Canning/Freezing Prep Checklist
Lisa Amstutz
June 6, 2016
Are you ready to can this year? Avoid hunting for missing supplies or running to the store while produce wilts on your counter! Use our simple checklist now.
Food Preservation
Free Tea Time
Kathy Harrison
May 23, 2016
Foraging for wild teas (like nettles) and growing some of your own herbs gives you a healthy, organic and nearly free tea source! Herbal teas are delicious hot or iced, with a little honey to sweeten if you like.
How to Save Seeds on a Small Scale
Hannah Breckbill
April 29, 2016
As you plant your garden, think forward to what seeds you might want to save, and make sure your garden is structured to make it easy. Here are some great tips from farmer Hannah Breckbill.
4 Ways to Eat Like a Farmer
Hannah Breckbill
March 30, 2016
Farmer Hannah tells us how to plan now to harness the abundance of summer and enjoy it well into next winter.
The Ultimate Fast Food: How to Can Meat
Kathy Harrison
March 18, 2016
Learn how food preservation can be a massive money and time saver. Canning meat is about as easy as it comes.
How To Make Homemade Apple Butter
Dave Ross
December 9, 2015
Go big with an old-time copper kettle and outdoor fire, or make a smaller batch in your kitchen. Either way, you’ll discover why blogger Dave Ross calls bread slathered with apple butter “kingly food!”
Old-Fashioned is “Totally Awesome.”
Kathy Harrison
October 14, 2015
These kids, used to bright lights and big cities, were plopped down in a village without a traffic light, where the sidewalks are rolled up by 9 pm. What would their reactions be?
How To Can Venison (and other wild game)
Sharon Peterson
October 12, 2015
Do you know just how easy canning venison can be? Cut it up, put it in a jar and pressure can it? Surely there is more to it than that! Well, there is a little bit more…. but not much.
Enter to Win Your Christmas – On Us!
Sarah Nussbaum
October 2, 2015
As our gift to you, let’s make this NO WORRIES NOVEMBER. Let us take the stress out of holiday shopping. Win Christmas on us – enter today to win one of three shopping sprees!
How To Can Homemade Soup
Sharon Peterson
September 28, 2015
Home-Canned Soup: the convenience of heat-and-serve, and the healthy benefits of home-cooked meals. Follow these simple tips for safe canning.
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