Here's a comprehensive guide on how to grow carrots in your own home garden! Want to grow carrots in containers or in raised beds in a vegetable garden bed? Keep reading for all our best tips to grow straight carrots. We'll also cover how to prepare carrots for long term storage in your cold room or root cellar. And, we'll even cover how to save carrot seed for planting the next … [Read more...]
How to Make Carrot Wine
Ready to try something different? Here's how to make Carrot wine! Ever tried making Carrot Wine? If you have had a really good harvest this year, why not give it a try? Here's how to make carrot wine! And you can read here about all the different wines made from our gardens. This recipe is to make 1 gallon of wine. If you make less than that, make sure to decrease the amounts of … [Read more...]
Cooking on the Wood Stove
Having a wood stove for heat is an wonderful thing - being able to cook on it is even better. We love cooking on the wood stove. But, our wood stove is NOT a cook stove, it is just a wood stove for heating our home. Doesn't matter! We are able to cook on it because our stove has a flat top. We have electric heat as well, although we don't even turn on the baseboard heaters unless it is -20C … [Read more...]