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How to Grow Rhubarb

Rhubarb is a delicious perennial plant. Learn how to grow Rhubarb in your backyard! Rhubarb is one of the first plants we see here in early spring. It's very easy to grow Rhubarb and it is a perennial, meaning that you plant it once and it will come up year after year. Many people get 20 years worth of harvest off of a single rhubarb plant. That is a great return. Use rhubarb in all kinds … [Read more...]


Filed Under: Grow Your Own VegetablesTagged: perennials, Rhubarb, vegetables

Canning Homemade Sauerkraut

Ever wondered how to can Sauerkraut so you can enjoy it all winter long? Recently I wrote about our Cabbage harvest and using some of it to make Sauerkraut. Water bath canning Sauerkraut is pretty easy; a beginning canner can preserve cabbage with confidence.     It's an easy way to preserve  some cabbage and Graham loves it along with perogies and sausages. Read here to … [Read more...]


Filed Under: Canning, Food, Grow Your Own Vegetables, How ToTagged: Grow Vegetables, preserving, Sauerkraut, vegetables

Tucking Your Yard In For The Winter – Part 1

Ahhh, Fall - that wonderful time of the year. The temperatures are dropping and it's wonderful for working outside. The leaves start changing colour and just by looking around, you can see everything starting to get ready for the coming Winter. Now is the time to start tucking your yard in for the Winter.         The Garden Harvests have slowed down … [Read more...]


Filed Under: Fall, Grow Your Own VegetablesTagged: self sufficiency, vegetables

HomeGrown Dinner

Dinners here in the Valley are pretty darn good. Almost every night, everything on the table is HomeGrown, from meat to fruit. A lot of evenings we skip the carbs and just have fresh garden veggies with some meat. That Pork roast came from one of our pigs (last year). The Gman carved the roast into 4 Pork steaks and we enjoyed those for a couple of meals. Add a head of cauliflower and … [Read more...]


Filed Under: Grow Your Own Fruit, Grow Your Own VegetablesTagged: Berries, vegetables

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