Yes, making simple syrup can be super easy. But today I’m going to tell you the easiest way ever. I’m sharing my Easy Simple Syrup Recipe & you might become obsessed. I know I am.
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I’ve been fermenting foods (and my favorite drink!) for a while, but this week I’m fermenting one of my all-time favorites–I’m fermenting peppers this week!
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We all need some great to-do checklists for life, no? Today let’s dive into a to-do checklist of 54 things to do every year for your homestead. For every season. For a downloadable, printable set of checklists (& useful homestead-related coupons & offers!) join my Subscriber Library. Or just keep scrolling for the complete lists.
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Nobody wants to put the effort into canning dill pickles nd wind up with mush. We all want a wonderfully crispy pickle, no? This article is packed with all I’ve learned over the years to make delicious, crisp, dill pickles. Every time.
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Until recently,I had no idea I could make my own granola. I was writing my book and reaching out to sugarmakers across the country, asking what they loved to do most with their syrup. Numerous people told me they love making maple granola. Maple Granola? Why had I never thought of this? I knew immediately
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I needed an organic bug spray, fast, or the caterpillars were going to put an end to my sunflowers that lined the border all around my garden.. But of course it had to be organic. I get pretty worked up when I read reports like this one that explain we are all carrying around chemicals
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I’m growing 6 herbs for my chickens this year. Well, before you think I’m a crazy chicken lady, I should explain… I’m all about dual-purpose, so these 6 herbs are ones I would be growing for our family even if I didn’t have chickens. But I love it that these herbs serve both my family
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Don’t mind me… over here late to the party… I would have jumped on the Everything But the Bagel bandwagon years ago… But I didn’t even know it existed!
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I’m pretty much obsessed with syrup, so it’s not unusual I wanted to know how to make forsythia syrup when I spied all the blooms in a neighbor’s backyard. When mid-May rolls around this sugarmaker is ready to think about syrup making again. If I’m lucky, we’ve finally gotten all the buckets and maple-syrup-making tools
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I wasn’t so sure, but it turns out Bill was right (yes, he made me write that down)… adding an established nuc of bees to your colony is an easy acccomplishment for new beekeepers. We’ve had bees for two years, but our first winter was a harsh one (even by New England standards) and we
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