As the seed catalogs flood our mailboxes, glorious thoughts of beautifully colored fruits and vegetables surround our minds. We picture ourselves strolling through weedless gardens, as the birds sing, plucking the fruit of our labor, with just a glow of perspiration on our face! Psht. The reality of the garden is much different that the…
Dehydrating
What Homesteaders Want for Christmas – Homesteading “Must-Haves”
I think all homesteaders look forward to Christmas! Why? Because it’s a time when they look forward to sales (and possible gifts!) on the tools they want and need to be more sustainable! If you love a homesteader, you need this “What Homesteaders Want for Christmas – Homesteading “Must-Haves””! You’ll never find me at a…
How to Dehydrate Greens for Super Green Powder
Greens are some of the simplest foods to dehydrate and use in the kitchen! You can even go one step further to make your own Super Greens powder! Let’s take a look at how it’s done! You can dry all sorts of greens, including spinach, Swiss chard, collard greens, beet greens and various lettuces. I…
How to Dehydrate Carrots
Sometimes you’re out and see some gorgeous produce that just begs to be taken home and preserved! That was the case today when I saw a great deal on a 5# bag of organic carrots, so I brought them home to dehydrate. Carrots are so good for you, rich in Vitamin A plus minerals and…
How to Dehydrate Fruit
I’ve been doing a ton of dehydrating this week! There is so much fresh fruit in season right now, it would be crazy to not capture all of this nutrition and flavor for the colder months! Come along and let me show you how to dehydrate fruit! Food preservation is such a critical skill to…
11 Amazing Dehydrator Recipes
Dehydrating is one of the world’s oldest food preservation methods. Today, dehydrating food is so much easier and so much fun! My guess is that most people don’t utilize their dehydrator as often they could, so here’s “11 Amazing Dehydrator Recipes”! You can use any dehydrator for the following recipes. Personally, I own an Excalibur…
How to Dehydrate Tomatoes
The only thing more wonderful that picking gorgeous red tomatoes from your garden, is putting them up for winter! But when you’ve canned and frozen all the tomatoes you need, why not learn how to dehydrate tomatoes? This year wasn’t my best tomato crop. Everyone has years like that. Fortunately for me, I still have…
4 Ways to Dehydrate Herbs
It’s that time of year, when the herbs seem to be growing faster than I can harvest them! That’s why I’m excited to share “4 Ways to Dehydrate Herbs” with you! You might remember my post a while back “How to Design an Herb Garden“. Well, that little garden is cranking out some serious amounts…
54 Ways to Be More Sustainable
Sustainability is all the rage today, and for good reason! Creating more self-reliance in your life brings more freedom from unfulfilling jobs, stress and debt. Regardless of where you live or what season of life you find yourself, there are big and small ways to be more sustainable every day! Enjoy the sustainable living…