Moving is stressful, there is no question about it. We have done it so many times now - in town, from town to town, country to country, and overseas. Our first moves were rather chaotic, but then I learned how to make it more bearable. Now another move is right before us so it's time to get ...
Noodle Pilaf or Casserole Recipe
Note: This is an older recipe. We have since changed to a plant-based diet and love it. It's better for our health, all living and the planet. This recipe can easily be made with vegan ground meat too. Pilaf (also known as pilau and plov) is a rice dish that we really like, I will share our ...
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A Simple Way to Store Garlic
How to preserve garlic - refrigerate, freeze, dry, pickle, or what? Garlic does not have to be preserved in any way. Garlic can simply be stored for a long time. Learn how to store garlic. For storage choose healthy dry garlic, the bigger the cloves the better. If the garlic isn't dry it can ...
3 Great Ways to Store Onions
Onions are a great vegetable, easy to grow, stores well, and they are just so healthy. I know, some recipe books do not even include fresh onions anymore. Powders and artificial spices are taking the onions over. Sad, isn't it? There is nothing as good as fresh onions, fried until golden - yummy. ...
Garden update – September 30, 2013
The growing season is over - frost is here. However, there is still lots going on in the garden and greenhouse. We are not giving up just yet. Plants react very differently to frost (you can read more about it here), so even though there is frost we are still growing. The peas that I planted in ...
A Great Way to Freeze Carrots
I usually realize just how delicious homegrown carrots are when we run out of them, so we try to grow and preserve as much as we can. Carrots keep well in bags in the fridge for about 3 months. They also keep well in the ground covered for winter. See how to grow winter carrots. Carrots also ...
How to make Homemade Sauerkraut the Simple Way
How to make homemade sauerkraut the simple way, or one could also call it the poor man's way. It is a great way to start with fermentation. The result is a great-tasting sauerkraut that will make you want to make more. What is homemade sauerkraut Real homemade sauerkraut is raw, fermented, and ...
Our garden at friend’s farm
We have been growing a garden at friend's farm for many years, and we're very thankful for the opportunity. Over the years, we kind of figured out how much we need of something, like one row of potatoes or one third of a row of carrots. But how many potatoes are in a row? So, this year we started ...
Garden update – August 30, 2013
Summer is almost over and with it the garden season. Once again, we are thankful for all that has grown and ripened - delicious, homegrown garden goodies. Even though we already had our first frost warning, the frost thankfully did not come to our town. Right now the forecast looks really good, so ...
