syrup
How is Maple Syrup Made? Tapping Trees & Syrup Production
How is maple syrup made? Learn the basics of tapping trees for maple syrup, the equipment and supplies needed, and syrup boiling and production.
Read More
Making Maple Tree Syrup
Tapping maple tree syrup is a family tradition in Pennsylvania. Learn how to collect maple syrup and how to make homemade maple syrup recipes.
Read More
Healthy Homemade Fruit Roll-Ups Recipe
Skirt artificial ingredients, high-fructose corn syrup, and high prices by choosing your own favorite fruits and making your own fruit roll-ups recipe.
Read More
Preserve Recipes Turn a Bountiful Harvest into Holiday Gifts in a Jar
You could have a pantry full of superior edibles made from preserve recipes that make convenient, thoughtful gifts in a jar from your pantry or freezer.
Read More
A Homemade Dandelion Wine Recipe
Add to Favorites This dandelion wine recipe all started with violets. I know that might seem like a strange statement, but violets were my introduction to foraging. My neighbor introduced me …
Read More
How to Grow Rhubarb: Diseases, Harvesting and Recipes
Add to Favorites By Teresa Flora – In much of North America, spring is welcomed with the tart and tangy taste of fresh rhubarb. Rhubarb is one of the easiest and …
Read More
The Joy of Growing Horseradish (It’s Great With Almost Anything!)
Add to Favorites By Sue Robishaw – Cold-climate gardeners can boast few crops that prefer their freezing winter abode, but the sturdy horseradish not only prefers it that way, it requires …
Read More
Homesteading For A Living
Add to Favorites By Kenny Coogan “Our original goal was to produce as much of our own food as possible,” Landis Spickerman, 53, of High Bridge, Wisconsin, says. She and her husband Steven, …
Read More
Working Morgans on Working Farms
Add to Favorites By Helga Loncosky Small-scale farming, sustainable living and homesteading often come with different needs than conventional or large scale farming operations. Economy, ease and hardiness often help …
Read More
Become a Horse Farmer
Add to Favorites Ralph Rice is about to live his life-long dream — to become a full-time horse farmer. At age 56 years, Ralph is on target to retire from …
Read More
Revisiting the Past with Sorghum
Add to Favorites By Ed Dane It was a warm October afternoon in Hanover, Michigan, a small rural community on the south edge of Jackson County. People were gathering for …
Read More
Owning A Wood-Fueled Cookstove
Add to Favorites By Sue Robishaw Steve and I knew we wanted a wood-fueled cookstove when planning our homestead so many years ago, it was in the drawings from the …
Read More
Why Vodka Belongs on Your Survival Items List
Add to Favorites Even if you don’t drink, vodka belongs on your survival items list. It has value without ever being consumed. As someone who doesn’t drink, by religion combined …
Read More
Making Chai Tea 101
Add to Favorites It’s that time of year when our kitchens are fragrant with warming spices. Common spices, like cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and nutmeg make their appearance in many holiday …
Read More
A Caramel Pear Crumble Recipe
This pear crumble recipe was inspired by the big old pear tree in our front yard. Our neighbors planted it when they built our house more than 40 years ago.
Read More