One of my favorite parts of summer is all the fresh produce that becomes available in the garden and in the grocery. There’s just nothing like the taste of a fresh tomato, peach or strawberry. The problem is that fresh produce doesn’t last year-round. One way to get around this problem is to make homemade…
Did you know that dandelions are not just a weed in your yard? They are actually edible and make a beautiful, tasty jelly! Dandelion Jelly is a sweet, light jelly that goes perfectly with a batch of homemade biscuits! A few years ago I made my first batch of dandelion jelly and now this is…
I’m really comfortable with canning, dehydrating, and storing food from our garden. But I’ve never really experimented much with fermentation. I did make the best sauerkraut ever last fall with a head of fresh farmers’ market cabbage. And honestly, that gave me the confidence to try something else new – fermented cranberry pineapple honey. This…
You all know we love foraging and finding things right here on the farm that we can eat—and turn into something tasty. So when my husband started seeing people make syrup from hickory trees, it was a total no-brainer. We grabbed our coats, picked up the garden basket, and headed out to the woods. Finding…
Some people might think canning season ends in August, but around here, my jars never get a break. Sure, summer brings tomatoes and pickles, but November and December are for cranberries, cinnamon, and all the cozy things that make the house smell like home. Canning isn’t a seasonal activity for me — it’s just the…
Don’t you just love homemade apple pie? I am the first to admit that my homemade apple pie will never quite live up to the memory of my grandmother’s beautiful basketweave pie crusts but I have found the secret to providing a homemade apple pie in just a few minutes by canning my own pie…
What’s my perfect idea of a Saturday night? Peeling a ½ bushel of fresh peaches and canning several quarts so we’ll have them ready for winter sounds pretty perfect to me. We love growing as much as we can here on the farm, but our two tiny peach trees are still really young. It’s going…
Whether you are a brand new canner or have been canning and preserving food for decades, tomatoes are one of the easiest vegetables to can. Gather a few tools, a box of tomatoes from your garden or your local farmers market and you are ready to enjoy the taste of summer all winter long. This…
The garden is keeping us busy with fresh produce, and if you’re anything like me, you’re up to your ears each evening deciding how to enjoy it all year long. Our garden surprised us this year and did pretty well for our first year on the farm, but we didn’t plant any corn or green…