How I Made Homemade Muscadine Wine for the First Time Last week, I made the most delicious muscadine jelly using the grapes on my family’s farm, but we still have an abundance of those tasty southern grapes. So this week I began another homesteading experiment with making homemade muscadine wine, and it’s a bit more[…]
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The Best Simple Muscadine Jelly Recipe
The Best Simple Muscadine Jelly Recipe I moved to Georgia this past weekend and am currently staying at my family’s farm house in a small town outside of Athens. My dad has an overabundance of muscadines growing in the backyard and asked me if I could find something to do with them. If you haven’t[…]
How to Regrow Plants from Your Kitchen Scraps
About a week and a half ago, I posted about my experiments in regrowing vegetables and fruits from kitchen scraps. It’s been such a fun project and so easy! My celery plant has been growing beautifully. I basically put it in a shallow bowl of water and waited for it to sprout from the center.[…]
How to Grow Plants from Kitchen Scraps
Normally, when working in the kitchen, I collect all my food prep scraps and throw them into the compost tumbler in my backyard. However, several times on Pinterest, I’ve seen links for how to regrow plants from kitchen scraps and finally decided to give it a try. What an excellent way to reduce waste, right?[…]
Natural Remedies to Rid your Garden of Snails
Natural Remedies to Rid your Garden of Snails My little plants have really been enjoying this rainy spring weather in Houston and are growing beautifully. However, in the past few weeks, I’ve started to notice little bites out of my vegetable plants. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t mind sharing a few leaves with the[…]