Showing posts with label canning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label canning. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Merry Mabon (preserving log)

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Dressed the altar for Mabon today, a day or two early. I’ll continue to add to it as the season progresses. I bought these Japanese lanterns...
Sunday, September 13, 2020

Preserving Log (Late Summer 2020)

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I’ve been on an absolute tear in the kitchen the last two weeks. Late August/early September is the middle harvest season (Mabon is coming r...
Wednesday, March 18, 2020

State of the Farm: Pandemic Edition

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The girls amuse themselves at home with Henna freckles  DQ2 - day two of “quarantine.” We aren’t officially quarantined, of course, and not ...
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Thursday, December 27, 2018

A Peck of Disappointing Peppers

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The Gleaner’s Pantry usually has an abundance of food after any major holiday - and this year was no exception. The day after Christmas ther...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Preserving Log 9/18

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Arrived home from Oaxaca ten days ago. In that time we had a lot to do to get the kids ready for school- go shopping for supplies and clothe...
Saturday, September 1, 2018

Making Up for Lost Time (Mabon Again)

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We arrived home late the night before last. Or perhaps more accurate to say, early yesterday morning. We finally opened the door to our home...
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Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Canning Log and Canning Jars

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Finally, we seem to have caught up to the calendar. We've had weather hot enough to go to the lake and go swimming, and the first cr...
Friday, August 5, 2016

Homecoming Harvest

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We had a bit of difficulty getting home from Oaxaca. Without going into details, we got home 48 hours later than we thought we would; paid m...
Saturday, September 12, 2015

Abundance (The Pressure is On)

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Although I do a lot of canning, it is almost all water-bath canning. I am afraid of pressure-canning. Basically, water-bath canning is p...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Tomato Slavery (Canning for my Soul)

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Ever since I first moved to this farm, one of my main motivations for raising animals and putting in a garden has been to try and eat more e...
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Sunday, September 21, 2014

Canning Party (Recipes)

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lemon curd mixing up Ukrainian refrigerator pickles making dilly beans Yesterday I invited a couple of girlfriends ov...
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Fish Tale (Canning Salmon)

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One of the many blessings of living where I live is the seasonal availability of the world's greatest fish, the noble King Salmon. Sal...
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Monday, May 9, 2011

On Trading and Canning

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Yesterday I made the first major trade of the year - four dozen eggs and a pound of goat cheese for ten pounds of asparagus. That makes a pr...
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Saturday, October 2, 2010

Canning Wrap Up (Green Tomato Chutney)

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Now it's October. We are still enjoying lovely, sunny weather, which is very nice, but it's definitely fall now. The leaves are chan...
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Monday, September 20, 2010

Making Trade Goods (Gratuitous Canning Advice)

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Please note: the above picture is not a picture of my kitchen. I'm not saying my kitchen has never looked like that: I'm just saying...
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Turn the Page

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I was out of town for three days, and when I got back, it was autumn. The temperature dropped twenty degrees and a chilly, saturating rain f...
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