The Start of the 2023 Garden!
And with a little soil and a mist of water, the first seeds are planted! Our last average frost is April 30th, and it's usually warm...
Bringing the best of the past into today
Welcome! It’s a pleasure to welcome you to this passion project of mine... chronicling a quarantine spent growing and preserving food and making quilts to keep the people I love warm and cozy up. Whether you’re a beginner looking to learn, or a seasoned professional exploring new ideas, A Quilty Cannery is here to inspire. Check out the latest posts below.
And with a little soil and a mist of water, the first seeds are planted! Our last average frost is April 30th, and it's usually warm...
Last night, I tried a new recipe from a home chef YouTuber that claimed that it was "better than takeout" chicken fried rice. It looked...
Ham Shanks make all the difference! On New Year's Day, we were supposed to join a soup potluck party at a friends, and I had a steamy pot...
I definitely did not can as much this year as I did in the past two years, but I have continued to can, steadily, especially some of my...
A few of the garden/homesteading YouTubers I follow all swear by blackened shishito peppers and a garlic aioli sauce (claiming it will...
This year, Thanksgiving was bigger than originally planned, and so it was a great opportunity to make some homemade stock and make some...
In this week's CSA box, we got 4 ears of corn and a leek, amongst other things. I have a bunch of my homegrown poblano peppers and...
I saw a simple Instant Pot recipe on "How to Make Dinner" on youtube tonight, and decided to give it a try. It all came together in...
Earlier in September, I posted a few times about my second tomato canning run of the year (what to do with the peels, and canning crushed...
Tastes of New Mexico in the Frigid North In this post, I'm going to share with you the two different ways that I make a warm and...
Yesterday was the official first day of autumn, and the weather is finally (and quite suddenly) colder and wetter. I have a few days off...
We picked up another peck of roma tomatoes at the Saint Mary's Thursday Farmer's market, and I set out to put more tomatoes up. This...
In this year's garden, I decided to try to grow my own potatoes! I bought a "potato pot" and seed potatoes at Gerten's garden center,...
We keep pulling Jack B Good pumpkins out of the monster patch, and this week pulled out our first regular size pumpkin! Here's the haul...
On a whim, we decided to plant a coupe of pumpkins on the edge of our raised beds... and that's where it all went wrong. It's now...
All safe canning recipes require that you either peel the tomatoes, or remove the peels (and seeds) by running the sauce through a food...
This year, I planted 12 celery starts, and 8 of them have done really well. That's a lot of celery, it doesn't freeze well, and isn't...
This year, we had enough ripe tomatoes from our garden, that my friend and I were able to incorporate them into our annual tomato sauce...
Mid-August is usually the annual you pick corn (aka Corn Pick) for Pahl's CSA members. Since we split a share with our good friends,...
July is the time when the green beans start producing, and our Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm offers a "U-Pick" in their...