This Little Place Here

Random thoughts and experiences on my little piece of earth. Kids, gardening, chickens, heating with wood, hunting, food preservation and much more!

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Friday, August 31, 2012

Beanmageddon

I planted a lot of beans this year. Partly because last year's crop didn't fare so well, and partly because I still had seed from 2...

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Canning Whole Kernel Corn

Once I'd tried my hand at canning creamed corn, I figured whole kernel couldn't be any more difficult than that. And I was right; i...

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Homegrown, Homecanned Creamed Corn

I made my first ever creamed corn from the abundance of sweet corn in my garden this year. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't intimida...

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

To Eat A Peach

I love peaches. When we bought the land at this little place here, one of the first thing I did was plant three peach trees. Then I waited...

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Beans and Peppers and 'Maters, Oh My!

I haven't posted in the past week. The garden is on overdrive at present, so I've spent many hours picking and canning veggies....

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

A New Melon For Me

I have been trying, mostly unsuccessfully, for years now to grow watermelons at this little place here. Our previous land had sandy soil, a...

Monday, August 13, 2012

Refrigerator Pickles

It's mid-summer at this little place here, and I have made a couple batches of refrigerator pickles all ready. They are really easy to ...

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Kris: Living life just a little bit different from most. Growing our food, cooking from scratch every day, mom of four, grandmother of ten--so far, jack-of-all-trades (and master of a few!)

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