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This is a classic white bread recipe that you will make time and time again. It makes two loaves of the most delicious white bread perfect for morning toast and lunchtime sandwiches.

Homemade Country White Bread

Baking· Recipes· The Kitchen

There is nothing like the fragrance of fresh homemade bread in the kitchen. This basic country white bread recipe is so easy to make that you will never buy bread again. This is a classic white bread recipe that I make time after time. It makes two loaves of the most delicious white bread perfect for morning toast and lunchtime…
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The flavors in this homemade pizza sauce intensify by roasting the vegetables first resulting in a full flavored sauce that will elevate homemade pizza night.

Roasted Roma Pizza Sauce

Preserving· The Kitchen

Roasting the vegetables intensifies the flavors in this Roasted Roma Pizza Sauce. The moisture evaporates leaving behind a rich and deep tomato flavor. The garlic and onions sweeten as they caramelize. Combined, you’ll have the most amazing, full flavored sauce that will elevate homemade pizza night. I snagged a great deal at the farmer’s market this weekend. It was the…
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Celebrate the start of the spring foraging season with this creamy fiddlehead soup with chives. A perfect earthy flavored soup for those cool spring evenings.

Creamy Fiddlehead Soup with Chives

Foraging· Recipes· The Kitchen

Celebrate the start of the spring foraging season with this creamy fiddlehead soup with chives. A perfect earthy flavored soup for those cool spring evenings. This chowder like, soup takes advantage of the early spring harvest of ostrich fern fiddleheads and chives as they emerge from their winter slumber. One of the first spring foraging delicacies to emerge in New…
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orange and black chicken coming toward us

6 Steps to Train Chickens to Come When Called

Farm Birds· The Barnyard

Before you let your chickens free range, it is a good idea to have a strategy to get them back into their pen. Here are tips to train your chickens to come when called. One of the most hilarious things to witness is a flock of chickens running towards you when you call. The flap their wings, roll their bodies,…
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If you are making maple syrup anyway, the process of hot packing and canning maple syrup is just another step that will take you less than a half hour of hands on time.

Canning Maple Syrup

Preserving· The Kitchen

If you are making maple syrup anyway, the process of hot packing and canning maple syrup is just another step that will take you less than a half hour of hands on time. Maple sugaring is at peak right now and we are getting a plentiful amount of sap from our trees this year. Although properly prepared maple syrup can…
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We survived the drive home with bees loose in the car, we survived installing a bee nuc, and we (and the bees) learned how to coexist. See how we did it.

Installing a Bee Nuc Colony

Bees· The Barnyard

We survived the drive home with bees loose in the car, we survived installing a bee nuc, and we (and the bees) learned how to coexist. See how we did it. The last time we got bees was… not a success. The biggest mistake we made was choosing to get a bee package to install into an empty hive. As…
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