Pineapples; Buying Instead of Growing Them
Pineapples; Buying Instead of Growing Them. This is my new blog series; Secrets of a Homesteader. I needed to start this series. Only because thereRead More →
2017-01-06
Cloth Sandwich Bags
Cloth Sandwich Bags How to Make Guide Plastic and aluminum foil has flooded my kitchen for the past seventeen years, and it seems to onlyRead More →
2017-01-05
Pineapple Chunks
Fresh Pineapple Chunks in a Lite Syrup Recipe for Water Bath Canning Can you find great deals on whole fresh pineapples like we do here?Read More →
2016-12-22
Sweater Pillowcase
Sweater Pillowcase Going through my closet during the fall of 2016, I realized I had lots of clothes that I either didn’t fit into orRead More →
2016-12-20
Hot Sauce
Hot Sauce Recipe My entire family except for me loves hot sauce. They put it on just about everything. My husband grew up with itRead More →
2016-11-29
Praline Liqueur and Pecan Extract
Pecan Extract and Praline Liqueur Recipe Do you have pecans falling from your trees? Well we do. A lot of pecans, in fact. I haveRead More →
2016-11-10
Squash Casserole
Squash Casserole: A Southern Classic Recipe My husband got me into loving the classic southern squash casserole. Born and bred in north Georgia, he grewRead More →
2016-11-06
Dehydrate Peppers
Learn How To Dehydrate Hot Peppers (Preserve the Harvest) Dehydrating is a fantastic and easy way to preserve your homegrown or farmers’ market purchased produce.Read More →
2016-11-02
Harvesting Pecans: Tricks on Collecting! Tips for Storing!
Best Tips and Tricks on Harvesting Pecans in the Fall. Autumn is the time for southern pecans. Pecan harvesting doesn’t have to be a hardRead More →
2016-10-27
Scrabble Board Porch Table
Upcycle Your Old Scrabble Game To Make Game Board Table After spending an entirely beautiful Sunday in October with the family on our front porchRead More →
2016-10-03
Keep Your Dehydrated Food Fresh
How To Keep Your Dehydrated Food From Going Bad After harvesting the backyard garden or purchasing a heap of produce from the farmers market, IRead More →
2016-09-29
Tomato Sauce
Tomato Sauce Recipe for a Water Bath Canning Wondering what to do with all those beautiful red tomatoes coming out of your backyard garden thisRead More →
2016-09-29
Pumpkin Pierogis with Walnut Maple Sauce
Pumpkin Pierogis Recipe with Toasted Walnut Maple Cream Sauce If you are looking for that unique and tasty meal for your next dinner, then myRead More →
2016-08-22
Authentic Pierogi/Dumpling/Potsticker Dough
Authentic Polish Pierogi Dough Recipe One of my earliest memories of my great-grandma in Hegewisch neighborhood in Chicago is of her making batches and batchesRead More →
2016-08-03
Salted Vanilla Cantaloupe Jam
Salted Vanilla Cantaloupe Jam Recipe Even into the depth of our 2016 summer drought, we were able to harvest many cantaloupe melons. We collected aboutRead More →
2016-08-01
Vanilla Lavender Blackberry Jam
Vanilla Lavender Blackberry Jam Recipe Made for Water Bath Canning If you haven’t canned blackberry jam before then, you are missing out. Blackberry jam isRead More →
2016-07-15
Pickled Jalapeno Peppers
Pickled Jalapeno Peppers Recently, I started growing jalapeno peppers in our summer backyard garden because I realized I was going to the store and buyingRead More →
2016-07-14
Watermelon Lemonade Concentrate
Watermelon Lemonade Concentrate Recipe Made for Water Bath Canning Are you craving some delicious fresh watermelon lemonade in the middle of winter? Well, how about canningRead More →
2016-07-09
Cucumber Relish
Sweet Cucumber Relish Recipe It never fails. I always have an overabundance of cucumbers every summer from the backyard garden. I probably plant way tooRead More →
2016-07-08
Paying Off the Mortgage
How We Are Paying Off the Mortgage At A Faster Rate I am no ashamed to admit that we have numerous credit cards that allRead More →
2016-06-28