by Daisy | Oct 18, 2008 | Barnyard, Laying Hens
My chicks….well, my chicks ESCAPE. I know this because my neighbors have come to me from time to time and said, “Hey, Ivory, there’s a chicken in my yard and I think it might be yours.”So, here you go…1. This is a wing:2. This is a wing...
by Daisy | Oct 16, 2008 | Canned, Dried, Frozen, Recipes
This post was written in mid-September and somehow I never got around to posting it. It’s a little dated in terms of the storm, but it also seems timely for end-of-season veggie stragglers, so I am posting it now. I have written before about the woefully...
by Daisy | Oct 14, 2008 | Dairy Foods, Recipes
Homemade butter is one of those things that you make for TASTE. You haven’t really lived until you’ve had butter that’s less than hour old. Mmmmmm….Fortunately, making butter is really easy! All you need is whipping cream and a way to agitate...
by Daisy | Oct 13, 2008 | Canned, Dried, Frozen, Recipes
I have too many of these hungarian wax peppers to eat fresh:—but too few to go into extreme canning mode, so I made one petite pint of pickled peppers.Pickled Hot Pepper Stripsfrom Summer in a Jar: Making Pickles, Jams and MoreA. Chesman1 cup white vinegar 1/2...
by Daisy | Oct 11, 2008 | Crafts, Crochet
I may have started aggressively pursuing making my own products to reduce the amount of chemicals in my family’s life and spend less time and money in the checkout lane, but I realized recently that I have another reason:I actually PREFER my own stuff.Even if I...
