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Sprouting is Easy! If you have been interested in sprouting seeds at home, it’s always a good time to start. Regardless of the weather outside, you can sprout on your kitchen counter all year round, and in as little as two days you will have a batch of inexpensive, nutritious sprouts. Sprouting is also a fun activity for kids, and they can be recruited to grow their own little “garden” indoors. For the most basic set-up, all you need is a glass mason jar, seeds to sprout, water …

If you plant your fruits and vegetables, you probably want to use them for your holiday meals too. Regardless of the fruit, you want to ensure that you can comfortably use it for a meal. But first, you need to ensure you keep your garden well-kept for when you need them.Some fruits and vegetables you need to use from your garden can be included with late fall foods and canned foods. Below are some ideas for your garden produce for the late summer and early fall foods in combination with the frui …

Besides the obvious reasons for going to a market and getting delicious food, the market is full of a product that isn't always for sale: knowledge. Rows upon rows of booths are full of farmers and gardeners who are currently growing food in your specific micro-environment. My first year of gardening I was lucky to get acquainted with a farmer who was growing green beans by the acre. I was struggling with Japanese beetles attacking my beans that year, and he had some wonderful advice. He had dis …

Are you cutting up freshly harvested chickens to ready them for freezing? Portioning poultry in the kitchen? Deboning and skinning before cooking it? Are your wrist and hand sore from using a knife for this task? Using poultry shears makes the job so much easier and safer than using a chef’s knife, boning knife, or any other type of knife. Purpose-designed for these tasks, our poultry shears have heavy-duty, super-sturdy blades that readily cut through cartilage, joints, and bones. Plus, c …

Garlic is an important ingredient on my homestead. I find ways to use it on the farm, in the kitchen and for my animals. Here in Ohio garlic is planted in the fall and harvested in late June. Being such an easy crop for us to grow, I make sure I have multiple beds dedicated to it every year. In honor of National Garlic Day, I will be sharing 3 different ways I use garlic on my homestead! One simple and easy way to use garlic is to incorporate it into Chicken magic water. Chicken magic water is a …

Have some spare jars and a few too many pumpkins? A few years ago, our house was full of… pumpkins. Hundreds of pounds of pumpkins. We made pumpkin everything… bread… muffins… pies… soup. Still, more pumpkin.So, what did we do? Canned some. It isn’t that hard!The big thing to note when using your own canned pumpkin is that it contains far more water than store bought canned pumpkin. So, when you break into a jar you will need to remove excess water before making use of the pumpkin chunks inside …

You heard the news. Frost is on the way, and your pepper plants are laden with fruit still… of different shapes, sizes, and colors. Or perhaps you are just ready to be done with the garden, and it is time to pull the plants and get all the remaining produce possible.Don’t be sad. Every summer must eventually come to an end. And we have a way to enjoy part of that summer bounty all winter long. Fresh organic peppers are pricey. Frozen organic peppers? Forgot about it! But what if you could make y …

Reliable, durable, and convenient, the SureSeal Vacuum Sealer is a kitchen workhorse. Once you see how easy it is to seal and store meat, fish, vegetables, and fruits, you’ll wonder how you got along without it! A vacuum sealer removes the air surrounding food that has been placed in a vacuum seal bag or container, and then it creates an airtight seal. When it comes to preserving foods, vacuum sealing has so many benefits over other storage methods. Foods stay fresher, don’t get stal …