I returned to harvest from our friend’s garden and reaped even more vegetables than I did the first time. Today involved canning 21 half-pints of blackberry jam and 8 pints of salsa. Yesterday found eight quarts of whole tomatoes canned and five gallons of green beans dehydrated. I am fortunate to enjoy using an Excalibur dehydrator to […]
Plastic Free Produce with Friends
Today was a day filled with pleasantries. Our family spent the afternoon harvesting blackberries and green beans at a friend’s bountiful garden followed by a brief effort to forage chantrelle mushrooms at the home of another friend. My efforts to garden are wildly surpassed by individuals who possess such skill with cultivating the earth. I […]
Chapter 2: Homesteading – The Funny Farm
After having our first child we moved to a 12 acre parcel of land with a fixer-upper house three miles down a dirt road. This was a enormous change for my husband who lived in large cities for most of his life. Neither of us had any experience with farm animals or homesteading. Despite our […]
Why Buy Berries in a Clamshell? Make a Memory Instead
This time of year our country roads are lined with a spectacular sight: blackberries and beautiful sunsets! In the evenings before sunset when the temperature cools off, our family has made it a tradition during the end of June and beginning of July to enjoy the simple pleasure of wild berry picking. Our two older […]