…to drive a woman crazy? Apparently the answer is 150 pounds because that’s what we harvested last Friday evening and, at this point, I’m feeling a bit crazy about the process of processing 150 pounds of delicious (unforgiving) apples. Let’s go back a bit and explain how we acquired so…
After making several batches of rhubarb jam earlier this summer, I was kind of at a loss as to what else to make with our last harvest of rhubarb. So, I asked Tool Lady to find something that looked good to her and she did! Pickled rhubarb? Who knew? Well,…
So, what do you do when you come home from vacation to over 30 pounds of produce waiting for you in the garden? You figure out how to preserve it as quickly as possible and you spend the entirety of your last day of vacation putting a dent in the…
While there have been several great harvests coming in over the past couple of weeks, we still haven’t hit the point in the season where it is absolutely (ridiculously) overwhelming. We’ve been eating lots of fresh veggies out of the garden and trying to put up as many as possible…
Growing up, I never even thought about canning my own pinto beans. Every bean I ate, unless I was at a restaurant or a friends house, came from a can. They were good and they were fast and easy. Open a can, add some salt, pepper and garlic powder and…
What do you do when you find some yummy veggies and beans on sale? That’s right, you buy them, bring them home and can them. All in one day. Yeah…sometimes we’re a little crazy… On Sunday Tool Lady found some great deals while doing our bi-weekly grocery shopping so we…
A couple of days ago, Tool Lady heard about Pickled Red Beet Eggs from a volunteer at work. He stated that they were one of his favorites, and since he’s been such an awesome volunteer, we decided we should try to make some for him. After several Google searches we…
One day, hopefully later this year, we will have a pantry that is stocked full with jars and jars of food that we have canned. Oh how I swoon over pictures of pantries that have already accomplished this! In the meantime, however, I am finding pride and joy in the…