I'll admit it... I'm a bit of a wimp when it comes to super-hot peppers. Because of that, I've never made hot pepper jelly, but this recipe from Jessica at Simply Healthy Home has me intrigued. Thanks for sharing your wisdom today Jessica! A few years ago, I planted a garden in hopes of having plenty of vegetables to eat and possibly preserve. We grew, peas, green beans, tomatoes, beets and peppers. Everything ...Continue Reading
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Canning Pears in Maple Syrup
Some folks like a little fruit with their sugar. I'm not one of them. I mean if I'm going to the trouble of canning good food for my family, I'd rather it be good food, not half fruit, half refined sugar, right? I recently shared how I can cherries with honey and how I can apple slices, and today I'm super excited that my friend, and a member of The Prairie Homestead Team, Michelle Visser, agreed to share her amazing recipe for ...Continue Reading
Canning Apple Slices | How to Can Apples
I can feel autumn sneaking up on us already... Although we're still having our fair share of 90+ degree days, every 4th day or so, the nights cool off to be surprisingly crisp for this early in September, and I know it's coming... But the preservation work is just beginning. Whether it's canning apple slices, smashing the garden cabbage into sauerkraut, or pulling the still-very-green tomatoes off the vine to ripen in boxes, I'll be ...Continue Reading
Canning Cherries with Honey
When someone offers to send you a whole box of freshly picked Bing cherries? You say yes. Even if canning cherries will add an extra measure of craziness in between back-to-back trips and 4-H events. And that's exactly what happened when Northwest Cherry Growers emailed me and offer to ship me a box of cherries if I'd create a canning recipe featuring them. I've been on a canning kick lately anyway--how could say ...Continue Reading
A Simple Seed Starting Guide
It still feels like an eternity away... Walking around barefoot in green grass... Plugging my fingers deep into the cool soil... Counting dozens of little seeds in my palm... Winter is very long in Wyoming. There has been many a year where it felt like spring would never, ever come. And that's pretty much where I find myself at the moment. It's brown outside. And the snow is dirty and lingering. And there isn't a speck ...Continue Reading