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In review… September (and August) 2018
So much has happened in the last couple months. We went camping at the beginning of August like we do every year. This year it was a time of joyous celebration for seeing friends we don’t see often enough – and a few we haven’t seen for years. But sadly, it was also when my […]
Homestead update – October 2017
Much has happened in the last couple of months on our little plot of land! The biggest news is Opal kicked the {grain} bucket. Opal was the only one left of our original batch of hens. She was older than Little Chick! A couple of years ago she started having leg issues, although we could […]
Make your own Apple Cider Vinegar!
Making apple cider vinegar is an easy activity to begin your journey into the world of make-your-own staples. It’s basically fool-proof! All you need is: a large container; glass is best – like a wide mouth jar but we’ve even used a 5-gallon food-grade bucket for large-scale production. Make sure it’s clean and sterilized. a […]
Garden map update
It’s going to turn colder this weekend with stronger breezes and some rain, but I don’t care. My garden is 90% planted and the rain will do it some good! I only have tomatoes and peppers left to plant this year, and since I never got around to starting seeds, I’ll purchase those next week. […]
Fall harvest – picking apples
We don’t need to buy apples this year – unless we want something specific for eating. Our Haralson apple tree was LOADED with apples. Papa said the tree sighed when we finally got them all picked! Every. single. limb. looked like the one above! We’re fortunate that the tree is still short enough that Papa […]
Preserving the harvest
A week ago Friday, I suddenly had a spurt of ambition (it doesn’t happen often) and stopped at a couple of places to pick up produce before heading home after work. (I meant to write sooner, but we’ve been down-in-the-dumps, daughter-picked-up-a-stinkin’-virus sick. All of us. Finally on the mend.) First stop was to pick up […]
Grandma’s Apple Pancake
I don’t know about you, but summer is a busy time for us. It’s hot and we have things to do outdoors so we don’t want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen making dinner. We love making breakfast foods for dinner, but sometimes you need a change of pace from cooked eggs, […]
Homestead update – July
I’m finding it hard to believe it’s almost the middle of July already! It seems like we just put the garden in a couple of weeks ago and I should still be planting. Actually, our garden is looking a little sparse right now. We’ve already harvested the 1st crop of peas that were planted and […]
June on the Homestead
I have a confession. I have been meaning to write about what’s going on at home for almost 2 months now. I took pictures of the strawberries and rhubarb growing… … of the seeds I started indoors… … and of the flower blossoms on our fruit trees… … but they never got posted. The apple […]