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RSS feed- An interesting opportunity for water storage September 4, 2020I’ve been following YouTube videos this year, and there is an interesting water storage system give-away on one, The Provident Prepper. Here is the link. https://youtu.be/dtzq_i6ktakcatfeet1
- Spiral Ham glaze December 26, 2018Yesterday, as we were cooking the Christmas ham, I took one look at the bag of corn syrup that came with and said YUCK! Then, I sat down and looked at a whole bunch of glazes, most of which did … Continue reading →catfeet1
- WordPress…. December 26, 2018It’s been a while WordPress. There were some significant life changes in the past few years. I quit a job I loved, then became political and then didn’t hate, but really had a hard time with, due to those same … Continue reading →catfeet1
- Garlic. July 18, 2016I love garlic. Every meal should start with an onion/garlic fry, or a raw mash of straight garlic, in my opinion. There is very little that I love, dinner-wise, which does not. So, in pursuit of that, I’ve been growing … Continue reading →catfeet1
- Onions and Potatos! And oh, my SI joint! April 30, 2016Well, we finally got the load of goat manure that has been in the trailer for 2 weeks finished. Beard Ladies Goat Farm has been wonderful in giving away manure these last few years. Composted (ok, mostly) and everything! The … Continue reading →catfeet1
- Spring clean-up April 29, 2016Slowly, as the days get warmer, more things are getting done here. We’ve dumped mulch on the onion bed and manure on the potato/pepper bed. There’s still a 1/2 trailer load of manure to get spread into the squash patch, … Continue reading →catfeet1
- My daddy loves me – he made this: April 26, 2016It’s a wash bench! It comes all apart, and I can mount a wringer on the top! Dad is an amazing carpenter, (and I think he had fun puzzle piecing all of this together, because it’s color coded!). Now, when … Continue reading →catfeet1
- How to make Horseradish and Horseradish Sauce April 25, 2016Several years ago, I bought some fancy horseradish and put it in the ground, full expecting it to go wild and thrive. Well, I put it under the Butternut tree, which produces juglone into the ground around it. This makes … Continue reading →catfeet1
- It’s been a while, WordPress! April 25, 2016I’ve been busy, and thus neglected this blog. In 2014, we became the property managers for 34 rental units in our town and surrounding area. Many of them have required extensive renovation to come up to speed with our standards, … Continue reading →catfeet1
- Potato harvest 2015 October 16, 2015I’ve not been posting due to overwhelming harvesting and putting up! A chance to breathe finally came today, and my chickadee and I put up all of the potatoes after they cured on our porch for a week and a … Continue reading →catfeet1
- An interesting opportunity for water storage September 4, 2020
- Shopping in my basement
Category Archives: Canning
Canning tip #3
Steam is hot. It will burn you. Says she who got a 3 inch scald a week ago and just for good measure, did it again this week to remind herself…
How to make Radish Pod pickles
I tell ‘ya, radishes are the plant that just keeps giving. You can eat the root, the leaf, AND the seed pod. I let my radishes bolt, because I save seeds. The first year I did this, I left too … Continue reading
Steig Tattler jar lids
If you’ve never seen these, they are a re-usable jar lid that takes approximately 3 uses in order to break even. In other words, if you used 3 metal, non-reusable lids, you’d pay for one of these. I jumped into … Continue reading
How to make tomato paste
This recipe came about because I read a lot of recipes for it and came to the conclusion, thru experimentation, that none of them worked well, so I should do all of them. So I combined them all, and it worked well. Here’s … Continue reading
Posted in By Hand, Canning, Gardening, Prepping
Tagged canning, olive oil, squeezo-straino, tomato paste, water bath
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How to make ketchup
For years I’ve been making catsup. It’s a great condiment for adults. Unfortunately, my kids don’t like it. So, last year, I decided to go on a quest to make a ketchup that my kids *would* eat. Over the winter, … Continue reading
How to make apple cider vinegar
This, for me, is a free product. It’s something that can be made out of windfall apples, the apples on your neighbor’s tree that they run over with the mower, or cart to the dump, or crab apples. It’s incredibly simple, … Continue reading
Posted in Canning, Fruit, Gardening, Household, Pantry, Prepping
Tagged apple cider vinegar, apples, gefilte fish jars, gleaning, vinegar mother
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How to make Pectin
I’ve been on this “make the things you use” kick for a while now, but one of the things I use and had only a vague idea that I could make, until recently, was Pectin. I use a boatload of … Continue reading
Posted in Canning, Fruit, Gardening, Household, Pantry, Prepping
Tagged apple, crab apple, jam, pectin, strawberry chocolate jam
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The basement, 1.5 years later
It occurs to me that I’ve not posted more basement pics lately. So, I’m going to walk you thru what I’ve got now, comparing it with the pictures from THIS earlier post. So, without further adieu, here we go! In the … Continue reading
Posted in Canning, Household, Pantry, Prepping
Tagged 5 gallon buckets, canning, food storage, larder, long term food, mylar, pantry, prepping, rice, salt, storage rack, sugar, wheat
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How to make strawberry chocolate jam
I went picking strawberries with my friend Sara. (Sara’s my new convert to the world of canning, and she’s taken off like a shot!) We took 5 of the 6 children between the two of us and they helped to … Continue reading
Posted in Canning, Fruit, Gardening, Household, Pantry
Tagged certo, cocoa, large batch canning, neapolitian, pectin, quart jars, strawberry chocolate jam, strawberry margarita jam, vanilla bean, vanilla extract
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Let there be CHERRIES!
Two years ago, we put in tiny little cherry trees in pursuit of the goal of having an edible landscape. (They’ve grown a bit…) Last year, the birds ate them all because we were gone for 2 weeks in … Continue reading
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Tagged cherry, edible landscape, gardening, growing
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Shopping in my basement 