Jewel Weed Salve

This is the first of September and the Jewel Weed is in full bloom. I just love this plant.  I love the beautiful flowers, I love the healing value of this plant and I love playing with the seed pods. When you touch fully ripe ones they burst open and send the seeds flying. Great fun.
Summer often brings [...]

Making Sour Cream and Buttermilk

The other day I talked about some of the things I am changing to get ready for the slow season around here, this means winter. I don’t like trips into town and put it off until I have to go when winter sets in it’s even worse. One single flake of snow and I’m not going [...]

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 [...]

Jelly Update

I thought this morning I would sent this post to Debbie and a couple of others who left some questions about making strawberry jelly. Since it is berry & fruit season there are lots of other recipes to make as well. Here is the link to the Strawberry Jelly recipe.
Q:
I do not have any canning equipment, [...]