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Canning Green Beans the Old-Fashioned Way: Easy How to Guide

Let’s make a homemade pie crust…I’m telling you, n

Let’s make a homemade pie crust…I’m telling you, nothing will level up your holiday baking like this!

🥧 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
🥧 1 cup cubed very cold butter
🥧 1/2 tsp fine salt
🥧 4-8 TB ice cold water

Combine flour and salt.

Cube up very cold butter & add to the flour.

Gently toss the butter in the flour to coat all sides.

Using a pastry blender (or your hands) press the flour through the butter. I like to finish this step with my hands to leave flat pieces of butter throughout the mixture.

Add 4 tablespoons of ice cold water and mix with a wooden spoon. Don’t over work the dough as you would with bread dough. Combine just until the dough can be pressed together but is still slightly crumbly.

Add more water if needed.

Turn out dough onto plastic wrap (divide into 2)

Press dough into rounds using the plastic wrap.

If dough is warm, refrigerate briefly before rolling out 1/4” thick.

If using a top crust or lattice, brush with egg wash and sprinkle with sugar for that extra golden finish.

Bake in your favorite pie recipes.

🥧 Enjoy! 🥧

We have had quite the busy season with baby goats

We have had quite the busy season with baby goats being born, a new calf out of @sandyslopesfarms Dexter bull, Tully, and the unfortunate development that the calf’s mom had 4 blind quarters… meaning no milk for baby Charlotte.

After bottle feeding with raw milk from @sandyslopesfarms , we decided to bring on a new Jersey cow in milk to keep us, and Charlotte in milk.

Welcome to the farm to this sweet girl & all she has been providing for us 🫶🏼

It’s pickle canning season and lucky for you, I ha

It’s pickle canning season and lucky for you, I have a whole blog post that takes the guess work right out of it!

If you’re new to canning or want to try one of our favorite recipes, head over to the block and search my dill pickle recipe. You won’t regret it 🥒

Learning the skill of canning can feel like a daun

Learning the skill of canning can feel like a daunting task. Even with the best recipes, you need the right canning supplies to get the job done.

Check out my most recent blog post (in my bio) to get my tried-and-true tools I use year after year. Whether you’re just starting or upgrading, this list covers all the canning essentials.

Happy canning!

The peonies are up early and my spring loving hear

The peonies are up early and my spring loving heart is thrilled 🫶🏼

I think it’s safe to say the 2025 growing season i

I think it’s safe to say the 2025 growing season is officially under way.

Tired, but more than that, deeply fulfilled. This is what we live for 🫶🏼

It’s good to be back in milk… and iced coffee 🥛

It’s good to be back in milk… and iced coffee 🥛

Welcome to the farm, Dolly. She was given her name

Welcome to the farm, Dolly. She was given her name, before coming to us, after the great Dolly Parton; manifesting an impressive udder for milking 🤣🙌🏼

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