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Sustainable Canning Jars
I got a pressure canner for Christmas 2010 and for the last 9 months I’ve been canning meat almost weekly. Sometimes I’ll do 3 batches in one day so I’ll have a month’s …
Working Online & Living Off the Grid
Almost sounds like an oxymoron doesn’t it?
It’s true though. We live out in the desert with no connection to regular utilities. We aren’t connected to the electrical main, we have no land line telephone and we aren’t hooked up …
Canning Meat
Photo 1: Regular cooked ground beef
Photo 2: Making Meatballs for the second try.
Photo 3: Left to Right: Chicken (raw packed), Ground Turkey Meatballs, Ground Beef Meatballs
I don’t use refrigeration or freezing for my food, so one of …
Canning Dry Beans
My parents in law got me a pressure canner for Christmas and yesterday I canned beans. I have to say I am now hopelessly hooked and in love!
I’ve never seen anyone use a pressure canner before and never used one myself either, but I’ve been studying …
Our New House
Just a brief pic to show our new little “house” — aka camper 
The cargo trailer made a good bed but didn’t provide for much else and long term it became problematic. Way too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter.
This camper is …
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