One of my hobbies that I enjoy most and my family gets to reap the rewards of is canning. It all started when a family friend showed us how to make pickles, they were so crisp, tasty and some were even spicy. Once we were settled in our own place I took a free intro class into canning at our local extension office and was hooked. I haven't done as much as I'd like to but one day I hope to can so much that the hubby has to build me a new room for all my treats. We were lucky enough to have someone give us a dehydrator a while back but we never did anything with it ourselves besides the one time we pulled it out for jerky. Just in the last few months I've seen pineapples for a whopping .99 cents what a deal. Being a canner when I see massive amounts of fruit or vegetables for cheap I wonder how I could preserve them. It's kind of like hoarding but the good kind, right? When I missed out on that good deal on pineapp...
We're a small family of four doing what we love on the homestead, in the garage, and in our home. Most recently we started a metal business and when in season grow our own food, cut our own firewood and do projects in between it all. We'll show you what we know and how we do things and who knows you might learn a thing or two. If you head to our Instagram or Facebook page you can see what we're up to on a mostly day to day basis.