25 Simple Herbs to Know and Use
Now Is the Time to Ready the Garden
Early spring is upon us and that can only mean one thing. We self-reliant sort need to start prepping the gardens. It’s time to get the garden ready, like it or not. For most of us, the groundbreaking may be the hardest part. This doesn’t mean there won’t be more hard work ahead. Each year, we need to prep the […]
Dehydrating Green Beans
Dehydrating Green Beans is a relatively simple task. Just like with any kind of canning, you really want to start with freshly picked and tender green beans. Some say that picking beans in the morning will make provide you with a crisper fruit. Yes, that’s right, beans are considered a fruit! I haven’t experienced this personally, but I’m not doubting […]
How to Plant Cucumbers from Cucumber Scraps
When we first start our gardens we can’t wait for them to sprout. Once they sprout we can’t wait for them to flower. Then once they flower we can’t wait for them to produce fruit (or vegetable). After they fruit we can’t wait for them to produce even more. At last one day, they stop producing, everything looks terrible, and […]
How to Cut a Raw Turkey in Five Easy Minutes
Ladies and gentlemen….Mr. Bernie Sanders….Sorry, I jumped on the bandwagon Love eating turkey, but hate the long hours you have to wait for it to cook? Well I’m going to show you how to cut a raw turkey in five easy minutes. It takes some getting used to so the first few times might look like a horrible crime scene, […]
10 Easy things to cut out of weekly spending
Trying to Simplify? Start with cutting out the unnecessary. Let me explain how.