Archive for the 'Homesteading' Category

Apple Butter 101

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Everyone knows we are an Apple Butter family. But we recently ran out and had to restock. Since we had over 100 empty glass jars waiting for canning season, we decided to grab a dozen or so, pick up a few regionally grown apples, and make a medium sized batch. And just to spice things [...]

It Ain’t Over Till the Fat Guy Tills

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

After a long week at work I was ready to get out and join Pan Saturday morning for some garden work. The weather looked to be promising and we had days ago decided to give up on the old adage about waiting till after Good Friday to plant or whatever that colloquialism is.
We started out [...]

Orange you glad I asked?

Monday, March 29th, 2010

I have a bit of a problem. (No, not that one…..no, not that one either…….c’mon now…….) I have shelves full of empty mason jars that have done nothing but gathered dust since we went through our tomatoes and pickles like Sherman went through Atlanta. But hope could be on the way. Pan, my folks, and [...]