Fruit Preserves Mason Jar Labels! Whether you can goodies from your garden and orchard, or you just want some pretty labels to dress up jars filled with mason jar mixes or gifts… these labels come in so handy! There’s no need to buy sticky labels every year for your jams,…
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How To Harvest And Store Pumpkins And Winter Squash
How To Harvest And Store Pumpkins And Winter Squash Are you wondering how to harvest and store your pumpkins and winter squash to keep them fresh? Over the years I’ve kept a number of different squashes and pumpkins for winter cooking, with varying results. Here are some tips to increase…
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Canning & Freezing My Home Raised Turkeys
Preserving Our Turkeys for Winter I raised 10 Broad Breasted White turkeys this year and all of them survived to butcher size. Seven of the turkeys are processed so far, with 5 whole turkeys resting comfortably in our freezer. I double-bagged them to help prevent freezer burn and we will use them…
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Spicy Fermented Carrot-Kraut Recipe
Fermented Spicy Carrot-Kraut I love sauerkraut…plop it on a hot dog, cook it with roast pork, or toss it in a grilled Rueben sandwich…yum! My hubby and son? Not so much. If I made a big batch of sauerkraut, I would be the only one eating it. So I thought…
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How to Ferment Food in Small Batches
Fermenting food in small batches allows you to preserve your harvest, increase nutritional content, and try delicious recipes!
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How to Pressure Can Meat, Poultry, and Fish
Learn how to pressure can meat, poultry and fish to save money and provide healthy meals for your family. Includes directions for pressure canning!
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How to Make Brine Cured Dilly Beans
Making Brine-Cured Dilly Beans My Mom cans a batch of delicious Dilly Beans every year and my family loves them. I think I like them better than canned dill pickles, to be honest. While we really enjoy the canned recipe, I’ve started making brine-cured dilly beans from my own fresh…
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The Pickle Crock
Making Dill Pickles in a Crock When we returned from our visit out east there were plenty of cucumbers in the garden. A few had grown to the size of small watermelons and those went to the chickens. They love cucumbers! The rest were just right for filling my crock…
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How to Make Brine Cured Pickles
Making Brine Cured Pickles Curing foods in brine is an old-fashioned way of preserving them without refrigeration. A salt solution is used to cover the food and keep it from spoiling. Brine cured pickles were a staple in many homes. I remember my Grandma M making large crocks full of…