I’m always amazed by the sheer volume of raw food it takes to make sauce of any kind. Our Yellow Transparent apples finally started to ripen. I didn’t get them thinned (like I ever do) so they are small to medium, and plentiful. Usually I like to make chunky applesauce, but I don’t like to peel [...]
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Apples and milk
Posted in agriculture, cattle, family cow, farm as desired, farm life, food preservation, heirloom fruit, milk cow, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged food preservation, family cow, homeopathy, farm life on August 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It all runs downhill
Posted in farm life, food preservation, scratch cooking, winter stores, tagged farm life, food preservation, winter stores, zero mile foodshed on August 25, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Finally, the tomatoes are getting some color. Still not enough to preserve yet, but hopefully soon… . At least enough to eat all we want.
My daughter is now old enough to do some preserving on her own, and she gets real interested if it’s something she actually grew. Sometimes I pay attention, sometimes [...]
Wang Dang, sweet fruit tang…
Posted in agriculture, canning, farm as desired, farm dogs, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, heirloom fruit, sustainability, woodstove cookery, zero mile foodshed, tagged canning, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, heirloom fruit, sustainability, winter stores, zero mile foodshed on August 19, 2008 | 13 Comments »
I’m dating myself again, I like Ted Nugent, too.
Ahhh, fruit what can I say? Everybody likes fruit in one form or another. We eat a lot of fruit. Breakfast, lunch and dinner, it seems like we never have enough. We buy extra fruit of different kinds that don’t grow well here, like apricots, nectarines and [...]
Apricot Jam recipe
Posted in canning, farm life, food preservation, recipes, scratch cooking, winter stores, tagged canning, farm life, recipes on August 3, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Here it is, Tansy, in all it’s runny glory. Be forewarned I don’t follow every rule or recipe.
So I made this one up. We rarely eat bread, and most of the “jam” I make, ends up in yogurt or on ice cream, or in apricot bars. We favor taste, over concrete-like jam. Maybe I should [...]
Just shut up and can, can, can
Posted in canning, easily amused, farm as desired, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, lost skills, personal, redneck moments, vegetables, zero mile foodshed, tagged canning, easily amused, farm life, frugal living, lost skills, redneck moments on August 2, 2008 | 16 Comments »
I love that song, Just Shut Up and Drive. I find that one in my head a lot. But, sometimes it has to be the homestead version… .
It’s no secret I like to can. Or put up food. It is comforting to me and I like the process. But, being a claustrophobic farmgirl tomboy, I [...]
I’m 8 today, according to Purina
Posted in agriculture, canning, early days, farm as desired, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, lost skills, personal, sustainability, vegetable gardening, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged agriculture, canning, farm life, personal, vegetable gardening on August 1, 2008 | 17 Comments »
If I was a medium breed dog, that is. Today is my birthday, and I’m doing something that I have done on many birthdays before. I’m canning. My dogs are sleeping at my feet, (they are 15 and 49)waiting for a bit of apricot to fly off the cutting board, and it’s raining. If it [...]
Just a snap at cherry time
Posted in agriculture, canning, early days, farm life, food preservation, heirloom fruit, tagged canning, early farm life, farm life on July 28, 2008 | 8 Comments »
My Mom, ca 1920
I found this photo in one of my Mom’s purses after she died. There was no date on it, but unlike ALL of our other old photos, something was written on this one - JUST A SNAP AT CHERRY TIME. It was such a tiny picture, measuring 1″ x 2″, it enlarged nicely to 5″ [...]
Canning
Posted in canning, early days, farm dogs, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, lost skills, winter stores, tagged Australian Shepherds, canning, farm dogs, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, winter stores on July 20, 2008 | 15 Comments »
I spent all day Saturday, canning, well not really all day, just my “spare” time not allotted for regular chores. This isn’t a how-to post, just my reflections about food preservation.
Kerr canning jar manufactured in 1957, the year I was born.
Food preservation is part of my life everyday, as it has been since I was born. Not [...]
pink as as the bing on your cherry
Posted in agriculture, canning, farm life, food preservation, winter stores, tagged agriculture, canning, farm life, food preservation, stocking up, winter stores on July 18, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Sorry, I like Aerosmith, and I’m tired of sayings like “Life is just a bowl of cherries.”
The surest way to get the fruit lady to call me and tell me the cherries will be here tomorrow, is to do this - it seems haying time is cherry canning time.
Raked hay
The cherries are late this year, [...]
some gardening, some canning
Posted in canning, farm dogs, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, heirloom fruit, seed saving, vegetable gardening, vegetables, winter stores, woodstove cookery, zero mile foodshed, tagged canning, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, vegetable gardening, zero mile foodshed on June 11, 2008 | 10 Comments »
In spite of the weather, which is uncomfortable and aggravating but by no means as serious as the weather in the Midwest and East, the garden is slowly emerging.
Harris Model OP parsnips, roots for the dairy cow and for seed saving.
It’s hard to believe these little guys will be here feeding us, and the milk [...]
Trying not to be wasteful
Posted in agriculture, farm as desired, farm dogs, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, greenhouse, lost skills, pastured poultry, seed saving, sustainability, vegetable gardening, vegetables, wildlife, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged Australian Shepherds, farm dogs, farm life, frugal living, greenhouse, locavore, pastured poultry, seed saving, self-sufficiency, vegetable gardening, zero mile foodshed on June 3, 2008 | 10 Comments »
I always feel guilty if I waste food. Whether from over planting, or being over zealous in my harvesting. I try to ask myself, “Is this better on the vine, in the ground, … , OR in the refrigerator?” The refrigerator is usually the most wasteful place for me, it costs money to run, and [...]
Garden like you can’t go to the store…
Posted in early days, family cow, farm as desired, farm dogs, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, lost skills, milk cow, vegetable gardening, vegetables, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged family cow, farm dogs, farm life, locavore, victory garden, zero mile foodshed on June 2, 2008 | 14 Comments »
I know I can still go to the store, but I can’t buy heirloom seeds that were handed down to me, or even high quality seeds, for that matter. I try to conduct my gardening like the store may not always be there, that way I won’t be in for such a shock. Plant a [...]
The year of the gradual garden
Posted in agriculture, cattle, family cow, farm as desired, farm dogs, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, greenhouse, heirloom fruit, milk cow, vegetable gardening, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged Australian Shepherds, family cow, farm dogs, farm life, greenhouse, grow your own food, heirloom fruit, locavore, vegetable gardening, zero mile foodshed on May 31, 2008 | 9 Comments »
After the big letdown with Jetta’s calving, I was kind of glad that it rained most of the week. I just didn’t feel like planting any garden. We let Jetta lick and clean her calf, and eat the placenta. The amniotic fluid on the calf, contains natural pain inhibitors, and eating the placenta helps prolong colostrum [...]
It’s not the planting
Posted in compost, farm as desired, farm dogs, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, greenhouse, sustainability, vegetable gardening, vegetables, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged Australian Shepherds, compost, composted animal manure, farm dogs, farm life, frugal living, greenhouse, self-sufficiency, sustainability, vegetable gardening, winter stores, zero mile foodshed on May 19, 2008 | 5 Comments »
It’s not the actual planting, it’s all the work beforehand and after, that takes so much time. Making compost, seeding, tending, irrigation planning, and soil preparation. This list could go on in more detail, but, it’s a long time and a lot of work from the idea of growing your own food, to get that food to the table. [...]
More rhubarb
Posted in canning, family cow, farm as desired, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, heirloom fruit, lost skills, recipes, scratch cooking, sustainability, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged canning, family cow, farm cooking, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, heirloom fruit, homesteading, recipes, scratch cooking, self-sufficiency, zero on May 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
While chained to the stove today, I was able to do other tasks that might come in handy if “someone” has her calf! Ooops - I’m talking about it!
♥ Boiled a kettle of potatoes in their jackets for hash browns, these will keep in the fridge for 4 or 5 days. Very handy, just saute [...]
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