There’s nothing quite like the smell of fresh baked eggplant to get your mouth watering. While many people gravitate toward fried eggplant to satisfy their need for an eggplant fix, frying eggplant can not only be a messy, cumbersome way to eat it, but it also adds a lot of extra calories. Baking eggplant serves… [read more]
How to Easily Pickle Eggplant
Who doesn’t love pickled vegetables? I know I do! But I sometimes get bored eating the traditional types of pickled vegetables, like cucumbers, onions, peppers, and beets. I want to try something different! Pickled eggplant is not only delicious – and a great way to use up all of that extra eggplant from the garden… [read more]
How to Can Pickled Onions – The Easiest Method
I’ll be completely honest – I am not that great at growing onions! While we always end up with a ton of onions each year to preserve, they end up being rather small and dense. Maybe it has to do with the soil, perhaps it’s the variety we select. Whatever the reason, for the last… [read more]
How to Can Dilly Beans
Growing up, my grandparents always used to have tons of dilly beans on hand. As a kid, I used to turn my nose up at the pale green concoctions, swimming in their brine of what, as a child, I deemed as “icky” spices and pungent vinegar. Want to learn how to make your own dilly… [read more]
How to Can Potatoes the Easy Way
Every year, we harvest at least 50 pounds of potatoes. While potatoes can be stored for quite some time in a root cellar or even a dry basement (and frankly, even just on your countertop), I like to can potatoes for several reasons. First, canned potatoes are a quick breakfast, lunch, and dinnertime staple that… [read more]
25 Ways to Use Beeswax on the Homestead
Do you raise honey bees? If so, you should know that their usefulness extends well beyond the production of honey. In addition to pollinating your plants and ensuring a healthy ecosystem, bees also produce honeycomb. While it may not sound fancy, honeycomb produces many pounds of beeswax which can then be used around the home.… [read more]
30 Ways to Reuse Your Eggshells Instead Of Just Composting
The next time you have eggshells to throw out after your morning scramble or Benedict, don’t just toss them in the trash. When you have backyard chickens, you are going to get eggs. When you have eggs, you are going to get eggshells. You may be wondering “What can I do with eggshells?” Sure, you can… [read more]
How to Prevent and Get Rid of Bacterial Canker
If you have a small farm or homestead, you’ve likely considered the many benefits of growing ornamental or fruit trees. While trees are beautiful statement pieces on any property, requiring minimal attention and care, there is one disease that is known to afflict fruit trees that can make your work a lot harder. Has your… [read more]
13 Child-Friendly Chicken Breeds
Just because you have little ones doesn’t mean you need to avoid raising chickens! While many people assume that raising a flock of backyard chickens if off-limits if you have kids, the opposite is actually true. Raising chickens is a great way to improve your kids’ self-esteem, autonomy, and interaction with the natural environment. However,… [read more]
Are White Pumpkins Edible and Healthy?
If orange is the new black, then is white the new orange? It might be for pumpkins! White pumpkins used to be a rare find, but now you can see them just about anywhere in the fall. These pumpkins can be a bit more expensive to purchase from the store, but luckily, they are incredibly… [read more]
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