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How to Harvest and Dry Fresh Herbs from the Garden
My herb beds got away from me, so I cleaned them up and preserved what I could. Here’s how I harvested, washed, and dehydrated…
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Making Homemade Bread from Scratch (With Kids Helping!)
We tried making homemade bread from scratch with the kids—and plenty of flour everywhere. Here’s what the process was like, what we learned, and…
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Making Homemade Butter with Heavy Cream
Making homemade butter with heavy cream is surprisingly simple. Here’s how it went for us, including why we washed our butter in ice water…
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How to Dehydrate Peppers in a Dehydrator
Learn how I dehydrate garden peppers for later, including how I prep hot peppers, the temperature and timing I use, how to tell when…
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How to Tell When a Watermelon Is Ready to Pick (Especially on a Trellis)
How do you know when a watermelon is ready to pick? Here are the signs we used to harvest our trellised watermelons, including dry…
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“Homey Depot”: Basically-Free Toddler Outing
Sometimes you don’t need a big plan. You just need to get out of the house. There are some days when we need to…
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The Basil Harvest
The Basil Harvest: What We Did With All That Basil One very happy basil plant, two enthusiastic helpers, and a whole lot of leaves…
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How to Make Basil Salt
Homemade Basil Salt: One of the Easiest Ways to Preserve Fresh Basil Fresh basil, salt, and a little time—that’s pretty much it. If you’ve…
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Let’s Make Pesto!
Homemade Basil Pesto + How I Freeze It for Later The basil harvest is big now.Future dinner doesn’t have to be. There are few…
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I Planted Fall Peas…Will They Beat the Frost?
Our cucumbers were crispy. Not “probably done for the season.” Not “maybe they’ll make a comeback.” Crispy. So I pulled them out, stared at…