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Old world self-sufficiency in a new world......our pilgrimage to resource efficiency
Tip on Tuesday
Posted by Pam Molloy on 7/19/2011 to Tips on Tuesday
'Tis the Season,,,Get a gift they can really use while it's on sale.
Cherries
Posted by Pam Molloy on 7/15/2011 to Canning
This years cherry crop was beautiful and brings back many good memories.
Tip on Tuesday
Posted by Pam Molloy on 7/12/2011 to Canning
Stocking up for stocking up?
Tip on Tuesday
Posted by Pam on 4/12/2011 to Tips on Tuesday
Now is the time to make a list and a plan for acquiring all the things necessary for a successful harvest!
Movie Review
Posted by Pam on 12/20/2010 to General Homesteading
Have you seen "Food Inc."?
Busy Fall
Posted by Pam on 12/11/2010 to General Homesteading
We can't grow our own grain here, but it was always rewarding to grind our own grain for the bread and other pastries.
Zucchini Relish
Posted by Pam on 11/14/2010 to General Homesteading
This is one of my most prized recipes, made every Fall and often requested by all who try it.
Book Review
Posted by Pam on 11/6/2010 to General Homesteading
It's been a while since I (and many other stores) was able to keep up selling books, since Amazon pretty much has the entire book market in the bag. But I wanted to share with you one of my very most favorite books. 
Pressure Canners
Posted by Pam on 10/13/2010 to Cooking
Pressure canning is a safe and economical method of preserving low acid foods which has been used for decades, especially by home gardeners and others interested in providing food storage for their families where quality control of the food is in one's own hands.

The Fall Home Garden
Posted by Pam on 10/12/2010 to General Homesteading
I snapped this picture earlier of a White-tail doe standing suspiciously close to my garden. While I would like to believe that her intentions were harmless, years of experience have taught me better than that
Canning Jars
Posted by Pam on 10/10/2010 to Canning
As I've been working through my harvest this year, I noticed the great variety of canning jars I posses. I've always been more of a practical canner than a specialty canner, though I have a few standbys to wow people with. Looking back this doesn't come as a surprise to me since my vision was always resource efficiency.
Canning Apples
Posted by Pam on 10/6/2010 to Canning
For years I used the same apple peeler/corer. My kids loved trying to get the entire apple to peel so they could eat just the peel. Sometimes, for a treat after peeling hundreds of apples we would sprinkle some cinnamon and sugar over a plate of apple peelings to be enjoyed as "apple spaghetti".

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