by Spiraea Herbs | Aug 6, 2019 | Canning & Preserving, Fermented Foods, Homesteading, Natural Health, Recipes
As many of you know I’ve been on a fermentation kick lately. I am loving this method of preserving our harvest, especially since it adds such a wide range of health benefits to our already healthy home-grown chemical free food. What Exactly is Fermentation? A...
by Spiraea Herbs | May 9, 2019 | Canning & Preserving, Homesteading
Each and every spring we are blessed with an abundance of eggs. This abundance is often mirrored with a severe lack of eggs in the winter months when the gals’ egg production drops drastically (we prefer to follow the rhythms of nature and do not supplement...
by Spiraea Herbs | May 11, 2018 | Canning & Preserving, Homesteading
We love growing garlic. It’s a staple crop on our homestead and staple food in our home. I’m the kind of person that if a recipe calls for a single clove of garlic I laugh really really hard and then triple it. Seriously, what recipe only needs one clove...
by Spiraea Herbs | Aug 31, 2017 | Canning & Preserving, Homesteading, Recipes
I’ve really been branching out in my canning over the last few years and these bread and butter pickles are one of my branches. I didn’t grow up in a pickle family – meaning that it wasn’t really something we served or had as a side dish. It...
by Spiraea Herbs | Jul 26, 2017 | Canning & Preserving, Garden, Homesteading, Uncategorized
It’s mid to late July here in southern Ontario and in our zone 5a garden this is when we start to think about pulling up that garlic we planted in the fall. Garlic is a staple in our family – we simply adore this aromatic wonder. I’m one of those...
by Spiraea Herbs | Apr 12, 2017 | Canning & Preserving, Homesteading, Recipes
Homesteading can mean a lot of things depending on who you ask. For us one of the key components is self sufficiency and home-cooked food. Over the last few weeks I’ve read terrifying articles, one after another about mass produced food found in our grocery...
