Food Swapping Fun

Yesterday Heather and I were lucky enough to attend our first ever homemade food swap, hosted by a group from Lansing called Mid-Mitten Homemade. You can check them out on facebook here. The concept of the swap was pretty simple, but I was blown away at how great of...

Saving Seeds, A Bonus Harvest

Its been a little while since my last post. As everyone knows, this is a very busy time of year. School starts for the kids and the harvest really starts to pick up, which brings with it preservation season. Canning, drying, freezing… jams, tomatoes, pickles,...

Homemade Sauerkraut

One of the vegetables that we grew this year was cabbage. We chose a variety from Baker Creek Seed Company called the Glory of Enkhuizen. It’s named after the village in Holland where it was first introduced back in 1899. It is said to an early, excellent...

Wildflower Jelly

Just a few weeks ago I wrote a post about this year’s strawberry jam making adventure.. Everyone loves jam and this was quite a popular post! But if you’re anything like me, your jam experience is limited to the head honchos of the preserve world.....

Flea be Gone

Two outdoor cats + thick dense wooded living + summer heat = FLEAS! We have been battling fleas for a few weeks now and I wanted to share our success story now that we have officially controlled them with natural methods.   Having a small baby in the house and our...