Includes Preservation (canning, drying or dehydrating, freezing, fermenting), Cooking and Baking, Cheesemaking, and Teas.
Eating and Living Seasonally on the Homestead Homestead Kitchen Original post: January 3, 2026 Today I want to talk about eating and living seasonally on the homestead. It’s January here in our borderline zone 5/6 area, and almost nothing is growing outside – maybe a few kale plants or other cool-weather crops if we’re lucky. […]
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Sanitary Cheese Preserver Homestead Kitchen Original post: July 7, 2019 Last Updated: December 31, 2025 This is a Sanitary Cheese Preserver. It is a thick glass chamber with portions raised in the bottom to hold cheese out of the mixture of vinegar, salt, and water that was believed to help preserve the cheese. The lid
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Tomato season is here! Homestead Kitchen Canning Original Post: August 24, 2020 Last Updated: December 22, 2025 How’s your garden doing? The tomatoes are finally turning red here and time to get to canning sauce. Thought I’d share this old YouTube for those that don’t know the process. Please check out the YouTube Channel and
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Flatbread is so easy to make, and making it from scratch is the best. We first grind flour from Winter white wheat berries. Add real salt, goats’ milk, and melted butter to it to create a dough. Let the dough rest 20 minutes. Cut the dough into pieces and roll and shape the pieces into flat rounds. Just brown each side of the flat rounds and you have flat bread!
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Easy Fruit Salad Homestead Kitchen Recipe Original Post: June 10, 2019 Last Updated: December 9, 2025 Bren is in the kitchen at Pioneer Mountain Homestead making a very fast fruit salad using fresh strawberries from the homestead garden. Disclaimer: Pioneer Mountain Homestead blogs, vlogs, opinions, and videos are for entertainment purposes only. Always read and understand safety guidelines
An Easy To Use pH Meter for Homestead Uses Last Updated: November 23, 2025 I recently got into sour dough bread and I am struggling. I was suggested to get a pH meter to help identify what I am doing wrong. Honestly, I was hesitant to get one because I wasn’t certain of my skills
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