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The Gardening Season is Winding Down

I have a recipe for green tomato enchilada sauce that I will can and use when I make chicken enchiladas during the winter season. Here’s the recipe I will be using.

A Bumper Crop of Peppers

I have plenty of peppers both hot and sweet peppers to do everything I want to do with them this year and then some.

12 Vegetables that Don’t Require Canning, Freezing, or Dehydrating

Though we can get vegetables all throughout the year, during the autumn, prices are the lowest that they are ever throughout the year. Some vegetables don’t need to be stored in any of these ways. They can be stored for several months beyond the time they are picked.

Seven Ways We are Saving Money and Time in the Garden

My husband and I are streamlining our gardening process with garden beds and saving money where we can.

The Lazy Days of Summer

You would think that during this past week I would have been working in the garden, but to tell you the truth, I have been busy doing other things around the farm. One of the things that we did this past week was clean the pantry/garden room in the house. Our trailer has two bedroomsContinue reading “The Lazy Days of Summer”

Elderberries-The Last Hurrah of the Berry Harvest

Elderberries are highly nutritious, can be used medically, in personal care, and is also delicious.

My Bread Making Secrets

Baking bread from scratch is one of the most basic skills for anyone who wants to develop self-sufficiency and create a perpetual homestead can learn. Here are my secrets to perfect homemade bread

Extending Your Fall Harvest Beyond the First Frost

Extending your garden beyond the normal autumn season is much like extending beyond the normal spring season except you are protecting bigger plants.

Planning the Fall Garden

I am feeling it’s time to plant my fall vegetable garden

Beating the Heat in the Garden

The electrical grid has been pushed to its limits during the month of July. We have also been doing the best we can to beat the heat by avoiding excessive exposure to the extreme weather. We have been careful to ensure that our chickens and cats have had plenty of water and are able toContinue reading “Beating the Heat in the Garden”