by Kara Williams | Sep 22, 2017 | Canning, Country Living, Garden, Summer
The crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last forever. Even on the most beautiful days in the whole year – the days when summer is changing into autumn – the crickets spread the rumor of sadness and change.”~ E.B. White,...
by Kara Williams | Aug 5, 2017 | Berries, Canning, Recipes, Summer
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.~Shakespeare, Henry IVA couple of years ago I was reading a post by one of my favorite homesteaders, Quinn at Reformation Acres, where she mentioned in passing she was excited...
by Kara Williams | Oct 21, 2015 | Adoption, Apples, Canning, Go Local, Recipes
He who gathers in summer is a son who acts wisely, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who acts shamefully. ~Proverbs 10:5 One blessing of living in this lush, fertile valley is that whatever we don’t grow ourselves, due to lack of space, lack of...
by Kara Williams | Oct 6, 2015 | Canning, Garden, Recipes, Tomatoes
Someone who plants 30 tomato plants has pretty much forfeited the right to complain about being inundated with tomatoes. So I won’t complain. I will just state that the sheer volume was daunting at times. Above is a picture of my harvest twice per week. But...
