There is much debate online about waterbath verses pressure canning, especially with “low acid” foods. My experience has been through the Amish. They do not have internet, nor do they know about most of the books out there that talk about the canning process. This has been a process they have handed down through centuries […]
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Yesterday was a typical situation for us homestead folk. I had about 5 bushel of rotten apples that others would serve the local deer. I look at the dirty brown apples and say, “lets make applesauce!!!!” Everyone else says, including my loving husband, “Are you sure they are safe for us?” I smile and say,
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I got a last minute call from the Amish to butcher 140 layers. They called me while they were killing, skinning and gutting. I was not expected to help on that part. I ended up getting 40. Today we cut all the tiny bits of meat off the bone and ground it up for chicken
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Homesteading for Beginners by Erin Harrison13 wonderful years ago, I married my soul mate, the man I prayed for. Since then, we have been so very blessed with 5 beautiful children. We had a sincere desire to serve the Lord, raise godly children, and be some-what self sufficient. When I first married, I could only
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On our homestead, we have one small pasture and one large pasture. The calf stays in the small one and the two horses stay in the larger one. The other day I opened the gate between them and the horses could not wait to get into the calf’s pasture and the calf couldn’t wait to
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Our black berries and raspberries were in bad shape. They were very overgrown with a lot of dead shoots mixed in. I went through cutting the blackberries to about four feet tall and made some paths that we can maintain with a push mower. (left pic) As you can see from the picture on the
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This was a real blessing today!!!!! What a precious gift. Our sow had 9 little piggies. It was something I had always dreamed of having. That is what I love the most about being a homesteader. We filmed some of the experiences with the sow. In fact, on a really funny note, the night before
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Blessed be the name of the Lord!!!!! The Lord has chosen to take our cow during the night last night. We still do not know why, the TB was negative so it wasn’t that. If it was the cancer, it sure was aggressive. Mark knew that she was dying last evening, she was laying on
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For our cow… We ended up getting the vet out for the second time after another jersey farmer and her husband recommended that we get testing done as to our cows underlying illness that caused the cancer. This is important to find out because it could be a virus that spreads to our other animals
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We just witnessed our new calf (heifer) being born. The children were all watching as the little creature plopped into our world all wet and slimy. What a great experience for them. I got it all on film so I can add it to our spring version of Homesteading for Beginners. We are so excited
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