Can you believe we are already back into football season? And football means tailgating, parties and food! Actually to be honest that is the only part of football I really enjoy–but Yankee Bill enjoys an occasional game and of course we love to head on over to friend’s houses to watch some of the big… Keep Reading
National Disaster Preparedness Month!
Did you know that September is Disaster Preparedness Month? This month I’ll be sharing inf0rmation, philosophy, tips, suggestions and resources for getting your family more prepared. I’ll start out with the most official resource (and easiest to remember), FEMA’s Ready.gov website. There is a lot of interesting info on there, and they’ve got a pretty… Keep Reading
What to do After a Canning Session
So you’ve canned some beautiful jars of food. Now what? Sure, you wipe the counters, wash the pots and pans. . . but what do you do with the food? In the last several years I’ve come up with a system that works for me–I’m sharing in hopes that it will help some of you… Keep Reading
The Death of Tomatoes.
Late Tomato Blight. It’s an evil, evil thing. Last week I was on vacation in the Adirondacks again with the family. Through a lucky set of circumstances we were able to go twice this summer. That’s right, the majority of last weeks posts (well the writing, I did the projects and took the pictures ahead… Keep Reading
Meal Plan 8/19
It’s Monday, and we are back on the meal plan train! Here’s what I’ve got to plan around this week: 1. The garden is in full swing, which means not only do I have plenty of vegetables to work with–but I’ve actually got MORE vegetables then we can eat. That means canning, drying and freezing. … Keep Reading
Getting Prepared for a Canning Session
Canning is a wonderful way to create a long term store of healthy, cost effective food for your family. The whole process goes much more smoothly with a little bit of organization. . . so today I want to show you how I get prepared for a canning session. This is the process I go… Keep Reading
Meal Plan 8/12
The end of summer is getting near–we’ve been busy folk and I admit that meal planning has fallen by the wayside the last month or so. The number of times that dinner has been ravioli from a can or sandwiches is truly embarrassing. But I’m here, and I’m writing, and I’m going to have a… Keep Reading
What’s been happening at Frugal Upstate?
Its been a typical crazy busy summer here at the Frugal Village Homestead. Sometimes I feel like I’m trying to live 3 lives simulatneously–Wife/Mother, Village Homesteader and Blogger! Since family comes first, always, and the garden doesn’t care what my plans are (planting, harvesting and preserving need to be done when they need to be… Keep Reading
Thoughts on Food Part 1
Lately I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about food. What we eat. How it’s grown. Where it comes from. How it gets to us. It’s amazing the complex system that we have created to accomplish all of this. Note: this is a long, rambley, sort of stream of consciousness post. You have been warned!… Keep Reading
Meal Plan 7/22
The heat has broken! Halleluiah! It’s been so dang hot here the last two weeks that it’s been a struggle to think about or do anything. For those of you down south who are scoffing–just remember, we don’t have AC in our house, so 90 means it’s like 86 inside. . . Anyway, now that… Keep Reading
