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Dear Neighbor, Thanksgiving week, I buy several whole turkeys and pop them in the freezer for a future butchering bee. At $ .59 a pound, it is the cheapest meat you will buy. With one turkey you can get about 6 meals out of it, depending on your family size. Here is what I…
I have publicly confessed my undying love for the crock pot, but I must admit…. I have a secret love, on the side...something pretty steamy. Meet my pressure cooker!
We have a really old house and our kitchen grey water goes into an old timey septic like tank and then right out the side of a hill. This ends up back into my water system to I am concerned what goes into my ground more than others might be.
Here's a way to recycle and reuse water bottles. Once you make a few you will be using them all over the kitchen.
Stored wheat berries are one of the most important food stock items the homestead can have. They keep for years, if stored in a cool dry place and they can be used for much more than for flour. I would love to share with you the uses of bulgur.
I remember reading the book Box Car Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner, to my children. The four little orphans set out to live on their own. They were quite resourceful, surviving on their own, even making soup with the culled veggies from weeding a rich relatives garden. They had the makings of a good vegetable…
Most people think of only canning their green beans, corn and general field harvest. While canning individual fruits and veggies is awesome, there is real power in the "meal in a jar." Since a quart jar feeds two people and a pint is a single meal, planning your meals and storing enough for your family…
Dear Neighbor, Here, in the south, abandoned gardens can often be found by late July and August. The owners, stricken by heat, lack of energy and apparently worn out to the bone, can’t give the TLC required to keep their gardens growing and just let them go. Weeds, ugly grasses and dehydration steal the hearts…
Dear Neighbor, Spring on the homestead is a great time for chickens; they are all perky and laying like crazy. Soon the eggs pile up and I just kind of stare at them all, wondering what to do with them. The dogs love an egg surplus. So does their fur! Then summer wanes on and the girls get hot, tired and begin to…