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How to Store Home Canned Food

By Annie

Home canned food stored safely on a shelf.

Here's how to store home canned food plus tips for safely storing jars full of food. Canning takes a lot of time, energy and work. To make the most of your home canning you need to take the time to store your canned goods properly to help protect your hard work from being damaged. This means you need to be sure that your shelves are strong enough to support the weight and that you follow … [Read more...]

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Homemade Rooting Hormone – 7 Recipes to Make Your Own

By Annie

 Homemade rooting hormone is ideal for propagating plants and shrubs - here are 7 recipes to make your own! There are plenty of different ways to make homemade rooting hormone. These are used to help significantly improve the growth of roots when you’re cloning a plant or growing from root cuttings, a stem cutting or leaves, such as begonias or primroses. While I typically use willow … [Read more...]

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How to Make Strawberry Wine

By Annie

Homemade strawberry wine in glasses

Learn how to make strawberry wine using fresh strawberries from the garden or frozen strawberries will work as well. Strawberries are one of our favourite fruits that we grow here in our garden. If you've got lots of strawberry plants, here is a strawberry wine recipe for you to try! Just a couple of ingredients are needed to make this easy version of Strawberry wine. This home made fruit … [Read more...]

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How to Store Farm Fresh Eggs

By Annie

Fresh eggs in a basket for storing

Here's how to store farm fresh eggs so they last! Do you have chickens in your own backyard or you are lucky enough to have a friend that likes to share their overabundance of farm-fresh eggs? Then, you will need to know how to store them properly to get the most from your eggs. Storing them can range from leaving on the counter for a few days to keeping them more long-term through common food … [Read more...]

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Canning Supplies for Preserving Food

By Annie

Canner and jars on counter

Canning supplies are a necessary part of preserving food - here's what canning equipment you need to get started! This food preservation/canning essentials equipment guide is designed to save you money. Straight up, pure and simple. After all, if you've been reading my blog for any time now, you know how much I love to save money! Preserving food through canning, pickling, and … [Read more...]

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