This year's season of food preservation has been a whirlwind, let me tell ya... I suppose being hugely pregnant probably contributed to my "overwhelmed" feeling, but I plugged long anyway... I've had an insatiable urge to preserve everything I can get my hands on... I've dried fruit leather, pears, peaches, and tomatoes... Canned salsa, pickles, tomato sauce, applesauce, pearsauce, chokecherry jelly, beets, and beans... Frozen ...Continue Reading
Archives for October 2012
{Free Printable} End-of-the-Season Garden Tracker
It never ceases to amaze me how I can forget the most obvious details of our homestead from year to year... When I'm in the thick of a certain season or project, it seems like a no-brainer that I'll remember every detail, but it never fails that I'll find myself struggling to remember how many goat babies we had last year or how much we paid for our hay... In my eBook, Your Custom Homestead, I talk a lot about keeping ...Continue Reading
How to Make Cream Cheese
Learn how to make cream cheese with my super simple recipe. Homemade cream cheese is so delicious, you'll be eating it off a spoon. Here's what you need to know for your home dairy journey with making cream cheese. Learning how to make cream cheese is one of those things that makes you feel like a homesteading rockstar... But I have to warn you before you proceed, otherwise it just wouldn't be fair: Homemade cream cheese is one ...Continue Reading
Healthier Chocolate Zucchini Bread
As you may know, my gardening year was less than successful. In fact, I did so poorly that I actually killed my zucchini plants. (Betcha didn't know that it was possible, huh?) I was thrilled when my neighbor Jana offered to give me a baseball-bat zucchini. And since this is the first one I've had access to all year, it was kind of a treat, believe it or not! So I decided to make an actual treat, zucchini bread. Zucchini ...Continue Reading