More than one group of experts are talking about increased risk of soaring food prices and economic instability. With recent droughts and other natural disasters around the world, our food production and delivery system is under a lot of of stress. If you can, I’d highly recommend stocking up on non-perishable food items.
Our rugosa roses produced a lovely array of hips this year, so we dried some and turned some into rose hip jelly. This rose hip jelly recipe is made with Pomona’s Universal Pectin, so it use less sugar than the other recipes I’ve seen. It’s also a small batch recipe, which helps if you don’t…
Each year I preserve peaches in a variety of ways, stashing some for us to enjoy and some to use as gifts. In this post I’ll cover the easiest way to peel peaches, as well as canning, dehydrating, freezing, peach jam and freeze drying peaches. My youngest loves peaches, so we stock up every year….
Perfectly ripe strawberries are yummy, but strawberries also top the “Dirty Dozen” list for highest amounts of pesticide residue. We’re lucky enough to have an organic strawberry farm nearby that uses no pesticides, so when strawberry season comes around, we stock up! How to Store Strawberries for Fresh Eating or Year Round Use In this…
In “The Natural Canning Resource Book: A guide to home canning with locally-grown, sustainably-produced and fair trade goods“, Lisa Rayner answered nearly every canning question I’ve had since I started canning.