Archive for November, 2009

Custom canning labels

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Pan and I have fallen in love with canning and preserving food in general. With our 3-season garden (including lettuce that began sprouting this past weekend) we have managed to add so much to our pantry.
From strawberry jam and apple butter to collard greens and green beans right on over to salsa and stewed tomatoes [...]

The recycled (well, almost) Hoop House

Friday, November 6th, 2009

After reading about the $50 greenhouse I quickly decided I needed to make one of my own. The summer season was winding down and I knew I wasn’t over my newly found lettuce addiction. I need to grow well into the autumn and even winter. Time for a simple hoop house.
Part of all my homestead [...]

Gratituesday: Thankfulness should not require practice

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

As the title of this post reads, thankfulness shouldn’t require practice. Sometimes though I have to remind myself of all the wonderful things in my life that I should be – and AM – thankful for.
Inspired by Laura at Heavenly Homemakersas well as the Crunchy Christian Mom I decided to just post a quick reminder [...]