Category Archives: Canning

Don’t Waste a Bean

‘Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their produce.‘ Jeremiah 29:5 Bent low, my fingers searched the leafy green bean plant for the fruit of our labour… my young son, only 4, was helping me pick beans that morning. “Don’t waste any beans – find them all,” I told him, encouragingly. […]

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Pressure Canning {Sloppy Joes}

      In finding it challenging to spend much time at the computer in the summer time, a quick video replaced today’s blog post. Of course … it is about canning… 🙂 My summer “hobby” …                       ~Sloppy Joes ~ browned ground beef ketchup […]

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Picking Apples – {To be Content}

   Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. Philippians 4:11   P.S. My apologies for the wobbly camera. And hopefully I can put up a written post tomorrow, Lord willing.

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Canning Pickled Beets!

Pickled beets, you may ask? Well, yes, if you have never tried them … you should. They are a family favorite around here! I never thought my children would like beets so much but they do and I am grateful. Fairly easy to grow in our climate, they are a great vegetable to grow in […]

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Why Bother?

  “Then the rush of harvest-time came. The oats were ripe, standing thick and tall and yellow. The wheat was golden, darker than the oats. The beans were ripe, and the pumpkins and carrots and turnips and potatoes were ready to gather. There was no rest of play for anyone now. They all worked from […]

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