Fall is an incredibly busy time. Between trying to prepare your barns and chicken coops for the harsh conditions ahead to making sure everything is buttoned up in your garden, it can be tough ...
The Difference Between Peas and Beans and Why it Matters
Beans are some of the most interesting vegetable garden plants, but they can be kind of confusing. Do peas fall into the same category? Are peas beans, too? What about green beans? What's the ...
What is Pectin and How to Make a Homemade Pectin
When you are making your own jellies, jams, and preserves at home, you’ll likely notice one common denominator among recipes for jelly and jam. They all call for pectin. But what is pectin - ...
7 Types of Tomatoes and How to Use Each of Them
What do you think of when you picture a tomato? Is it a big, juicy beefsteak, a tiny cherry tomato, or perhaps a firm Roma? You might not realize it, but each of these are actually types of tomatoes ...
How to Make Homemade Kimchi from Your Fall Garden Produce
Kimchi is my absolute favorite fall ferment to make on the homestead. Plus, fall is the absolute best time of the year to make it. The key ingredients – Chinese or Napa-style cabbage, carrots, and ...
How to Make Powdered Spices Easily at Home
I love to use a mortar and pestle to make powdered spice mixes for meals. When the pestle pounds seeds from coriander, mustard, cumin, cardamom, and more -- the aroma is absolutely intoxicating! It’s ...
The Complete Guide to Sun Drying Fruits and Vegetables
Drying fruits, vegetables, and herbs is a process that has been around for a long time. In fact, it's one of the earliest known methods of food preservation. Today, we take the ability to ...
How to Roast Pumpkin Seeds for a Healthy Snack
Pumpkins have many uses, and the one that gets the most attention is the beloved Jack-O-Lantern...and that makes sense. The smell of a roasting pumpkin casserole in the oven is to die for, pumpkin ...
How to Make Homemade Olive Oil: A Step-by-Step Guide
Trying to be completely self-sufficient? Why not add homemade olive oil to your impressive survivalist skillset? There is nothing better than having complete control over what you consume and you ...