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Tutorial: How to Use a Pressure Canner

By Mavis Butterfield on August 6, 2013 - 32 Comments

Using a pressure canner is a little bit different than hot water bath canning, in that it requires a little more attention and every pressure canner is a little bit different. Making sure your pressure canner is in top order {or more specifically, the gauge} is essential. You can usually take it down to your Read More >>

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Reclaimed Food, Weekly Shopping Trips

Food Waste In America – A Week’s Worth of Produce for Free

By Mavis Butterfield on August 6, 2013 - 3 Comments

This week we received 4 boxes of “chicken scraps” from Mr. Produce Guy. Picking up produce that has been deemed “unsaleable” each week has been quite the adventure. Mostly because it’s totally hit and miss. Some weeks we find ourselves swimming in strawberries and other weeks all the reclaimed produce nearly all goes to the Read More >>

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Beef, Freezer meals, Recipes

Easy Freezer Meal Meatballs

By Mavis Butterfield on August 5, 2013 - 21 Comments

I know, I know. It’s another ground beef recipe. But I’m swimming in the stuff since I picked up 40 pounds of ground beef last week {okay so the thought of swimming in ground beef is totally gross. Not like swimming in a pool of noodles Patch Adams style. Cause that would be awesome}. All Read More >>

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Frugal Living

How to Quit Caffeine Days 2,3,4, and 5

By Mavis Butterfield on August 5, 2013 - 12 Comments

Every time I tried to sit down to give you an update on how I was doing in my efforts to stop drinking 20 cups of tea a day {and ultimately quit caffeine}, I got a little teary eyed and then would go write about something else. The truth is, it has been hard! On Read More >>

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Canning Recipes, Recipes

Canning 101 – Pickled Corn Relish

By Mavis Butterfield on August 5, 2013 - 13 Comments

My neighbor Hulda and I decided to try our hands at pickled corn relish this year. It turned out awesome, and I think they will make such great hostess gifts if we can hang on to a few until the holidays. Hulda likes to use her corn relish to top her hot dogs and hamburgers Read More >>

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Gardening, Square Foot Gardening

Square Foot Gardening is Easy

By Mavis Butterfield on August 5, 2013 - 9 Comments

Yesterday I spent quite a bit of time in the garden pulling up spent plants and weeding the garden boxes.Even though the day time temps have been pretty warm here {mid 70’s} the mornings have been kind of chilly and it’s already starting to feel like fall. Which is sort of weird for this time Read More >>

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Weekly Shopping Trips

Mondays with Mavis – How to Feed Your Family for $100 a Month – 51

By Mavis Butterfield on August 5, 2013 - 3 Comments

This week was pretty slow around here. I didn’t buy much because I’ve been home baking cookies and putting a few meals away for later in the week when I’m gone on our Epic Road Trip to St. Jude. We’ve also been eating from our garden and using items we purchased last week so I Read More >>

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2013 Garden Plot Pictures, Gardening

Mavis Butterfield | Backyard Garden Plot Pictures – Week 31 of 52

By Mavis Butterfield on August 4, 2013 - 5 Comments

Backyard Garden Plot Pictures – Week 31 of 52 Check out the pumpkin vines coming out of the oak barrel alongside the potting bench. How cool is that? I’m going to have to train the vines to grow straight pretty soon because if I leave them where they are, the vines will get squashed when Read More >>

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