Category Archives: Food

Building an Earthen Oven

We’ve been planning to build a wood-fired oven for a few years now. I put it on the to-do list every spring but something always distracts me enough to postpone the project. One of the things about this project that … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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Guerrilla Gardening Successes and Failures

This is a guest post from Foragers Digest: The term “guerrilla gardening” has been around for awhile…most recently it’s been recycled by an activist group intent on urban beautification. This article will be discussing the old-school meaning of the term … Click HERE to read the entire post….

Posted in Food | Tagged edible wild plants, foraging, gardening, helping others

A Closer Look at the Roma Food Strainer

This is a quick photo review of the Weston Roma Food Strainer and Sauce Maker. It includes some close-up photos along with some of our thoughts. We had a chance to use one of these last summer. Mike graciously offered … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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Prioritizing our Preps #5: Food Storage

This is Part Five of a series….the rest of this series can be found HERE ****************************************************************** FOOD STORAGE: This what we’ve done with our food storage and why.This article will NOT be covering food canning or drying. In my estimation … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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DIY: Cold Smoked Cheese

Here’s an overview of our cold-smoking process. Many foods can be cold smoked and learning how to control your smoker’s heat is a key factor in fish and meat preservation. Smoking cheese is good practice. Smoked cheese has become a … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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Black Elderberry seeds now available

We have Black Elderberry (sambucus nigra) seeds available for purchase again. We’ve had good results starting these seeds in the winter (seed starting directions below). _________________________________________________ STARTING YOUR SEEDS We use this method with great results: Fill a … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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Piteba Oil Press: Pumpkin Seed Trial

I finally had the chance to try the Piteba oil expeller out on some pumpkin seeds. Using fresh, homegrown seeds proved to be a bit more involved than using store-bought bulk sunflower seeds. I learned quite a bit about raw/fresh … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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Black Elderberry Project: Part Two

Back in February we posted Black Elderberry Project: Part One which detailed our plans to grow black elderberries from seed. We had some positive results! We took about half of our available seed and started them in moist peat back … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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Garden Fresh Salsa Recipe

This recipe is a great way to use up the late season leftover produce from your garden. It freezes well for several months. It’s mildly spicy so you can adjust the pepper quantity accordingly. Cilantro is a great addition that … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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Protected: DIY: a Quad-Pod for Wood Fire Cooking

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2011 Mid-Season Garden Update

Here’s the status on this year’s food production: Tomatoes: Looks like a bumper crop of Better Boys and the little Grape Tomatoes. There’s some blight in the area but so far we’re doing OK. Plenty of 3/4 sized green tomatoes … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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Prepping Resources at Shelf Reliance

If you haven’t been to the Shelf Reliance website in awhile you should probably check it out. They have a very handy section of articles on food storage and rotation as well as a handy customized emergency kit planner. You … Click HERE to read the entire post….

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