Couponing 101

APRIL 9, 2019

For the past 10 years, I have been making my own jams, jellies, pickles, salsas, and sauces and canning them. Not because my mother or grandmother taught me how to do it, as a tradition passed down from generation to generation. The following is a guest post by Raising A Family On A Budget. Like it a little spicy?

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Canning Homemade Simple Making 81

Couponing 101

JUNE 6, 2011

For the past 10 years, I have been making my own jams, jellies, pickles, salsas, and sauces and canning them. Not because my mother or grandmother taught me how to do it, as a tradition passed down from generation to generation. Simple Guide to Canning and Making Homemade Jelly – Part 1 is a post from Couponing 101.

Canning 94

Canning Homemade Simple Making 94

Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Pick a theme, such as cooking basics 101, family recipes, bread baking, or preserving /canning. This sweet little candy dish was a gift from my grandmother. My great-grandmother made a lot of her gifts. I treasure my recipe cards that were handwritten by my grandmother. Family Heirlooms. Are you good at calligraphy?

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Christmas Gifts Home and Garden Flowers and Gifts 130

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 17, 2014

It’s been around forever in one form another, whether back when your grandmother reused glass bottles for canning or in 2014 when a truck comes around to pick up all those empty soda cans you put out at the end of your driveway. Ah, recycling.

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Recycle Recycled Recycling Reuse 217

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

My Grandmother was born in 1898. Food was preserved by canning, drying or storing in a cool cellar or the ice house. Your environment defines what is considered a ‘need’ My Grandmother lived in a different environment and had different needs than I. Absolutely not! She lived on a farm. Water was drawn from the well.

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Plumbing Grandmother Food and Drink Gasoline 227

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 17, 2012

In good years our gardens can be bountiful, throwing off much more food than we can consume before it goes bad. Others have re-learned canning skills our grandmother’s used. It is healthier to use whole foods, than it is to use foods processed by freezing or canning. What is a root cellar?

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Advantage Home and Garden Canning Gardening 210