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 | 5 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Let the preserving begin
Posted in canning, farm as desired, farm dogs, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, heirloom fruit, recipes, scratch cooking, sustainability, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged canning, farm dogs, farm living, food preservation, frugal living, healthy food, heirloom fruit, lost skills, preserving, recipes, self-sufficiency, winter stores, zero mile foodshed on May 13, 2008 | 8 Comments »
One of my favorite things is to lie in bed at night and listen for the “Kerr-plink” of my canning jars sealing. The rhubarb is starting to bolt, so it was fish or cut bait. A quick inventory told me that I still had rhubarb in the freezer from last year and canned rhubarb sauce [...]
First calf, not Jetta’s :), :(
Posted in canning, cattle, farm dogs, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, pastured poultry, recipes, sustainability, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged Australian Shepherds, beef cattle, cattle, chickens, farm dogs, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, pastured poultry, scratch cooking, self-sufficiency on May 9, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Jetta update: Nothing! Next Tuesday???
First calf of the season.
I was glad to see this guy, he the first. This cow had twins last year, she did as good a job as possible, but they were considerably smaller than the singletons. When fall came I sold them at auction since they were smaller, and always hungry. Since [...]
What we’re eating, the transition.
Posted in canning, early days, farm as desired, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, greenhouse, heirloom fruit, lost skills, scratch cooking, sustainability, vegetables, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged canning, early farm life, farm life, food preservation, frugal living, heirloom fruit, lost skills, over-winter vegetables, sustainability, vegetable gardening, vegetables, winter stores, zero mile foodshed on May 3, 2008 | 11 Comments »
JETTA UPDATE: Still waiting…
The garden of last year is a dim memory except for my hieroglyphic garden notes, and a few choice and not so choice tidbits.
Jonathan (old style), picked October 2007.
These were stored on the north side porch all winter. Sunlight never reaches this side of the house, so the temperature does not flucuate very [...]
Small fruits in our garden
Posted in canning, food preservation, greenhouse, heirloom fruit, zero mile foodshed, tagged food preservation, greenhouse, heirloom fruit, propagation, zero mile foodshed on February 27, 2008 | No Comments »
No garden would be complete without fruit. Here’s a list of what grows easily here in our garden. We eat as much as we want, and just keep track of what we put by in the freezer.
BLUEBERRIES - We have 15 bushes - These are made up of plants from my husbands place when he [...]
Factor - X butter!
Posted in family cow, food preservation, tagged food preservation, grassfed butter on February 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Here’s butter made in June and frozen, compared with “standard” organic fare available at the store. How much grass do organic dairy cows really get? While I know this is not a true comparison (June vs. June) I have yet to see butter from the store purchased anytime of the year even come close to this [...]
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