Editor’s Note: FSC Community Voices Contributor, Gina M, a local blogger at ModSchooler and a guest contributor at Albany Kid, is back with another doozie of a post: Homemade Veggie Bouillion. Its getting food preservation serious up in here! Her first post, No-Fuss Slow Cooker Beans is also terrific, perfect for the summertime no-heat kitchen!…
Tag: food preservation
{how to} Dehydrator Swiss Chard Chips
My cold weather crops are currently in full swing and I have buckets and buckets of lettuce, kale, swiss chard, rhubarb chard and rainbow chard. I needed something to do with all of the chard, other than freezing and plain dehydrating. Last year my kale chips were a big hit with the family so I…
{weekend project} Violet Jelly
O wind, where have you been, That you blow so sweet? Among the violets Which blossom at your feet – Christina (Georgina) Rossetti This Spring, I discovered that many of the “weeds” that grow in my yard are edible! This is exciting if, like me, you enjoy foraging for food and, come springtime, are…
{how to} Cold Storage 101
I’ve pretty much wrapped up harvesting crops on Silly Goose Farm. Apples are done, tomatoes are done, and all that’s left to put-up is a couple of cabbages, a few rows of rainbow carrots, and a whole bunch of pears. The pear trees on our farm are over 100 years old and positively drip with fruit….
{In a Pickle} the asthetic charm of eggs pickled with beets.
I can’t remember where I first saw eggs pickled with beets, but I do recall being struck by the beautiful contrast of the complimentary yellow and purple. I had made pickled beets before (not knowing what else to do with them) which lead me to discover that I like just about anything pickled. I know…
{springtime recipe} Pickled Fiddleheads
Before they are gone for the season, please go to your local farmers market and grab a bag of a truly “wild” and “foraged” food: premature ostrich fern, also known as Fiddleheads. They are curled-up ferns before they fan out into their fuzzy frond glory. I am lucky to be able to get my fix…
{FSC Community} DIY Projects 2011
{pine paneling from my childhood room = raised garden beds} We were so blown away by the insightful, inspiring and enthusiastic responses we got from our Hip Girl’s Guide to Homemaking book giveaway question–What DIY Project are you most excited to tackle this summer?– that we are posting all responses, plus our own d.i.y. dreams….
{GIVEAWAY} Hip Girl’s Guide to Homemaking
The day has arrived…Kate Payne’s Hip Girl’s to Homemaking has hit the stores. It was released on Wednesday- hurray! Along with other fabulous blogs, Harper Collins Publishers have graciously provided us one advanced copy to giveaway to one of our readers. To up the “ohhhhh ahhhhhh” factor, our copy will be SIGNED as Kate will…
{recap} Power to the Boil 2011
Editor’s Note: I’m pleased to announce that Dianna has her name in lights {finally} and that I’m not credited with her wonderful posts any longer. Dianna has her final post on the 2011 maple syruping season. If you missed the “How To” or my photo diaries on: tapping and one their three “big boils”, take…
Adventures in … Apple Butter
A few weeks ago, Chris and I took the boys and went apple picking at Indian Ladder farms. As a result we got a bushel bag full of apples! C-man and I have been eating apples for weeks. I made and canned applesauce and more. We still have apples left. I hate to waste anything,…
Peaches, peaches and more peaches
As you know from previous post, myself and my family were recently on vacation in Newport, RI. While on vacation we had the time and the opportunity to pick some peaches. This…… was not something that I had ever done before. Always apples, never peaches. I was so excited because for one it’s cool because…
{FOOD PRESERVATION} freezing corn
As the days of fresh sweet corn come to a close, I wanted to make sure I got this post published. My in-laws grew super sweet corn (not sure how I feel about GM corn, but more on that at another time). I was able to take home and freeze 60 ears. It is such…
