Category: Self-Reliance
Posted on August 24, 2022
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One of the several food-related projects I did this past weekend was to fill the dehydrator. I loaded 1-3/4 trays with tomatoes and finished the second tray with gypsy peppers (sweet). I didn’t get much of a harvest from the gypsy peppers. Two trays… Continue Reading “STINKY!”
Posted on August 21, 2022
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I didn’t start the weekend with the intent to make up for the time lost from being sick but, looking back, it sure looked like that’s what I was doing! In addition to the usual household chores this weekend I: Went to the farmer’s… Continue Reading “BUSY WEEKEND”
Category: Self-RelianceTags: busy weekend, canning, dehydrating food, farmers market, greenhouse, harvesting worm castings, peppers, squash, tomatoes, winter garden prep, zucchini
Posted on August 18, 2022
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I am finally getting some oomph back and have managed to get some small things done after work each day this week. For example, tonight I finished roasting pumpkin seeds and also sliced zucchini to make chips in the dehydrator. Roasted pumpkin seeds are… Continue Reading “STILL AT IT”
Posted on August 11, 2022
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Sorry I’ve not been around. I’ve had a couple of life hiccups the past week. Of all things, a summer cold took me down hard. I’m grateful to be on the mend now. The last food preservation project I did before getting sick was… Continue Reading “HICCUPS”
Category: Food Storage, Preparedness, Self-RelianceTags: #everybitcountschallenge, corn for the chickens, dehydrated zucchini, garden harvest, kabocha pumpkin, Pineapple Zucchini, teaching the next generation to can food, Three Sisters Garden, water bath canning, watermelon for the chickens
Posted on August 7, 2022
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Posted on August 1, 2022
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As with any New Year’s resolution (a tradition I do not participate in), I started the first day of the #everybitcountschallenge off strong. For Day 1, I sliced zucchini and put it in the dehydrator. And yes, I wore a protective cut-resistant glove to… Continue Reading “DAY 1 – #everybitcountschallenge”
Posted on July 31, 2022
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While I was out harvesting yet more zucchini today, I again wondered, “How do you know when corn is ready to harvest?” I’ve had this thought several times but never when I could look it up … and of course I would then forget… Continue Reading “THE CORN ACTUALLY GREW”
Posted on July 30, 2022
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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”
Category: Food Storage, Preparedness, Self-RelianceTags: Bounty peaches, canned peaches, Contender peaches, dehydrated peaches, Fire Prince peaches, food preservation, frozen peaches, Peach Week, peaches
Posted on July 29, 2022
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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”
Category: Food Storage, Preparedness, Self-RelianceTags: #everybitcountschallenge, canning food, dehydrate food, farmers markets, food preservation, Food Storage, freeze food, garden harvest, Preparedness, Three Rivers Homestead
Posted on July 27, 2022
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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!
Two Chickens Homestead 
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