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Cooking with home-canned pears [Preserved_pears_crumble_dessert_recipe.PNG]  Preparing the Pears Let’s get started:  1. Preheat the oven to 375 F 2. Butter (heavily) baking pan. I chose to use my large cast iron pan, to bake the pear crumble 3. I op

Will this be my favourite sourdough starter?  [Lets_make_sourdough_starter.PNG] Let’s make some sourdough starter, together.  There are many, many different sets of directions for sourdough starters. There are wet versions, dry versions, and in-betw

An organized kitchen is a time-saver. [How_to_organize_a_kitchen.PNG] Let me state right up front (but please don’t stop reading) … I did not get the housekeeping gene!! My mother kept all of those to herself, I think.  So, here I am at 64, and I

Harvested Green Tomatoes - freezedry - tea. [Green_tomato_tea.PNG] From the Garden At the end of harvest season, before the frost hit, I harvested the last of my tomatoes when they were still green. I diced them up, using my KitchenAid food proces

You want to start making homemade bread from scratch. What should you have ready, in your kitchen and pantry? [What_you_need_to_bake_bread.PNG] “Picture that homemade loaf of bread sitting on the table, made (with love) for your family or guests. ”

There’s nothing better than a slice of home made bread, fresh out of the oven and slathered with butter. What I love about this recipe is that there is a flexible resting period of from 10 minutes to 5 hours. This means that you can get it started

Yesterday, they predicted wind gusts of 80km/hour  We, retirees, have tried our best to secure the frame and plastic, to keep it together during high winds.  The wind, yesterday, had it rocking, while the smaller green one,  as usual, barely even wo

Lunch, today, had to be a simple one.  There is a muscle in my back that has decided to show me that something is out of sync and has been spasming BADLY. Actually, during the making of lunch, the one muscle “shout” moved across my entire lower back

Yes, you can grow your own food - you can grow a little bit, a lot o’ bit, or all of it.  It’s your home, your homestead; let growing food work with your lifestyle and your dreams. [How_to_grow_your_own_food.PNG] The Easy Answer to “how to start grow

Our Hoophouse has been a great garden space. Now, that it is staying, it is time to take care of the walkways. [Hoophouse_woodchip_walkways.PNG] The Hoophouse Journey Recap This past spring, we bought a Hoophouse, through Amazon, as an experiment.

Trust the journey …. “Sometimes the tongue says “yes” while the brain is saying “why”. ” [Wood_supply.PNG] I have no idea what glorious possibilities are going to come out of this load of wood … but something told me to say “yes”. I had ordered s

November 2nd, 2022 And, today, in the greenhouse/ Hoophouse I ate a fresh strawberry and some peas. I also happened to notice a nasturtium flower - that I didn’t see flower all summer and, yet, there it is! And, for a bonus, on my way out of the H