The bushels of produce that cluttered the kitchen floor are now neatly tucked into a rainbow of jars on the pantry shelves. Days spent weeding and harvesting will now be spent indoors by the woodstove and in the kitchen enjoying the meals we worked so hard for over the growing season…
My dear friends, it’s been quite a long time I haven’t been here with you. Life has been hectic during summer (I think you know what I am talking about). Sometimes it feels kind of overwhelming having to manage the farm from Monday to Wednesday and the restaurant Thursday to Sunday. We practically never get a day off….
While I love all methods of preserving food, I think that pressure canning gives me the most help as a mama…
We never intended to be homesteaders….in fact, I’m not sure I’m entirely comfortable with that label for us. We’re just a family that grows and preserves food, raises chickens and bees, cooks from scratch, turns to natural remedies first, and tries to live a simple, DIY lifestyle. It’s just what we do….
Tips for the New Canner
Hey, Homestead Mamas! It’s Jessica here from Three Rivers Homestead and this month I would love to talk to you about food preservation. August is the month when the harvests are plentiful for most gardeners, and if you aren’t growing the food yourself, you can typically find bulk local produce for great prices through local farmers.
The next question becomes – “How should I preserve all of this beautiful produce?”…
I can remember sitting at the table watching my mom make a large batch of Amish Buns. She would have her very largest bowl over flowing with the best yeast dough ever!…
Hi friends! I’m so happy to share our story with you! Our life together did not start with homesteading and life in the country. We were married and lived in the suburbs for 10 years before we took a leap of faith and moved out into the country. It’s been almost 5 years now and if you would have told me almost 15 years ago when we married that I would absolutely love being out on the farm shoveling poop with a baby on my hip, gathering veggies from our garden, and living far away from the grocery store I would have said you were crazy.
I chose to share this granola recipe because it has been a staple in our home for the last 4 years!! We make this recipe 2-3 times a month and sometimes even weekly! Store bought cereal is something that just does not fit the nutritional guidelines of our family!
You’ll see that the exact time of each step will change according to the season and the temperature of the room in which you’ll make the bread.
As a way of channeling my anxiety and worry into something positive, I did what many of us did and jumped on the sourdough train! For me, it was something small that I could control. A distraction from all the uncertainty.
