Can you grow your own tea? YES!
Food Prep
Planting Ginger
Planting ginger for year-round harvest. So yummy! Here's how...
Why You Should Grow Food
How precarious is our food supply chain? Should you learn to garden?
Processing Chickens 101
Wondering about processing your own chicken? Here's the low-down on how and why.
Homemade Cranberry Sauce & Glaze
Don't open that can of gelatinous cranberry sauce. Making homemade sauce takes the same amount of time, and it's super easy.
Egg Whites? Just Eat the Carton.
Eating egg whites for health? You might as well just eat the carton.
How to Cure a Ham
How to Cure a Ham. It's easy, but you must plan ahead. It takes time!
4 Ways to Dry Herbs
Do you purchase herbs like basil and dill in those little jars from the grocery store? How crazy expensive are those!!!??? A tiny 1/4 ounce jar of dried oregano or basil is about $6.00 around here. I can fill my whole pantry with every herb one can think of for about $6.00, and I have … Continue reading 4 Ways to Dry Herbs
Peamutt Butter Cookies – Woof!
"No, there are no spoiled pups around here! Why do you ask?" ~Pippa In case you have spoiled pups, here’s the recipe for Peamutt Butter Cookies Mix 1/4 cup of peanut butter with 1 Tbs of oil & 1 cup of water until blended. Fold in 2 cups of whole wheat flour and 1 cup … Continue reading Peamutt Butter Cookies – Woof!
Sunflower Seeds are for the Birds – Not!
Do you grow sunflowers? Many people that do, leave the seeds for the birds. That's a nice thing to do, but you can also keep some seeds for yourself. We grow Mammoth Sunflowers which get about 10 feet tall, and the flowers grow at least a foot across. When the yellow flowers die, the leaves … Continue reading Sunflower Seeds are for the Birds – Not!