Back in August, I was so excited about trying my hand at a fall garden and, even, overwintering some crops in my Hoophouse.
I was envisioning myself going out to the garden in the winter and digging up some fresh carrots. I was so pleased with mysel
What to do with leftover potatoes? Preserve them.
We recently had a big family get-together and I made lots of potatoes … and I had lots of potatoes left over.
There is no way that Rick and I could eat all of them before they started going bad, so
how to make your own plum sauce
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https://homesteadian.com/projects/4-operation-plum-sauce
The plums actually came from my neighbours. He has a tree that is simply loaded with fruit every year.
This year,
Making paprika seasoning from scratch.
I did it !!!
I made paprika using peppers from my own garden.
The Peppers
These particular seeds, SWEET PAPRIKA, came from William Dam Seeds.
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I love surrounding myself with antiques ad vintage items; I especially love using them, thinking about the hands that had used the item before and the work and the love that was shared through it.
I especially love having items from my own personal h
This is my first year ever using hoophouses and I can now say that I am a gardener! It was a huge success.
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The main goal for using a Hoophouse was to keep the critters from eating my plants. Little did I k
As a last resort, to protect my gardens from rabbits, I bought a Hoophouse.
See my project here: https://homesteadian.com/projects/2-project-greenhouse
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Last year, the last sev