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May 21

aaaand the Earth Box is planted!

Well, its not quite the sprawling garden I regularly dream of, but we have our little Earthbox set up and ready to go for the year.The set-up process was actually a lot easier than I had expected. The directions were simple and from start t (read full article)

canning, container gardens, Earthbox, gardening for food, grow your food, heirloom, home preserving, natural, no fuss gardening, pickles

Jan 11

Homemade Gifts in a Jar

I know I'm a little late on posting some of these ideas, but since I actually used these as gifts this year, I couldn't spill the beans until after Christmas (in case any gift receivers were reading!). All of these gifts can be made during any season (read full article)

beer bread, cake in a jar, canning, Christmas, desserts, diy, gifts, homemade, savings, soup in a jar

Aug 30

Easy to Make: Pickles

I love pickles, and I've always wanted to make my own, but I'm also pretty picky about the flavor. I tried two different methods of making pickles: refrigerator pickles and hot water bath pickles. For both methods I used Mrs. Wages pickle mix: kosher (read full article)

canning, cheap, home preserving, homemade

Aug 24

My 1st Canning Experience

If you garden at all, and have more than just a couple plants you know the overwhelmed feeling when every single tomato decides to ripen on the same very same day. Great, now what do I do with 40 tomatoes? I recently learned that canning can be an ea (read full article)

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