounds. It also has anti-inflammatory and immune-supporting properties. That’s because the fruit, juice, peel and stem contain bromelain, a type of enzyme. Among its multiple… Continue Reading “THE MIGHTY PINEAPPLE”
The first time I dehydrated fresh pineapple several years ago was also the first time I had ever cut up a fresh pineapple. I was really intimidated by it because I had heard people comment about how difficult it was. Fortunately, I did not… Continue Reading “CUTTING A PINEAPPLE”
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