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How to Do Home Canning and 12 Other Food Preservation Recipes

home canning
July 23, 2018

Harvest time is here! In fact, the peak time for some fruits has already past. Now is the time to get to preserving foods for the coming winter, even if you don’t have a garden. Those peaches you can buy right now for 65 cents a pound will be over $3/pound in December! A small can of peaches will be…

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Dreaming of Summer Jam Making

making jam at home
April 9, 2018

While the chickens are getting settled in their new digs and the garden will soon be turning green, I’m looking forward to summer produce. I know it’s barely April, but June will bring some of the tastiest strawberries, blackberries, and raspberries I’ve eaten ever. You just cannot go back to grocery store berries after that. Just can’t. I have to…

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