The last two days have revolved around all things tomato in our house! My mom came up on Saturday (it was the first day of archery season, so my husband and dad spent a good chunk of the day in the woods!) and both parents came up today to help get all of our tomato goodies made and processed. I…
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Essential Oil Kitchen and Bathroom Cleaner
This post contains affiliate links. Please refer to our Disclosure Policy for details. Today, I attended a webinar about some of the chemistry of essential oils. It was quite fascinating! It also gave me the motivation I needed to mix up a few essential oil items around the house I had been putting off! I did not mix up this…
Tomato Sauce Canning Preparations
I have been so busy with tomatoes this year! For as poorly as our peppers produced, our tomatoes made up for it! My husband loves tomato and mayonnaise sandwiches, so he is a happy camper! We make our own spaghetti and pizza sauce each year. This year, because we have a bumper crop of tomatoes, we are going to try…
Homemade Hot Sauce
When a good friend and I decided to take a trip to Root’s Market, I was looking forward to seeing the variety of produce. Our pepper plants did not produce this year, so I wanted to get some hot peppers to experiment with. I was looking through my pins on Pinterest from last year, and I found some hot sauce…
Blue Ribbon Zucchini Relish
Oftentimes, anyone who plants zucchini in their garden ends up begging others to take it off their hands! Our zucchini plants did alright this year, but not spectacular. We got enough zucchini for what we needed, so we were not hiding squash in our neighbor’s garden just to get rid of it! Many people are done with zucchini by now,…
Results from the County Fair!
Last evening, my husband and ventured to the local county fair in which I entered some of my canned goods and a small crocheted afghan. If you did not get a chance to read my previous post about the fair, you can find it here. We decided to go to the fair for dinner, and then explore the exhibits and…
Home Canned Peaches
Peach season is going to be over before we know it where I live, so this is post is coming in the nick of time! Our family generally cans peaches every other year, and this happened to be a peach canning year! It is a whole family affair for us. Yes, there are people who can peaches on their own.…
Getting Started Canning: Water Bath Canning Basics and Tips
It has occurred to me that I do a whole lot of canning, and I have written a few posts about canning various vegetables and fruits. And I’m not finished yet! So, I thought it would be wise to write a post about water bath canning basics. I think it would be silly to keep writing the same procedure over…
Entering Canned Goods in the County Fair
Each year, a local county holds its annual county fair. Many years ago, my mom, aunt, and I entered some things into the fair’s competitions. My mom entered some home canned pickles, my aunt entered some home canned zucchini relish, and I entered some amateur photography of flowers and butterflies, as well as a crocheted baby afghan. I do not…
Blue Ribbon Home Canned Dill Pickle Relish
Over the weekend, my neighbor came over carrying a bucket of pickling cucumbers. She told me her husband planted too many pickles and she was overrun, and she asked if I could use some. My husband and I had not planted pickles this year because I have never had much luck canning them and getting them to taste good. They…