Are you interested in learning how to preserve your foods using different methods? When I first began preserving my own foods, I was fully consumed with canning. Though canning, freezing and ...
Blanching Vegetables 101: How to Blanch Veggies for Preserving
Want to make your veggies last longer? How about a method to preserve the vitamins in your food while making it quicker to prepare your meals? Then it's time to learn about blanching your ...
How to Ferment Vegetables at Home
Fermented foods are getting tons of attention lately - and for good reason. They're incredibly healthy and taste delicious, and they can keep for a good long time. If you want to take your ...
How to Store Potatoes to Make Them Last for Months
It’s never too early to start thinking about next year’s garden, is it? If you’re like many people who grow a vegetable garden - myself included - you are probably curious about how you can grow ...
17 Healthy Fermented Foods to Add to Your Diet
Fermenting foods can prolong their shelf-life and produce gut-restoring probiotics. Most cultures have at least one or two traditionally fermented foods on the menu. These days, fermented foods are ...
How to Make Delicious Sauerkraut at Home in 8 Easy Steps
Are you a huge fan of fermented foods? Or are you simply looking for new ways to preserve your vegetable harvest? Either way, sauerkraut is a healthy, fun option that's as easy to make as it is ...
14 Delicious Ways to Make and Use Dehydrated Vegetables
Anyone who grows their own food gets terribly upset when and if anything goes to waste. Fortunately, drying vegetables as snacks—or for future use—is a great way to ensure that what you've grown goes ...
Harvesting and Threshing Grain the Right Way for Storage
Grain always seems like the last frontier in raising your own food. For most of us, growing grain conjures images of golden wheat fields, combines, and hired farmhands. But small farms and ...
17 Smart Ways to Use Up Your Extra Eggs
I don’t know about you, but on our homestead, egg season starts early some years. The chickens begin their heavy spring laying in February and keep going strong. With a yard full of industrious ...