Hello and welcome to Northern Homestead 'End of Season' garden update. It's Fall 2018 and time for another video update. If you are new to our blog, you might want to know that we have garden updates since 2012. You can find them all tagged under Our Garden. Summer went by way too quickly. ...
Apple Sauce, Apple Jam, Apple Butter
The canner is running hot these days. There are so many goodies that are ready to be preserved and that we do not want to miss making. Apples are one of our favorites to preserve for winter. We make applesauce, apple jam, apple butter and apple chips. Also, the ajika salsa recipe includes apples. If ...
Carrot Pepper Salsa Recipe
We love salsa. A good salsa recipe, ready-made and canned for winter transforms a simple meal into a delicatessen in minutes. This carrot pepper salsa recipe does that in a unique and delightful way. It's a mouthwatering and colorful addition to roasted veggies along with a nutty ...
2 Ways to Freeze Cauliflower
Cauliflower is a special vegetable in the garden and in the kitchen. It's very delicious, nutrient-dense and versatile to use in many recipes. However, it's not an easy vegetable to grow, resulting in being a more expensive choice. If you are lucky to grow some cauliflower or find it at the ...
Homemade Ajika salsa recipe
If you were wondering what we did with the biggest tomato we ever grew? We used it for the homemade ajika salsa recipe and canned the salsa in 18 jars, so we can enjoy it for a very long time. Yes, all of this was made out of 1 tomato and all the other ingredients of course. Homemade Ajika is ...
Garden Update – Summer 2018 on Video
Let us invite you to a summer garden update on video. Grab your favorite summer drink and enjoy the tour. We will take a look at the raised window protected garden and see how much better those plants grow comparing to the plant right next to it, but even better grow the plants in the geodesic ...
Summer Veggie Eggplant, Pepper and Okra Recipe
This summer veggie eggplant, pepper and okra recipe is made out of real summer veggies and it's super yummy. Since our summers are so short, we try to grow all the veggies at the same time. There are broccoli, peppers, carrots, potatoes, and tomatoes growing happily together. In our northern cool ...
Growing Food – Garlic
If you are into growing food - garlic is a must-have in the garden. Read on to find out how to plant, grow, harvest, store, and use the super food, garlic. Garlic is a crop that is easily grown and goes a long way in the kitchen. So many dishes just taste better with garlic. Some people love garlic ...
Convert a hay field into a garden
How to convert a hay field into a garden. This spring our Community Garden offered us to do a no-till garden trial. We were immediately on board. We have been using a no-dig or till method in our home garden quite successfully. To convert a hay field is a bit of a different story, but eh, we are up ...
Update: GeoDome Greenhouse Water Tank
To have a greenhouse in colder climates is very valuable. It helps to extend the growing season and gives the plants a lot more heat. Although on some days there is more heat than the plants can use, the greenhouse gets way too hot. A good way to regulate the temperature in a greenhouse is by ...
