Canning and Food Preservation
Garlic Scapes Two Ways
Last spring we harvested our first crop of garlic. At that time I knew that we should cut the scapes, the flowering shoots that hard-neck garlic sends up in the spring, off of the plants so that my bulbs would reach a good size. Once I cut them though, I didn’t quite know what to [...]
reCAP Mason Jar Caps
Sorry for the lack of posts this week and only minimal last week. We’ve been ridiculously busy between hunting and Henry’s birthday and such. I’ve got a couple of posts in the works that should hopefully be up soon. But in the mean time, I had to share this. Thanks to Erica for pointing me [...]
Tomatoes Three Ways
Last week I shared my simple salsa recipe as a way to use up some of that end of summer tomato glut. Well, we’re still deep in the red around here, as I went up to the CSA this weekend and picked another 50+ pounds. Here are the ways we are putting away the toms [...]
Fall at the Homestead
The first day of fall was last week, and we are entering one of the busiest times of the year around here. Of course it’s harvest time – which means much of our work moves from the garden to the kitchen. You’ve seen all my posts on jam lately, but I’ve been canning too. A [...]
Jam Fever!
Last weekend, we went to Palisade for our annual trip to Bracken Orchard to pick peaches. We drive 240 miles over the mountains, each way, so we want to make sure we make the trip worth it. This year, we came home with 368 pounds of peaches (slightly less, since about half a box was [...]
Jalapeño-Honey Plum Jam
What do you do when you’ve got 40 pounds of last year’s plums left in the freezer and you need to make room for this year’s peaches? You put your grandma’s apron on over your mei tai and start making jam! Last year, my brother-in law picked us nearly 70 pounds of plums from his [...]
Review: “Preserving with Friends” and that’s what I did.
At the end of May, Calamity Jane gave away ten copies of Harriet Fasenfest’s DVD, Preserving with Friends. I shamelessly plugged myself and won one of the copies on the condition of giving it a thorough review. I was so excited to receive my DVD in June, and it was so generous (and trusting) of [...]
Late Summer Snapshot
It’s been almost three weeks since I’ve made it onto the computer. I’m sure you were wondering if I had some sort of mysterious injury related to a grub hoe and a compost bin. But I assure you, everything is fine. The sun has been out, and things have been growing like mad, including both [...]
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