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Culture Your Own Probiotics for Your Backyard Chickens
Probiotics are a very natural and very gentle health boost for your chickens. They supply an amazing array of system-supportive beneficial bacteria.
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Beyond Kraut & Kimchi
Preserving vegetables by adding salt and setting them aside a few days to ferment is part of our family tradition.
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Food Preservation Methods Got us Through the Great Recession
Add to Favorites I should have made shirts declaring, I survived 2009. If I said that food preservation methods saved us, would you believe me? How many of us don’t …
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Understanding How Botulism Causes Illness
Add to Favorites It’s the Big Evil in canning. Botulism causes paralysis, death, and long-term rehabilitation for survivors. But understanding how botulism forms, and how to prevent it, keeps you …
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6 Ways of Preserving Food Through the Ages
Add to Favorites Some ways of preserving food have been around since ancient times while others are modern. Older methods can leave meals dry, salty, fermented and imperfect. But they …
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Homemade Kombucha
Follow this easy recipe to learn how to make homemade kombucha and keep loads of money in your pocket and make your gut happy too.
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A Tomato Ketchup Recipe Anyone Can Make
It’s nearing the end of tomato season. You tend to your plants tirelessly, and now, if you’re like me, you’re getting tired of making tomato sauce.
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Canning Salsa Recipes Abound
Add to Favorites Canning salsa recipes are everywhere these days. There are so many options to try! You can experiment with canning salsa using tomatoes, corn, beans, fresh herbs, dried …
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Reviving Old Crab Apple Recipes
Previous generations grew crab apple trees as an edible, not just decorative, tree. People knew how to care for apple trees and nurtured them.
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How to Make White Wine Vinegar Flavored With Herbs
I was walking through my herb garden with a local herb expert, Rita Heikenfeld, when she spied my patch of scallions all a-bloom. She exclaimed, “Oh Erin! You have to get those flowers off before they go to seed. I’m going to get you a recipe for flavored wine vinegar!”
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A Guide to Salting Food Preservation
The successful, savory narrative of salting food preservation is fascinating when its history and uses are examined.
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How to Store Vegetables Through the Winter
Congratulations: your garden was a success! Now, to learn how to store vegetables so they don’t go bad before you can eat them.
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Food Preservation Examples: A Guide to Food Storage
Add to Favorites I tell my friends there are two types of people: preppers and those who laugh at preppers. Why is preparing for a rainy day such a laughable …
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6 Uses For Your Watermelon Plant’s Bounty
Add to Favorites The beginning of the summer is when you read about watermelon planting tips, but this is the time of year when you start to think: What do …
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How to Use Vinegar as a Natural Weed Deterrent
Add to Favorites By Becky Pederson – The history of vinegar is quite interesting. It is one of the oldest products used by humans dating back some 10,000 years. The …
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