Food Storage Recipe ~ Homemade Jam

Making homemade jam is really not too hard. Here is my favorite recipe for making it.

YUMMY and everyone in the family loves it. It does not last very long in our house.

NEED :

3 pounds of fruit - I use 1 pound each of berries to make a mixed berry jam. Raspberries, Blackberries, and Strawberries.

3 1/3 cup of sugar

1/4 teaspoon of coarse salt

2 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice

Stir the ingredients together in a large heavy bottomed pot.

 Bring to a boil. Stir it until the sugar is dissolved and mash the fruit with a potato masher.

Add the lemon juice and continue to boil.

Stir it frequently until the bubbles slow, chunks of fruit show at the top , and the mixture clings to a spoon , but falls off in clumps. About 10 to 12 minutes.

Skim any foam from the top.

Ladle the jam into clean, glass jars . Leave a 3/4 inch of headroom from the top of the jam to the top of the jar.

Let them cool completely.

Cover with tight lid, label, and refrigerate for pu to a month. You can also freeze for up to a year.

Herb Drying 101: How to Dry Herbs at Home

Herb Drying 101: How to Dry Herbs at Home was a free kindle book at the time of this posting.

How to Dry Herbs at Home

Do you have an overwhelming supply of herbs in your garden that you just can’t catch up with?

The tendency is that they wilt and die or they go unused and wasted and yet you’re left with nothing to use in the winter.

Herbs work like magic in most dishes and beverages. They are also useful ingredients in aromatherapy treatments and some craft projects. It makes sense to have a steady stream of herbs all year long as well as knowing the best preservation methods applicable to different types of herbs.

The Herb Drying 101: How to Dry Herbs at Home will show you that you don’t have to buy herbs all the time and you can have them handy even when they’re not in their growing season. Drying herbs is an inexpensive, almost free preservation method that any person could do. Whether you want to hang your herbs, dry them in the sun, or pop them into the microwave, having dried herbs within your reach will certainly be most useful.

Get the most of your herb garden by drying your herbs and making them available all year round. Never run out of basil and tarragon again even if they’re off season and always have a supply of dried lemon balm and lavender anytime.

The Herb Drying 101: How to Dry Herbs at Home will show you that you can maximize your herbs by preserving them for different purposes in easy and stress-free ways!

DIY: How to Build a Solar Water Distiller: Do It Yourself Make a Solar Still for Distilling Water Without Electricity or Water Pressure

DIY: How to Build a Solar Water Distiller: Do It Yourself Make a Solar Still for Distilling Water Without Electricity or Water Pressure was a free Kindle book when this post was written.



 Build a solar water distiller yourself to purify water without electricity or water pressure. Always have clean and drinkable water. Water is the most important thing for survival.

Is a Wood Powered Water Heater a Practical Way to Heat Your Home's Water?

Heating water is one of the biggest energy consumers in a typical home. Usually second to heating and air conditioning. For most, this is done with either electricity or gas. There are also wood powered water heaters that are little known, but for some, this can mean free hot water. But are wood fired water heaters really practical for home use?

Heating water is a great way to utilize the energy from a fire, and a wood fire is no different. This is a much more efficient process than making electricity from fire. A wood powered water heater can be very simple to build, and to operate, and can be relatively expensive.

My family has a remote cabin that is off grid. About a decade ago we bought a wood fired hot water heater and are still using it to this day. For occasional use, this unit is great. It is built similar to a gas water heater and works the same way. The difference is, instead of a gas burner at the bottom, there is a small wood burning firebox.

The water heater actually works great. We mostly use the larger slivers and chips of wood that tend to accumulate around the firewood splitter. They are easy to ignite and fit nicely in the small firebox. Although the small size of the firebox opening makes things a little awkward for building fires, it's actually easy to get one going since it drafts well.

Once a fire is going we just keep an eye on it and put on more fuel when needed. After about 20 minutes or so the water is hot enough for a shower. At that point there is usually enough water for two showers and enough left over for washing dishes.

It is amazing how little wood it takes to heat this much water. As far as energy use, this unit works great. But the downside is convenience, or lack of convenience. For everyday use, it would become a chore to have to build a fire and wait 20 minutes before you can have hot water. So for a typical home, this is not going to fit in well with most people's busy lifestyles. But for a situation like a remote vacation home, it works great. Most of the time in sunny weather, we don't use the wood fired water heater. A solar shower is much more convenient when the weather is warm and sunny.

I recently discovered a new water heating unit that attaches to your wood stove. I have not tried it but I like the idea. Learn more about this wood water heater.

Learn how inexpensive a solar water shower can be.

Homemade Soap & Shampoo Box Set: Over 60 Creative & Exclusive Soap Making Recipes With 25 Natural Shampoo Recipes

Homemade Soap & Shampoo Box Set: Over 60 Creative & Exclusive Soap Making Recipes With 25 Natural Shampoo Recipes (Homemade Soap & Shampoo Box Set, Homemade Soap & Shampoo, Soap Making) was a free kindle book when this post was written.

BOOK #1: Soap Making: Discover the Magic of Soap Making With These 30 Creative Recipes

Soaps have been manufactured in the world for a very long time. People have become more creative in trying to find new ways in which they can make soap either for domestic use or commercial purposes.

Here is what you will learn after reading this book:

• The amazing creative process of soap making
• The practicability and experiments to come up with soap that satisfies different taste or requirements
• Different recipes
• Techniques to achieve texture of the soap, feel, scent, color, smoothness and many other characteristics of the soap making
• Employed method in making of soaps

BOOK #2: DIY Projects: 33 Exclusive Soap Making Ideas! Creativity Is In Your Hands!

You have selected a way to enhance the soapmaking process, whether you have started it recently or are an old pro. In title, you will glean many ideas for making this practical art more enjoyable and perhaps more lucrative.

You will learn how to:

• Apply ideas to the soapmaking process
• Learn how to use soap for gifts
• Display and marketing ideas
• And much, more…

BOOK #3: Diy Homemade Shampoo: 25 Simple Natural Shampoo Recipes for Strong and Shiny Hair

The treatment of your scalp is a sensitive aspect. Hair grows from the root, so to deal with scalp issues and all of the solutions that were provided can always be had and most of the time you have the ingredients in your own kitchen. Let’s face it, showers are awesome, and taking a shower is its own experience, but if you don’t want it to cut into your day because you want some extra rest I the morning or you have something else to focus on, then the ingredients and a variety of ingredients and recipes should offer you a way to be that way.

After all, it’s your head, your routine and your schedule that demands a solution. If you want a problem to solve, then there are many recipes to choose from and explore different ways to make your hair, and get on going with a change and maybe even have dandruff for the last time, it could happen.

This book will help you with the following:

• Giving you over 25 natural shampoo recipes for your scalp
• The variety of hair types means that there is obviously more than one option for solving the issue
• Whether its dandruff, thickness, thinness or dry scalp
• Solutions vary for the different hair types and most of it begins with scalp treatment