Homesteading | Self Sufficient Living | Living off the Land
Learn how to make a from-scratch apple scrap vinegar. Let's take a look at the difference between real apple cider vinegar and the apple vinegar you can make at home, as well as a recipe for apple scrap vinegar and my best answers to common questions on making vinegar at home. They say there’s no such thing as a free lunch… But there is homemade apple cider vinegar. And I’m going to venture to say it’s about as close to a free ...Continue Reading
Spring is in the air. The weather is changing and gardening season is almost here. And I'm so excited to get to growing things again. I'm looking forward to having our garden in full swing producing healthy produce and fresh herbs. There's just something about fresh herbs from the garden...they can make any food recipe into something extra special and satisfying. Honestly, I also love that my herb garden doesn't require much effort ...Continue Reading
Autumn is officially here. We've gotten our freak first blizzard out of the way, and now the temps are going from blazing hot to ice cold, sometimes within 48 hours. I'm preserving things like a crazy lady to prepare for the colder months ahead. I've recently been canning: dill relish, honey currant jam, tomato sauce, and so much more. Now I'm staring at baskets of apples, so it's time to get to work on ...Continue Reading
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
Early spring harvest... It's almost a non-existent concept for Wyoming peeps like me. Our growing season is short. It starts late and ends early.... which means while everyone else is bragging about their first harvests of greens and radishes, I'm still looking at snow on the ground. And even when the first pictures of ruby red strawberries and cucumbers start flooding social media, my harvest baskets are still empty. But I do have ...Continue Reading
