Canning Basics

Home canning or preserving can be a very rewarding task. Once you know the basics it’s pretty easy and very safe if you follow the recommendations and don’t take short cuts.
It may seem like lots of work to start with but come winter, and around here they come soon and last forever, opening a jar of home [...]

I Have Noticed

I like to read several blogs every day. Some of them I must check first thing in the morning with my cup of coffee and a few I save until just before bed.  Sort of frosting on the cake at the end of the day.
Several of them have goals for this year listed not just [...]

A Food Ladder

The other day I received an email asking me to explain what I call the chain or ladder for the use of our food and not sending much to the compost bin or worse the trash.
I start by looking for the best, natural food our budget will allow. Certified organic is not always the option. [...]

One Good Decision

Ha! Hay season. This is the time of year when every barn in the area is empty! I mean the floor swept clean empty, hold a barn dance empty, the mice are starving kind of empty.
The first or second week of June is usually the time to cut the first crop of hay. The time [...]