Introducing…..
With the 2016 Fall Gathering quickly approaching, it is time to introduce some the topics that will be covered in the afternoon educational sessions. Today you will meet half of the presenters and see what information they will be sharing. Topics being covered by...
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Fall Gathering
n Saturday, October 29th, we will be hosting the 2016 Fall Gathering at our rural Miller farm. We have several local people collaborating to provide a morning of educational exhibitions on various topics that support a self-sufficient lifestyle and...
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Canning Carrots Without A Garden
love growing my own food in the garden to can, but let's be realistic for a few minutes. There are times when there is a "crop failure" and you simply do not get enough of one item to can up for your family. There are also those that...
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Peach Pie Filling
he last project in my Peach adventure of 2016 was Peach Pie Filling. I like the versatility of having my peaches canned in syrup as described in this post. I can use those for eating, making pies, making peach fritters, peach dumplings,...
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Peach Jam
fter buying 175# of wonderful Missouri peaches recently, we set about to preserve them to be enjoyed for months to come. We canned several quarts of peach halves to enjoy with ice cream, cottage cheese, yogurt or just a bowl and spoon. Details on...
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Home Canned Peaches
ometimes a person is just in the right place at the right time, and ALWAYS a person will benefit from a network of like minded people. Both of these worked together for us a couple of weeks ago, when friends called to say they had found a...
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Homestead Wisdom…
would love to say I have a wealth of Wisdom, but actually, this post is more about aging and my observations of the changes that aging makes on the homesteader than real wisdom. Some say with age comes wisdom, and that is true to a point, but...
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French Cut Green Beans–Quick and Easy
ur green beans have been a big disappointment this year. It seems that some years are just not good gardening years, despite the best of intentions, hard work and knowledge. A friend came to our rescue and offered up some of her green...
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Pressure Canning Corn
home canned corn for the first time in 2014. Prior to that, we had always frozen our corn for home storage. While this is a great way to preserve corn, in the summer of 2013, we had a freezer go out, and did not discover it quickly...
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To belong to this life…
ver the last couple of weeks I have become involved in a couple of conversations that have really gotten me thinking deeply about my motivation for living the lifestyle that I do. I was raised on a farm in SW Missouri and, though we weren't...
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