My Homeful Life

Preparing for your abundant Home Harvest: Eating, Cooking, Fermenting, Canning? Exploring Methods, Equipment, Cost, Skill, and Time Considerations. So I’ve planted all these fruits and veggies and I hope I will get a bumper crop, I might even get 400 bell peppers! That's a lot. So if it all goes to plan what am I going to do with all this food? We will eat some of it for sure, but what about the rest? How can I make sure it stays good to eat and where am I going to put it?  When it comes to preserving your home harvest of vegetables and herbs, there are a variety of methods to choose from. Each method has its own cost, skill level, time commitment, and equipment requirements. In this blog post, we'll explore some popular home preservation and storage methods and discuss their unique considerations. 1. Drying: This is the earliest form of preserving food, involves dehydrating vegetables and herbs using the sun or wind or a special machine (called a dehydrator). This method done ...

In this blog post, I will tell you step-by-step how I chose varieties and figured out the timing for my summer garden, and I have provided a PRINTABLE WORKSHEET if you want to do it too. As a beginner, I really hope I get a bountiful harvest using the Square Foot Method, fingers crossed!  This is the next step in the SUMMER GARDEN PLANNING using square foot method. If you haven't read the first blog post , please read it and fill in the worksheets before moving onto this post. Choosing Varieties: I have already chosen my main  crop and companion plants in thee last planning session (see this post). BUT there are like a million different varieties of tomatoes or peas or beans….and they have different planting timings. SOOOOO when it comes to choosing varieties for your summer garden, consider the climate, sunlight, and soil conditions in your area. The easiest way to do this is get seeds off of a gardener in your area that they have been saving for many years, this will ensure ...