FARMcurious Blog

The accidental leftover queen

I just ate the most amazing dish and I'm so overwhelmed that I have to share it. Incredibly, it was a meal made entirely of leftovers from my fridge with the addition of one backyard farm egg and a dash of salt.

Growing potatoes vertically

Urban gardeners have plenty of things to worry about, not the least of which are pests, sunlight, soil and access to supplies. There's one complaint that trumps them all, though, and that's space.

When processing food, it's the toys that matter!

The Saturday of Independence Day Weekend this year shall hereto forward be known as the great jam day! After all the corn was processed and safely put away in the freezer I turned my focus to jam and preserves.

Sometimes I eat too...

It's true that I've been yapping about preserving the harvest, blah, blah, blah, but sometimes you just want to eat the stuff. Berries are in season now and, yes, it's good to put some away for the winter when you'll really miss them, but we shouldn't forget to stuff some in our mouths now while they're fresh and at their prime.

Preserving Fresh Corn on the Cob

Preserving fresh ears of corn for winter use. Preserving the harvest.

Culturing

Canning

Wine-making

It certainly wasn't easy to decide on what to do with the second five pounds of backyard plums. Turning them into delicious plum jam was the obvious choice, but since I made plum jam last year and we still hadn't quite used it up yet I thought maybe we should try another preservation technique.

Preserving the Harvest

Last night was a late one in the kitchen with Jared brewing an inspirational batch of beer (five different varieties of hops!) and me preserving the first backyard fruit harvest of the season.