When most people think about how to preserve tomatoes, images of spending hours in the kitchen, sweating over a hot pot of boiling water, during the dog days of summer appear. However, this year, it is time to take a
Homemade Garlic Pasta Sauce – A Great Use For Fresh Tomatoes
Homemade Garlic Pasta Sauce Recipe One of our most favorite times of the year occurs when we walk in the garden and find our first ripe tomato! We know that soon we will be in full harvest, and that means
Storing Food – How To Preserve The Garden By Canning, Freezing And Drying
Storing food from your garden is a great way to save money and eat healthier all year long! Simply by canning, freezing and drying the foods we grow and love, we have been able to stock our pantry with nearly
Fire Roasted Tomatoes Recipe – Super Easy To Make Your Own
This past weekend when I was roasting red peppers on the grill I turned around to look at our vegetable drying rack on the deck and noticed a bounty of tomatoes that were on the verge of ripening. Right then my
The 3 Most Common Fall Gardening Mistakes – And How To Avoid Them!
One of the best ways to be sure to have a great garden next year is to avoid making fall gardening mistakes now! It’s hard to believe, but summer is coming to a close, and fall is right around the
Sharing Our Top 10 Canning Recipes Of The Year!
Top 10 Canning Recipes On The Blog : As we do every year about this time – we look back over the last year and find our top 10 most viewed recipes of the year and share them with our
The 2015 Garden Plan – Growing The Food That Feeds The Family
2015 is here – and that means its time to turn our full attention to this year’s garden plan! Getting the plan in order now allows us plenty of time to get our saved seeds ready – and order the ones
4 Steps To Create A Simple Backyard Garden Without Breaking Your Back or Wallet!
If you have always wanted to garden – but think you can’t because you don’t have access to a rototiller, great soil, or endless hours of extra time or money – don’t despair – it’s still possible! Gardening does not have
The Art of Homesteading – How To Feed Your Family
More and more people are consuming what they can grow and raise in their own backyards – all in an effort to provide their families with great tasting and safe food. Taking responsibility for one’s own food not only creates healthier options – but helps
Our 10 Most Requested and Popular Canning Recipes
During the height of canning season – we seem to end up in the kitchen every day canning something from the garden. The tomato harvest at it’s peak brings in around a bushel a day – and the ripening peppers seem to beg us to