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Copied from my blog: Another fun summer on my parent's hobby farm has come and gone. Being away for six weeks is an amazing experience for my kids and very relaxing for me, though I have to rely on others to tend my garden and chickens at home. I do have great support and this year thank Kim...

I use the "fake" canning jars for dried goods. Sometimes if I inherit canning jars, there are commercial spaghetti sauce or mayo jars mixed in. Those I reserve for dried herbs and such because they may be a slightly different volume or have thinner glass than a real canning jar.

I love that show!

I have powdery mildew pretty much all the time, especially on peas. Here are a ton of home remedies to try: http://urbangardenmagazine.com/2009/08/how-to-beat-powdery-mildew-in-hydroponics/

Hello! I've been gone for a few months, but wanted to check in with my SS group. Got to spend 6 weeks with my kids at my parent's hobby farm. Never has hard work been so relaxing. Probably the highlight of the trip for me was after a big windstorm some huge tree branches and some trees...

wow, how exciting! Congrats on the new bathroom and bike!

I've never heard of Kilner jars, but just looked them up and they are very pretty! Ditto the person who said sugar is not the preservative in bottled fruit. You need heat to kill bacteria and create a sealed environment. Obviously you are not in the US, so tell us, is that how people preserve...

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/DCPD-201100431/pdf/DCPD-201100431.pdf Can someone translate please? What in the world does "winning the future" mean?

wow, I've never had more than I can eat fresh. They are soooo good and very expensive here. I suppose you could dry them, make fruit leather, jam, anything else you'd do with cherries.

Did you see this thread? http://www.sufficientself.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=7390

Yes. It should be near the milk and coffee creamer stuff. You can use whipping cream too.

You make butter from cream, so you're going to need a whole lotta cream. Butter keeps beautifully in the freezer, so make as much as you want! Here are some tutorials for making butter, but you can find tons of them online. http://www.foodrenegade.com/how-to-make-butter/...

:lol: Awesome article! Thanks for sharing.

yup. oops, sorry so big.

My mom's tv crush: :lol:

Macgyver and Charles in Charge :D ooo, and Face from A-Team Then it was Dylan, though I never actually watched 90210.

You'd probably enjoy getting together with other homeschoolers in your area. Look online or ask around for your local homeschooling support group. There will be tons of people willing to listen and to help. Take the summer to unwind, have fun and get some ideas about what your children need and...

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Welcome! Yay for your very first post! Lancaster is a beautiful area, and so close to farms!

I was going to say the same thing as Dace. Prices are usually higher at the farmer's market, though I can often find things the grocery chains don't carry. That.