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Archive for July, 2008

Cultured Veggies

Lactofermented food is a new concept for me, but has been used as food preservation for centuries.  It has tons of nutritional benefits and it tastes great.
 
I just made my first batch of lacto-fermented cucumbers, green peppers, and onions….and they are soooo yummy.
Here is the recipe I used if you’d like to try it out.  [...]

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Hey, for any of you out there intimidated by the idea of pressure canning/cooking.  Please know that YES, you can do it!  I did it for the first time a couple weeks ago.  So, if I can do it, ANYONE can do it!
I’ve canned several quarts of beans so far.  I really was soooo reluctant [...]

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Got Cucumbers?

These are days are when we are reminded ”yes…all those days of watering, weeding, working in the garden are worth it”…sweat, callouses, and all .
Our gracious heavenly Father is blessing us with a bountiful harvest of green beans, cucumbers, and peppers.  It’s so rewarding to feed our family food that is grown from our own backyard [...]

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The Potter’s Hand

BEAUTIFUL LORD, WONDERFUL SAVIOR
I KNOW FOR SURE, ALL OF MY DAYS
ARE HELD IN YOUR HAND
CRAFTED INTO YOUR PERFECT PLAN
YOU GENTLY CALL ME INTO YOUR PRESENCE
GUIDING ME BY YOUR HOLY SPIRIT
TEACH ME, DEAR LORD
TO LIVE ALL MY LIFE THROUGH YOUR EYES
I’M CAPTURED BY YOUR HOLY CALLING
SET ME APART, I KNOW YOU’RE DRAWING
ME TO YOURSELF.  LEAD [...]

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Busy bees

 
We’re finding out that summer is a very busy time to keep up with a blog.  Most of our “spare” time is spent in the garden these days!  So if all 2 of our readers are wondering where we are….this is it…
 
This picture is several weeks old.  So the garden is much more filled in now [...]

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