Homesteading | Self Sufficient Living | Living off the Land
This Ultimate Guide to Canning Safety covers important issues for everyone who is home-canning. Learn necessary tips about botulism concerns, which foods can safely be canned, which foods should NOT be canned, dangerous canning methods that should be avoided at all costs, and more. Yep. I'm going there. I know it'll make some people mad. But we need to have a chat about this, my friend. CANNING SAFETY. I keep running across ...Continue Reading
You can have a successful and plentiful garden even if you have a lot of shade. In this post, I'm sharing my best tips about vegetables that grow in the shade. I'll cover advice on figuring out your garden's sunlight conditions, edible plants that can grow in part-shade or full-shade, the advantages to shade gardens, and what you need to look out for in order to have a happy and healthy vegetable shade garden. As many of you know, ...Continue Reading
This chocolate pudding cake recipe has been a stand-by in my kitchen for nearly 15 years. Mostly because it was the only dessert I knew how to make back in my "Jill hates cooking" days. (If you had told me back then that I'd write a cookbook, I would have firmly said you were ridiculous and insane...) But I digress. This chocolate pudding cake is rustic, sturdy, and no-nonsense. And I haven't shared it with you before mostly ...Continue Reading
Long winter nights give me a burst of creative energy. The other seasons are loaded with long, busy days on a homestead. But winter gives our family long evening hours and a little more time on our hands. Time to be creative, as a family. This time of year, that creativity often entails salt dough ornament creations. A salt dough ornament recipe is right up my alley. Not surprisingly, really, I kinda love homemade salt dough ...Continue Reading
It's kinda like a status symbol. That bowl of ricotta on my counter that I just made myself? It gives me rockstar status y'all. And I know I'm not the only one. For many folks who dream of homesteading, not much would make them feel like they've "arrived" more than successfully creating delicious dairy products at home. I know for me, home dairy completely captured my imagination at the beginning of our homestead journey. Every time ...Continue Reading
