20 homestead kitchen essential items every homesteaders needs.

I kicked the food preservation into high gear this past week in order to meet my goal to have the pantry finished by the second week in November. It was a week of very little sleep.

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Bess lives in a breathtaking old farmhouse with her husband, three cats, and a few (or more) ducks, geese and chickens. Between her love of wildflowers, natural dyed linens and perfecting the art of antiquing, she captured our hearts the minute we crossed paths.

12:13 pm - 48 degrees - light rain and fog... You stroll out in to the garden, picking ripe fruits and vegetables, knowing that come February you’ll still be enjoying their freshness. For those of us attracted to the romantic aspects of self-sufficient life, this is an appealing scenario and one that we’re seriously looking into. After searching the internet and Pinterest – this is what I found out... {photo source: pinterest.com} Root cellars, the ancient technology that enables the…