Here’s a quick and easy way to have garden fresh garlic all year long. Each year I plant a couple of big rows of garlic bulbs in the fall–and late each summer I have a nice harvest of garlic. We replant the biggest cloves, eat some fresh and store some in the basement, but I… Keep Reading
Reader’s Question: Can you use “carving” pumpkins for cooking and dehydrating?
Dear Frugal Upstate, I was looking at your How to Dehydrate Pumpkins post and was wondering–do you have to use pie pumpkins or can you use uncarved pumpkins from Halloween? Britty That’s a good question Britty! The short answer is yes, you can use an uncarved Halloween pumpkin, but the flavor might not be very… Keep Reading
Cranberry Conserve ~ A Canning for Thanksgiving Recipe
Thanksgiving is right around the corner (closely followed by Christmas, but shhhhh. . . we don’t even want to think about that yet!). It’s time to start planning your holiday meal! Since Walmart is your one stop shopping destination for everything you could want for a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner, they asked me to share a… Keep Reading
Freezing Corn on the Cob
I’m preserving up a storm here at the Frugal Village Homestead. . . Sweet corn is in season, so I decided it was time to freeze some corn on the cob. Although I don’t plant corn myself, our lovely village is surrounded by dairy farms. For those of you who don’t know the connection–dairy farms… Keep Reading
Processing Tomatoes for Sauce
This weekend I processed tomatoes and made my own tomato sauce! Since my gorgeous tomato plants were decimated by Late Blight (grrr!) I purchased tomatoes from our local farmers market. I purchased two 25lb boxes of Roma tomatoes for $19 each. We started out by washing them. Buddy helped me to lay them on some… 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
