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 [...]
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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 »
Taking stock, part 2
Posted in canning, compost, farm as desired, food preservation, greenhouse, next year..., pastured poultry, winter stores, tagged canning, dry land farming/gardening, preserving on February 19, 2008 | No Comments »
I should have called this blog FARM AS DESIRED, this is just my attempt to record this portion of the history on our family farm. If you quilt, you know what I mean by Farm as desired. We read farming books and blogs and any info we can. We ALWAYS learn something - I never begrudge paying $30.00 for a how-to book. If it saves [...]
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