Water Bath Canning Procedures

The crops from the garden have steadily been coming in and from now until the time they are depleted my kitchen has been geared up for the home canning part of the season. I’ve shared with you all in my previous post Canning and Freezing Food at Home that my two favorite means of preserving [...]

Making Grape Jelly – First Get the Juice

Have you decided to try your hand at homemade grape jelly? The first step in Making Grape Jelly is Get the Juice. I had a busy time this weekend in my kitchen because that is exactly what I was doing. I was getting the juice from some luscious Concorde grapes donated by a friend of [...]

A Lesson in Life

All of us at one time or another has received an email that has been forwarded to us that strikes a chord. Well my mother-in-law sent me one just the other day that really hit home for me. Now I don’t usually do this sort of thing, in fact I’ve never done this on this [...]

How to Organize Garage

When you open the door to your garage is your first thought how do I organize my garage? Or how did my garage get in this big of a mess? Don’t feel alone Google reports 3600 searches on How to Organize Garage by people trying to solve the very same problem. A garage can become [...]

The Struggling Reader and Stress

I’ve told you that from time to time I would include a post that was not written by myself; well, today is one of those occasions. I came across this article sent to me from a newsletter that I receive from Reading Horizons At Home. This entry was in the section called the Reading Corner [...]