It’s so easy! When talking to a friend about fermenting garden vegetables, she told me that once she tried fermented pickles she could never go back to using hot vinegar brine Not only was it way simpler, she could make as many jars as she had veggi...

Fall happens to be harvest season in more ways than one. Not only is it time to finish up the canning and bring the winter vegetables into cold storage, in many families, fall traditionally has meant an annual pig butcher day. Now although our family...

If you decided to raise backyard chickens this year, you may be starting with chicks. Starting chicks stands as the most challenging aspect of backyard chickens, and proper preparation is key to success. We have started thousands of chicks over the y...

Reasons abound to keep backyard chickens – it might be for fun, food security, tick control or producing fresh eggs or meat on a budget. My husband and I have been raising meat birds and keeping laying hens for years, and I can’t imagine having my fa...

No time to bake your own bread, you say? Maybe, by the end of this article, I can convince you to try. I've been a bread baker for about 42 years. For a lot of those years I was a stay at home mom with four growing children. With frugality a par...

Is making broth part of your cooking routine? It has been part of mine for many years. Slow simmered roasted bones with my favorite assortment of veggies and herbs provides me with tasty and healthy broth I can use as a base for many comforting meals...

You may notice a certain aroma when you drive past a grain field at this time of year. It’s the smell of grain ripening. The scent reminds me that it’s time to stock up on our families’ yearly supply of grain. We started grinding grain into our own f...

We all love the idea of eating local.Afterall, who can argue with less dependence on erratic supply chains, access to super fresh food, and the ability to support neighboring farmers?Unfortunately, often the price tag inhibits our zeal for local. Som...