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12 Ways to Preserve Apples: Canning, Freezing, Drying + More!

When it’s fall and you have an apple tree, you may be wondering how to preserve apples for the rest of the year. Here are 12 methods for preserving apples! 12 Ways to Preserve Apples If you have an apple tree in your yard, then you probably have a whole lot of apples that you…

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15+ Ways to Preserve Zucchini: Freeze, Can, Ferment, and Dehydrate

Some summers are zucchini summers, and we are in the midst of one right now! Preserving zucchini to last through the winter is actually easy to do. There are four main methods for how to preserve zucchini: freezing, canning, fermenting, and dehydrating or drying. How to Preserve Zucchini Zucchini can sometimes grow a little bit…

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How to Tap Trees and Make Syrup in Your Backyard

There’s not usually a whole lot to forage for at the end of winter, but there is something delicious hiding in many of the trees around us: sap which can be turned into syrup! Learn how to tap trees and make syrup in your backyard! Tapping Trees to Make Syrup Have you ever glanced at…

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How to Make Beeswax Food Wraps

Hello my friends! I have a great post for you today, something a little bit different. I recently had the chance to go through a really cool book all about beeswax and what you can make and do with it called The Beeswax Workshop by Chris Dalziel. You might know Chris from the blog Joybilee…

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Do You Want to Live Off Grid?

My end goal in life is to live off grid. I don’t know if I will ever accomplish that, but I can dream. I know what it takes from my experience of living in a tent cabin without electricity and only a wood stove for heat during many summers in the high country of Yosemite…

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Jar of dehydrated red peppers.

How to Dehydrate Peppers for Food Storage

We’re at the end of summer when the bounty of the season is in full swing. Time to start preserving the harvest in any and every way. Canning and freezing are the most common ways to do this, but don’t forget about dehydrating! Here’s how to dehydrate peppers for food storage. Why Dehydrate Vegetables? The…

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Hello there! I’m Colleen.

I want to inspire you to live seasonally, become more self sufficient, and protect your health. I share information on foraging and wildcrafting, fermenting and preserving, cooking whole foods from scratch, permaculture gardening, and making herbal products. And that’s just the beginning! Learn more.

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Foraging for Elderberries & Elderflowers: Identification, Look-alikes, & Uses

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10 Reasons to Grow Lemon Balm

Herbal Popsicles with Lavender and Lemon Balm

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