Using and Storing your Harvests

Our dehydrator has become an essential part of our self-sufficient lifestyle. Each year, we preserve over a hundred kilos (200 pounds) of papaya fruit that can be used for many cooking and baking needs from… Continue reading How to Dehydrate Papaya Fruit

Papaya (or Pawpaw) grows in abundance in our yard. We have been entirely self-sufficient in producing this fruit for many years. As a direct result of preserving over a hundred Kilos of Papaya each year,… Continue reading How to Preserve and Store Papaya : Water Bath Method

When we first started making our own arrowroot powder, I learned a few more ways to use this wonderful product. It took me a bit of trial and error to determine the best ways to… Continue reading What do you use Arrowroot Flour for?

Arrowroot works wonderfully in the kitchen as a great thickening agent for sauces and pie fillings; it helps by adding a great body and creating a clear gel for sweets like puddings, jams, and jellies. It… Continue reading How to use Arrowroot Powder in the kitchen. (9 different ways)

The Canna Edulis can undoubtedly be used as a potato substitute as the rhizomes of the Canna Edulis Plant(Queensland Arrowroot) has a starchy tuber very similar to the common potato. It is straightforward to substitute this… Continue reading Can Canna Edulis be used as a Potato Substitute?

Growing Canna Edulis (Queensland Arrowroot) in our backyard began my quest to learn how to make Arrowroot Powder. I like and try to replace store-bought items with homemade ones, and having a plant that not… Continue reading How to make Arrowroot Powder (with Canna Edulis)

This is a question that any average person should ask when they have just arrived home with a new food dehydrator and are excited to start drying food. The first trial is often something from… Continue reading Do I Have to use all the Trays in a Dehydrator

Dehydrators are becoming very popular in the home these days and it is little wonder why. Drying food in your own home can save money and will prolong the viability of food that you have… Continue reading Does a Humid Climate Affect Dehydrating Food

I have come to love my Pimento Allspice tree. Over the last few years, I have trialed and tested many ways of using this plant and feel that I can finally say with complete confidence… Continue reading Pimento Allspice Tree: Using the Leaves, Berries and Branches

We love Kale, and being able to Preserve Kale so quickly and easily at the end of the season is one of the key reasons this excellent plant gets a few pole positions in our… Continue reading Freezing Raw Kale : Quick and Easy

When we bring freshly picked Snake Beans in from the garden once or twice a day during harvest time, it can add up to many kilos (pounds) by the end of the season. Processing them… Continue reading Canning Snake Beans : Putting-Up Food for Self Reliance

Every year I look forward to the abundance of fruit our Rosella plants give. As the small shrubs begin to fill out and the first flowers start displaying their colors, I enjoy watching the little… Continue reading Using Rosellas – A Self Sufficient Perspective