It’s been cold here the last several days. They kind of days that make a girl scurry out to the garden to collect all the last bits to harvest. I’ve been baking and freezing pumpkins. Have you seen how expensive they are this year? Tomatoes on their way to the dehydrator. Dehydrated tomatoes and… [Continue Reading]
Home Canned Apple Pie Filling: A Recipe
Oct 5, 11 By · 1 Comment
With a bumper crop of apples sitting all over my house I’ve been canning up a storm. The luxury of having homemade apple pie filling sitting on my pantry shelf for a quick dessert is worth all the sweating and hard work done before hand. This stuff makes awesome pies, crumbles and… [Continue Reading]
A year’s supply of peace of mind.
Sep 12, 11 By · 1 Comment
I’m still up to my chin in preserving our harvest. Reed just mentioned that maybe we should put up another load of our chunky, hot salsa. Luckily I still have some of the onions and peppers we grew in our garden this season. At the same time I’m trying to get our routine going for… [Continue Reading]
Cheerfully Living on Even Less.
Jun 6, 11 By · 13 Comments
I was recently interviewed by the Salt Lake Tribune on the topic of how the recession has affected a family already stretched thin from trying to keep a medically fragile kid with special needs alive. Below are some of the things discussed during that interview. ___________________ I came home stunned. I do a… [Continue Reading]
Surburban Gardening Hodson Style
May 19, 11 By · 1 Comment
By now I usually have my entire garden in. Tomatoes. Peppers. Vines. Greens. Onions. Garlic. Unfortunately the weather here has been so bizarre (I’m wearing a sweatshirt as I type this) that all I have in are my cold weather crops. Okay. Perhaps the word crops is going a bit overboard. But it does kinda… [Continue Reading]
How to Plant Onions
May 9, 11 By · 3 Comments
We’ve been busy planting. All kinds of goodness just starting to make it’s debut. One bit of goodness coming up are onions! We planted white, yellow and purple onion bulbs! Onions are so easy to plant and give you such a great return on your time and effort. How to Plant Onions Loosen the soil… [Continue Reading]
