I’ve been really bad about updating the blog the last few weeks. So here are some pictures I’ve snapped during that time to catch you up Asparagus I’ve had it with about 6 meals now. Cleaned up my poor neglected strawberry garden Turned over the existing beds and got one planted with cool weather [...]
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19 Mar
Home canned apple pie filling
I felt the need to taste taste my home canned apple pie filling. This was made with the standard Ball book recipe and it was FABULOUS. There’s a lot of excess liquid in the jars, so I just discarded that. Although it probably wouldn’t have been a bad idea to save it for baked apples [...]
9 Mar
Frugal Friday: Homemade Laundry Soap
I’ve been watching people begin to make their own laundry soap with interest. It sounded like a good money saver, but I didn’t like the idea of a gel. That’s why I was excited to find these instructions that makes a powder I’ve started using it with my plunger washer and think it works quite [...]
6 Mar
Canned Green Beans
I’ve been canning again! Now that I’m eating more home canned goods, I know that I like having carrots and green beans boiled and salted and served as a side. With that in mind I decided to up my levels of each of these to 36 pints, which should be enough to serve through the [...]
23 Feb
Bathroom Floor
One thing that I’ve had on my to-do list since moving in has been replacing the bathroom floor. Having carpet in a bathroom is just soooo gross! And this was very old stained carpeting, that I was frightened had things living in it. I decided to up and do it when I found cheap tile [...]
5 Feb
Seraphina Shawl
I just wanted to share this weekends project with you, a Seraphina Shawl. It was crocheted with an N hook and an unlabeled yarn from my stash that had a strand of chenille and a strand of novelty yarn that gave it a bit of fuzziness. It worked up in less than 24 hours and [...]
24 Jan
Canning Homegrown Beans
My winter canning is winding down. But I wanted to get in one more batch of beans. These are the last of my home grown dry beans. The only one you can pick out in the picture is the dark Cherokee Trail of Tears. The rest were Mayflower Pole, Purple Podded Pole, and Old Homestead. [...]
23 Jan
Canning Apple Pie Filling
Yep, I did yet another canning project. This time it was another fruit that’s inexpensive this time of year…apples. I was really excited by the prospect of being able to can my own pie filling. What took me this long to try it is that you need a special product to do it: ClearJel. I [...]
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