If you don't know how to use a pressure canner and would like to learn, this is a great video for you. Carrots are a real treat fresh from the garden, but that experience doesn't have to end with the harvest season. Carrots can be canned and preserved for the entire winter and into summer … Continue reading Pressure Canning Carrots and Pressure Canning Basics
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Harvest Festivities: Creating New Family Traditions
During a beautiful sunny weekend in the month of October, we made our traditional family trip to Hickey Farms. This year we decided to pick out pumpkins for baking instead of the culturally accepted jack-o-lanterns. We love harvest time and celebrating the harvest of our garden as well as getting into the spirit of canning, … Continue reading Harvest Festivities: Creating New Family Traditions
Wrapping up the Fall Harvest
These past few weeks we have wrapped up the fall harvest. We salvaged what we could from the garden and took the hoop houses down. Our back room has the tomatoes strewn about, so they can ripen. Our garden did not produce much this year. We planted late, the heat wave shocked the plants, and … Continue reading Wrapping up the Fall Harvest
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