home food preservation mistakes to avoid when canning
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3 Common Food Canning Mistakes to Avoid

BySamantha

When you get into canning your own food, it can be a little overwhelming. You’ve made the decision to preserve your own food. You understand the benefits of using up your produce and having unprocessed foods at the ready, but there is a lot to think about and learn in the beginning. Before you get…

Are you looking to start building up an emergency food storage?
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How to Start Your Emergency Long-Term Food Storage

BySamantha

Are you looking to start building up an emergency food storage? Because long term food storage is a great way to prepare for emergencies like natural disasters, supply chain interruptions or any reason you need to be home for long periods of time and might not have the ability to purchase more food.  If the…

Most nutritious fall superfoods
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Best Fresh Fall Foods to Add to Your Meals

BySamantha

When it comes to feeding your family in the fall, when the harvest time is at its peak for many things, fresh and seasonally available foods are your best bet. After all, they are the most nutrient dense superfoods you can enjoy! You can still eat your favorite foods, but instead focus on adding in…

yummy food to stay cool in the kitchen this summer
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Keeping Cool in the Homestead Kitchen during Hot Summer Days

BySamantha

Us home cooks know that as the temperatures outside increase, the desire to cook decreases. This isn’t usually due to lack of wanting to cook, but instead, the need to keep the house as cool as possible. This is why baking is done mostly in the winter months and cool dishes are served during the…

In the summer, you are probably not wanting to eat heavy, hot meals, and are looking for lighter, healthier summer meals to stay cool.
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3 Light and Healthy Summer Meals to Stay Cool in the Kitchen

BySamantha

  During the summer months, you are probably less inclined to eat heavy, hot meals, and are looking for more lighter meals. The good news is that not only are these lighter meals much more pleasant to eat in 90 and 100-degree summer heat, but many of them are very healthy as well. Another bonus? It gets you…

7 Practical Tips to Make Gardening Easier
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7 Practical Tips to Make Gardening Easier

BySamantha

Gardening is no easy task, especially if you have put quite a lot of effort into it. It won’t take you long before tending to the flower beds, pruning and doing all sorts of other gardening chores starts to feel tiring and overwhelming. The purpose of gardening is to make you feel happy, not super…

Spring foraging
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Top Tips For Spring Foraging

BySamantha

What is Foraging? First off, you may be wondering, what is foraging and what does it mean? Well according to the Cambridge Dictionary, foraging means to go from place to place searching for things that you can eat or use for example:  The children had been living on the streets, foraging for scraps. The pigs foraged in the woods for acorns. The chef offers special dishes of wild and foraged foods, including wood pigeon and snails. Spring is a time for rebirth. A call to leave…