WE’RE YOUR CANNING HEADQUARTERS We’ve got a carefully selected array of canning supplies for you, a new video showing you how to do water-bath canning, and we’ve read the food preservation books to pick out our favorites to share. CANNING SAFETY FIRST Before you reach for your recipe box to pull out a spiced green beans recipe card in your grandmother’s handwriting—stop! Times have changed. Grandma’s cookie recipe can still be your ultimate comfort food, but canning…
December 28, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
You wouldn’t pour a can of motor oil on your garden, would you? Of course not. You wouldn’t even dribble motor oil on your garden, but that is what happens if you treat your metal garden tools…
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“Eat your yogurt” is now mainstream medical advice. So our our new video about how to make yogurt can not only save you money, but boost your health. According to the University of Michigan…
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You can make your own yogurt and yogurt cheese easily. In our new video Tricia makes yogurt in her kitchen using her Excalibur dehydrator as the heat source. We have frozen Yogurt Culture available and…
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September 27, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Keep your summer harvest to enjoy in the wintertime—without canning. Have you tried drying food? Bet you thought about dried apricots just now. You can dry all sorts of fruits and vegetables, and…
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September 27, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Make a scarecrow this fall The clever crows (here’s a great site with their calls and story) will be spooked by your scarecrow, and other birds will be even more frightened. Scarecrows are ancient…
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September 13, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
If you grow vegetables, you can also grow grain in your home garden. You don’t need to have acreage as far as the eye can see. Our latest video shows you how to prepare the soil and plant cereal…
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WE’RE YOUR CANNING HEADQUARTERS We’ve got a carefully selected array of canning supplies for you, a new video showing you how to do water-bath canning, and we’ve read the food preservation…
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Thanks for the videos. I feel like I know Trish. I can and have done so for years. I am always surprised at how many people are mystified by the process. The videos and tips are wonderful. I’ve had women to my home to demonstrate, but that doesn’t always work well because of “real” interest levels. Trish makes it easy.
Thanks. I’ve learned alot this year from the videos and the tips. And I love the shop.
AB
Charlotte from Peaceful Valley Says:
Aug 17th, 2011 at 10:11 am
Anne, This is just what we had hoped for—to bring garden-to-table information to people in an accessible way. Thanks so much for being part of our community, and for your kind words!