Category Archives: Food & Drink

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Canning As Fast as We Can

The soundtrack of the homestead lately should be Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, because around here, we’re doing the can-can! Home canning is a quintessentially Alaskan activity closely associated with homesteading. It’s also very much a part of my life … Continue reading

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Gleaning

It’s harvest time, not only on the homestead, but off it as well. At the moment, we’re spending more time and effort gleaning than working our own property. Our own cherries aren’t quite ripe yet, but they are elsewhere in … Continue reading

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