There comes a point every spring where I start to panic because the freezers are still packed to the brim and garden season is only months away. We’ve hit that point, even though the garden is still under a couple feet of snow. I realized, however, that there is an easy way to clear out […]

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We’ve had a long, cold, snowy winter here in Winnipeg—and when that puts the garden into hibernation, this blog usually ends up in hibernation too. Lately, we’ve had some above-freezing temperatures and the snow is slowly starting to clear. Spring is getting closer and before we know it, we’ll be in the garden again, hard […]

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Late summer / early fall is that time of year where we over overrun with too many tomatoes. Even though this year’s harvest is a lot smaller due to the weird start to this summer, we were still harvesting them by the bucketful up to mid October. With having stocked away a year’s supply of pasta […]

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It’s that time of year when it’s difficult to update this blog with any sort of regularity. While this year’s haul will likely be a significant drop from last year’s, we’re still bringing in lots of food, so most of my evenings and weekends are spent canning, dehydrating, and juicing what we’ve been bringing in. […]

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We’re always on the lookout for new food preservation projects, especially if we know people who have food crops on their property that they don’t want. We regularly harvest apples and cherries from a friend’s parents’ place, primarily turning it into juice. I’m still on the hunt for cranberries and hazelnuts, which I’ve read many […]

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