With winter coming, it’s time to update and rotate the car emergency kits! For winter driving in particular, here are 11 essential survival items to have in your trunk: 1. Water. If the water is kept in a box/tote/etc. in your trunk, it actually doesn’t freeze as quickly as you might think it would. Open […]
Cutting Corn Off The Cob the Easy Way
Here’s an easy way to cut corn off the cob for freezing, bottling, or dehydrating. Power tools involved! I think you guys will especially enjoy this one. In the past we’ve used a knife to get our blanched corn cut off the cob. It works pretty well although the straight knife cutting on the round […]
Book Review: The Forgotten Skills of Self Sufficiency used by the Mormon Pioneers
I recently received a copy of Caleb Warnock’s new book, The Forgotten Skills of Self-Sufficiency Used by the Mormon Pioneers and of course was quite interested in finding out what I could learn. Forgotten self sufficiency skills? Right up my alley. I live in Utah and I’m a Mormon. With my own Pioneer ancestry, I […]
Honeybee Update
While I was accepting exhibits for our county fair, a man came with honey. A man who only lives about 10 miles from our place. Of course I had to ask if he had bees, which of course he did. So we got chatting and long story short, he offered to come check our hive […]
Hurry Up and Grow Seed Experiment Fail
We put our garden in late. I mean really late. The corn was planted on July 4th and the rest of the garden went in on the 5th. So I thought I’d test out a seed starting method recommended by my grandma and the folks down at the local co-op where I picked up a […]
The New Herb Garden
The new herb garden got planted this last weekend during one of baby brother’s nice long naps. I’m pretty excited about growing some of these herbs. Last year I had sweet husband spray and kill the grass around where my sage, chives, and thyme are planted by the house. Then we didn’t get it tilled […]
Honey–The Sweetener With All the Benefits
Guest post by Eric Samuelson, the author of the food blog, Eat Like No One Else. Eric’s blog is all about teaching people about culinary experiences they may be missing out on. He encourages people to make more food from scratch, learn about different varieties of food, how to grow your own food, and more. Thanks, Eric! […]
Celery–Free Plants to Grow
Guest Post from Linda at Practical Parsimony. Thank you, Linda–I’m going to have to try this! April 8, 2011–celery on day ten at 4 inches No, I do not like to buy celery. It is rather over-priced in my opinion. As long as I can grow even what I have in the last ten days, cheaply, I […]
Honey Bees!
We’ve got a new project on the farm. Or is it a new pet? The kids aren’t sure which. So far it isn’t a new chore anyway, so they’re happy about that. Just when we were thinking it was getting a little late in the season to get bees, I found a guy in “town” […]
The Garden Map
When you’re planting your garden, it’s nice to make some kind of markers so you know what you planted where. This is especially good if you are trying different varieties of the same vegetables. Some people like to put little sticks or papers stuck to sticks to mark their rows. I’ve found that at least […]
