The Suburban Homestead
Chokecherry Jelly Recipe Late summer and fall, you might notice that your chokecherry trees are starting to ripen fruit. We have several recipes to take advantage of this backyard treat. Today, we are showing you how to make our favorite Chokecherry Jelly recipe. This recipe is part of our Foraging Minnesota series. If you like […]
Gardening is a fun and rewarding hobby and lifestyle for millions of people around the country. One way to extend your gardens produces is from drying herbs. This is especially important if you live in the North because we have such a short growing season. By learning how to dry fresh herbs, we can introduce […]
We need to talk about the easiest way to pull a tooth. Search youtube and the interweb and you will find hundreds of creative ways to pull a tooth. We narrow it down for you and demonstrate our favorite method: Pulling a tooth with a bow and arrow. Watch the Video Watch the video and […]
DIY Cedar Garden Gate The DIY Cedar Garden Gate is a very inexpensive way to add a nice entry to your garden. With minimal cost and only a small amount of time, this DIY gate is perfect for any fence around your garden. A good gate is multi-functional. This one provides an easy access to […]
Dill Pickle Recipe A quick note about canning: Canning is very safe if you follow food safety guidelines. I highly recommend sticking to known and trusted sources like Ball’s Blue Book and actually read the first chapter where it talks about food safety. We usually use published recipes, but this post is a family recipe that has […]
Tomato Sauce From Our Garden So, why would someone go through the trouble of making all of their own sauce from their garden? Going to the store seems so easy right? Why don’t we just buy all of our produce? It seems so much easier than growing, harvesting, canning, and storing all of our own […]
How To Make Crab Apple Jelly Making homemade crab apple jelly is a fun project I look forward to doing with my kids each summer. We have several wild crabapple trees that grow around my yard and in local area parks. Besides being beautiful spring trees full of pinks, reds, and whites, the crabapple also produces […]
It’s our first post! It is for one of the best salsa recipe ideas we have. We’re so excited to get this blog up and going. I couldn’t help but start it as quickly as I could install WordPress. I’m Chris from Four Kids and a Chicken and this is our new blog. I own […]