The tomatoes are starting to roll in. It’s always exciting at first, those first tomatoes. Grown by spring rain and summer heat. Quickly though, full on tomato panic starts to sets in. Where do you put them all? How can you prevent buying some in December when there are so so many right now? Canning […]
Oh My Mess! to DIY Pantry P0rn
Way back in January, I was inspired to clean up my pantry. Friends at Well Preserved and Folks Gotta Eat were writing these great posts about overhauling their pantries and finding 10 bags of quinoa, 4 bags of icing sugar and secret stashes of pudding mix. Well I dove right in, found my share of […]
Scrappy Apple Cider Vinegar from Scratch
Back in the fall when we were pressing cider we also starting another fermenting project and it might be my favourite project yet. When you press 8 bushels of apples you are left with a ton of pulp. While we composted about half of it we decided to turn the rest into apple cider vinegar. […]