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PRESERVING FOOD

Easy Root Vegetable Storage Ideas That Need No Root Cellar

May 26, 2021 by Kristi Stone 3 Comments

various root vegetables - Easy Root Vegetable Storage Ideas That Need No Root Cellar - Stone Family Farmstead

As a gardeners, one of the goals of growing your own food is to achieve good nutrition to put on the dinner table. Most crops are preserved by some sort of food preservation method like canning. However, if you have a root vegetable storage plan, you can cut out a lot of extra work for yourself! Root Vegetable Storage Made Easy The benefits for storing root vegetables ...

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Filed Under: HOME & HOMESTEAD, SEASONALTagged With: FALL, PRESERVING FOOD, WINTER

How to Make Fruit Leather from Any Fruit

May 26, 2021 by Kristi Stone Leave a Comment

rolls of fruit leather - How to Make Fruit Leather With Any Fruit - Stone Family Farmstead

If you have your own fruit trees or partake in loss leader deals at the store, you may find yourself with lots of extra fruit on hand during the summer. Rather than letting your overripe fruit go into the compost pile, why not take advantage of the sweetness of fruit at this stage and learn how to make fruit leather? It's nature's candy! So you've made your strawberry jam, ...

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Filed Under: HOME & HOMESTEAD, RECIPES, SEASONALTagged With: FALL, FRUIT, HOMEMADE, PRESERVING FOOD, SUMMER

How to Make a Delicious Peach BBQ Sauce {+ Canning Instructions}

May 24, 2021 by Kristi Stone Leave a Comment

fresh peaches - How to Make a Delicious Peach BBQ Sauce {+ Canning Instructions} - Stone Family Farmstead

Whether you are purchasing peaches from the store or using your peach harvest, you may not have thought of making something savory with them. After you've made your jam, fruit leather, and wine, make sure to save a few lbs to make peach bbq sauce! Barbecue is some of the best food on earth, thank God it's so easy to do! Todd and I ran across this recipe when we were trying ...

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Filed Under: HOME & HOMESTEAD, RECIPES, SEASONALTagged With: FRUIT, PRESERVING FOOD, SUMMER

How to Make Fig Wine at Home {Step-by-Step Instructions}

May 19, 2021 by Kristi Stone 20 Comments

Summer is the season when many delicious fruits are harvested. Sometimes the windfall more than provides more than enough jam, frozen fruit, fruit leather, and other fruit products until next harvest. A great way to use up all of your extra figs is to learn how to make fig wine at home. A few years ago, we were invited to a friend's farm to harvest figs from her huge tree. ...

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Filed Under: HANDMADE, HOME & HOMESTEAD, RECIPESTagged With: BEGINNER, HANDMADE HOLIDAYS, PRESERVING FOOD, SUMMER

How to Make Strawberry Wine Step-By-Step

May 18, 2021 by Kristi Stone 2 Comments

glasses of strawberry wine and a bowl of strawberries - How to Make Strawberry Wine Step-By-Step - Stone Family Farmstead

There's little more satisfying than filling your plate or glass with something you made with your own hands. Even better if it's something you have grown on your homestead! Making fruit wine is one of those satisfying activities, and this one yields the best flavor. This post will teach you how to make strawberry wine with store bought, or home-grown berries. If you ...

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How to Make Strawberry Sauce {Using the Tops!}

May 13, 2021 by Kristi Stone 27 Comments

How to Make Strawberry Sauce {Using the Tops!} - Stone Family Farmstead

It seems such a shame to throw away some of the kitchen scraps we generate. If you are a gardener, chances are that you throw yours into the compost pile, or if you have chickens, to them. But have you ever thought of eating some of them? This recipe will teach you how to make strawberry sauce out of the scraps you may have leftover from canning or dehydrating! There is ...

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Filed Under: RECIPES, SEASONALTagged With: PRESERVING FOOD, SUMMER

How to Make Dehydrated Beans for Convenience Food

April 26, 2021 by Kristi Stone 6 Comments

refried beans and chips - How to Make Dehydrated Beans for Convenience Food - Stone Family Farmstead

As homesteaders, we are constantly busy, aren't we? There is so much to do on our properties that needs attention, and all of it seems to be RIGHT NOW. Despite the fact that we have plenty of food at our fingertips from growing food in our gardens, chicken coops, and perhaps even our livestock, the one thing our homesteads can't really give us back is time. Let me show you how ...

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How to Can Pinto Beans {and other dried beans}

April 21, 2021 by Kristi Stone 10 Comments

Pinto beans in a jar - How to Can Pinto Beans {and Other Dried Beans} - Stone Family Farmstead

Pinto beans, and really, beans of all kinds are a nutritious, inexpensive way to get protein into our bodies. They are so versatile -- great in burritos, chili, soups, salads, and other recipes. Still, paying $1 per 15 oz can is so much more expensive than canning them yourself. Here's my safe instructions on how to can pinto beans in a pressure canner. Pressure canning ...

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How To Eliminate Food Waste When You Harvest

April 16, 2021 by Kristi Stone 17 Comments

food waste being thrown into the trash bin

Gardening is a lot of work, and throwing any part of the harvest away can feel excruciating. Learning the ways to use more of our harvested produce will put more food on the shelf and eliminate food waste in the kitchen. Love finding ways to use up every bit of what you harvest from the garden you work so hard on each season? I get you! For some reason, I feel a ...

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Filed Under: HOME & HOMESTEADTagged With: GARDENING, PRESERVING FOOD, SUMMER

How to Process a Fresh Mint Harvest

April 16, 2021 by Kristi Stone Leave a Comment

fresh mint

Springtime is prime time for harvesting herbs for medicines and teas. The temperate weather allows delicate and not-so delicate herbs to grow abundantly in the garden, and if you are growing mint, plentiful harvests of fresh mint are sure to follow. Mint plants produce and multiply like crazy and trying to figure out all the ways we can use it can be pretty tricky. ...

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Filed Under: FEATURED SEASONAL POSTS, HOME & HOMESTEAD, SEASONALTagged With: GARDENING, PRESERVING FOOD, SUMMER

How To Save Money by Freezing Pumpkin Puree

November 4, 2020 by Kristi Stone 1 Comment

a bowl of pureed pumpkin

Growing pumpkin is relatively easy and depending on the type you are growing, each one can yield quite a bit. Freezing pumpkin puree is a good way to save money on food if you use canned pumpkin frequently, and if you aren't picky about the type of pumpkin you are freezing. Having had to be pretty tight with my budget over the past 30 years (save for the past 6), I've ...

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Filed Under: HOME & HOMESTEAD, RECIPES, SEASONALTagged With: FALL, PRESERVING FOOD

How to Bottle Your Homemade Fruit Wine {4 Ways}

September 4, 2020 by Kristi Stone 1 Comment

wine bottles and beer bottles with the words

Making homemade wine is an excellent way to use up a burgeoning fruit harvest, and it's easy! This is step five in my fruit wine making series, and in this step, you will learn 4 different ways to bottle the wine you worked so hard to make. Steps for Bottling Your Homemade Wine Before we get started, you'll want to choose a bottling vessel. There are a few good ...

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Filed Under: HANDMADE, HOME & HOMESTEAD, SEASONAL, uncategorizedTagged With: ALL CRAFTING, HANDMADE HOLIDAYS, PRESERVING FOOD, SUMMER

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Hi, I’m Kristi!

A little about me….For the past 6 years, we have lived on a scant acre in Southern California. I am the wife of the greatest guy ever….also a veteran ex-homeschooling mom of 3, grandma of 1, and fur mom of many!

Besides writing, my hobbies are gardening, herbs, crafting, scratch cooking, food preservation, goat breeding, and teaching all of these things here, to you, on Stone Family Farmstead’s website.


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