Even though we only had four tomato plants this year, we ended up with way more tomatoes than we could possibly eat fresh (and I’ve been...

As the days begin to shorten and fruits and vegetables ripen, food preservation season is upon us. We have canned food on and off for...

Driving through Richland Center this weekend, we passed a small roadside stand in the parking lot of the Napa auto parts store. An Amish...

The recipe I used for my tonic is noted below at the end of this post... I recently made several batches of “Fire Tonic” (1 “gigantic...

My perry (hard pear cider) is complete, and the verdict is a bit mixed. Only some of the bottles carbonated. I read somewhere that pear...

The perry (hard pear cider) is nearly done! I switched recipes for the completion of my perry, as it provided more detail:...

We haven't tasted the end result yet; but, I thought that the following recipe for Lacto-fermented Pear Chutney looked interesting. I...

Someone I recently met shared with me her “Safe & Modern Home Food Preservation” Facebook page. It started as a closed Facebook group but...

This is my kind of homesteading. As I've written previously, I am not a big fan of hoppy beers. Over the past few years I have focused...

I’ve been making my own laundry detergent for about 6-7 years now. I started doing this to be cost effective and to get back to a simpler...

I recently was looking for a healthy yet straight forward summer recipe that would make a delicious Sunday night dinner for us and allow...