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Making Herb Salts and Garlic Oil: Recipes for Imperfect Harvests

September 5, 2022 · Countryside Contributor · Growing, Recipes

If insects attack your basil or your garlic bulbs grow small, don’t worry; use your imperfect herbs to make delicious, infused garlic oil recipes.

Winter Cover Crops And Green Manure Strategies

September 2, 2022 · Countryside Contributor · Growing

Winter cover crop strategies refer to cover crops scheduled into a crop rotation plan. Organic farming relies on soil health and cycling of nutrients through the soil using natural processes.

Winter Wheat: The Good of Grain

September 2, 2022 · Countryside Contributor · Growing

Winter wheat may have the potential of changing agriculture across the Great Plains.

Preserving Sweet Corn

September 1, 2022 · Countryside Contributor · Canning & Kitchen

Whether you’ve grown it yourself or found a wonderful deal at your local farmers market, fresh sweet corn is an absolute delight! This is a guide to preserving sweet corn.

Preserving Peaches for Easy, Delicious Desserts

September 1, 2022 · Countryside Contributor · Canning & Kitchen

50 pounds of peaches is a decent amount of fruit to preserve, but we managed it. So how do you go about preserving all those peaches?

Making Fruit-Scrap Vinegar

September 1, 2022 · Countryside Contributor · Canning & Kitchen

Don’t toss your fruit scraps, use them to make vinegar. My excursion into fruit vinegar came after canning peaches, pears, and apples. I looked at the scraps and decided to play with the garbage.

Homesteading as a Family

September 1, 2022 · Countryside Contributor · Homesteading

While wanting clean, healthy food for my family was my motivation for homesteading, the richness of life it has provided is immeasurable.

Survival Essentials for Safe Adventures

September 1, 2022 · Countryside Contributor · Self-Reliance

Giving 10 “essentials” for survival and emergencies is Royce Jones, Wilderness Patroller I of the Mount San Jacinto State Park and Wilderness which is located on the mountain that overlooks Palm Springs, California.

Heirloom Seeds: Not Just Tomatoes

September 1, 2022 · Countryside Contributor · Growing

When many think of heirloom seeds, they believe that it is just tomatoes; however, it is far more vast than a common tomato.

The American Persimmon

September 1, 2022 · Countryside Contributor · Homesteading

Also known as the common persimmon, American persimmon is not to be confused with the smaller Asian variety. In fact, at a height of 30 to 80 feet, the American stands several times taller than its counterpart.

Our Side Hustle with the Harvest Host RV Camping Network

September 1, 2022 · Countryside Contributor · Homesteading

The Harvest Host program is a membership network for self-contained RVers. Because campers are not charged nightly fees to stay at member sites, Harvest Host campers are strongly encouraged to support their hosts by purchasing products or making a monetary donation in exchange for unique, off-the-beaten path places to stay.

A Year of Self-Sufficient Living

September 1, 2022 · Countryside Contributor · Homesteading

We decided to focus on growing vegetables and fruits and procurement of wild game. This is our year-long self-sufficient story.

Starting Your Own Soap Making Business

August 27, 2022 · Countryside Contributor · Soapmaking

I remember when I first discovered I could make my own soap and started my own soap making business. I was intrigued and obsessed with the various scents and ingredients.

Pressure Canning Kale and Other Greens

August 26, 2022 · Countryside Contributor · Canning & Kitchen

Pressure canning kale and other greens leave your freezer space available for other things that aren’t as well-suited for canning. If you’re like me, you fill up your garden beds to maximum capacity and then have trouble keeping up with all of the summer bounties!