This is a new start to our lives as we are learning to pressure cook and using water bath. Firstly, we love learning and knowing that we are providing for our family. We love getting to try new recipes and sharing them with our family and friends. It has been exhausting getting everything accomplished, but…
Category: Canning
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Cinnamon Cucumbers are a New Family Favorite
Have you ever tried cinnamon cucumbers? I do not like pickles, so I was very hesitant about them, but I really do enjoy cinnamon cucumbers. My husband remembers eating them as a child. So if course with our abundance of cucumbers this year we had to give it a try! 5 days to make Cinnamon…
Fresh Fruit to Eat All Year – Making life Affordable
Fruit trees are great to have but it is hard to eat all that fresh fruit when it is rip. We love having canned fruit in our storage room. I go grocery shopping every other week not only does this save on over spending but I also have to plan carefully for two weeks with…
What Are Some Mistakes People Make Pressure Cooking?
I have found that not all pressure cookers are equal, and you have to be careful not to make mistakes. Our pressure cooker does not go above 9-10psi no matter how high our gas stove is. Where a friend of mine has no problem going higher and has to be watched very closely and finding…
Jalapeño Strawberry Jam The Gift That Spices Life Up
Today was the day to try something new, jalapeño strawberry jam (click the link for the recipe)! Starting off my day I collected jars so I could make sure they were ready to be filled with greatness. A trip to the garden provided the jalapeños that I needed. They noticed that strawberries were on sale…
Fresh Fruit From a Grateful Heart
Starting summer two owning our forever home, we decided to spend extra on fruit trees so we could one day enjoy fresh fruit. We found a great deal for fruit trees that were all 3-4 feet tall already. So we bought a variety of trees and paid attention to what they needed to become pollinators….
The love of Pickles and Canning
Cucumbers It also has been a great year for cucumbers, those I do love to eat fresh from the garden. All of us love eating fresh from the garden cucumbers. These last few days they have just exploded with growth. I’ve been picking 10 or more every day which means that we will be eating…
The Dream Life – Gardens, Trees, Preserving, Love For Farming
Building Our Dream Life with Faith These last few years we have needed faith to get throw the trials we have faced. After selling our house 5 times, not that we needed to do anything but financing was a issue. We remodeled our new home and decided to take on a large projects to make…