My garden did not do well this year, but I still managed to get some canning done.  Mostly because our apple tree was loaded this year, but ...

Recently my grandmother passed, and she has been my garden confidant and canning champion the past few years.  I don't have anything to ...

We have what are called autumn olives growing on bushes in our area.  They aren't an olive at all, but instead a small, edible berry.  W...

Last Spring I picked up a few jalapeno plants at a flea market.  I gave two to a neighbor, and kept two for myself.  Peppers tend to come in...

I've finally started to do some canning.  I'm still intimidated by the pressure cooker, but if I get everything prepped Paul doesn...

I got a really good deal on ground beef at the store the other day, but it had to be used up within a day.  How to use up 5 pounds of ground...

It's that time of year again.  The wineberries that grow wild all over our land are now ripe.  Wineberries are similar to a raspberry in...

A few years ago we received a jar of jalapeno jelly from Paul's aunt.  Spicy yet sweet, the jelly was delicious on tortilla chips, or sp...

The first frost is probably right around the corner.  And so I've been trying to can as much as possible.  Canning is not my favorite th...

Days on the farm are so busy right now, but full of fun and adventure.   It feels like I spend much of my time cooking.  There certainly are...

 Figured it was time for a farm update.  All is going well here.  The watermelons have grown even bigger since I took this picture!  We cut ...

Our garden is doing really well!   We've been getting lots of zucchini. And I harvested our entire beet crop. I wanted to pickle the be...

File all attempts at jam and jelly making under the F file for FAIL.  Paul and I just aren't very good at it.  Yet we keep trying - we m...