Sharing what I do each day in my home to keep my family fed & prepared for any type of emergency while on a very tight budget. I do Gardening, Canning, Dehydrating & lots of Money Saving things.
I won a contest!! I was so excited to find out that I had won 2nd place on ladyb003's Channel on Youtube for her Subscriber Appreciation Drawing. I received a $25 Amazon Gift Card!! Yayy me!!
I will be saving it toward possibly a Food Saver since I have been wanting one for quite a few years now. I really would like to be able to Vacuum Seal Canning/Mason Jars that I store dried goods in such as Beans, dehydrated Herbs (that I dry myself). My husband bought me a Nesco Dehydrator a few years back & I have surely enjoyed using that thing. I dry my herbs that I grow as well as lots of other vegetables.
You could be having fun with us on Youtube & possibly enetering & winning contests also~~join us by subscribing to my channel & if you like also you can subscribe to ladyb003. We have lots of fun sharing info on all sorts of things such as Canning, Gardening, Food Storage, Recipes, Chickens & other Homesteading things. Hope you will decide to join us & if you do~please tell me if you read this blog post. Hope you are having a winning day also,
I got a Kindle Fire last Christmas & I have loved using it. Now don't get me wrong, I love books & actually I collect Cookbooks of all kinds, but books can get really expensive at times. Well, I have found a very cool way of collecting more books & it is absolutely free with No Strings or Gimmicks (I just hate gimmicks, don't you?). The free books I am talking about is eBooks? eBooks are digital books that you can read on a Kindle, Nook, any other eReader device or if you don't happen to have any of these--No worries--you can download an App to your computer or Smart Phone to be able to read these eBooks. The best part is....No Waiting for your book to arrive....you can start reading it instantly!! How cool is that?
Check out my video above. The Instructions at first may seem complicated but they really are not complicated. If you have any questions~feel free to contact me & I will be glad to help you. And in no time at all, you will be collecting lots of free eBooks!! Enjoy RedBerry at Homestead Hopes
My garden this past spring has been so messed up. I was traveling at the time I should have been planting, so was unable to do so at the correct times. When I did get home *beginning of June), I went to the stores I have available (which is not much) & grabbed a few scraggly, kinda pathetic looking plants. These included Tomatoes, & Peppers. I was also able to get a Strawberry plant & a few Herbs which looked a bit better. I put the Strawberry & Herbs in pots. These included Oregano, Basil, Rosemary & Dill. The Dill died a couple days later. I am pretty sure it was due to my error in transplanting. The stem seemed to have rotted. Basil is not looking super great but hanging on. The Rosemary was decent size & it is doing great! I also bought a new Cayenne Pepper plant & placed in a pot. My last one lasted 3 years. I live in a very warm (okay HOT) & Humid climate. In Summer, think Sauna. Not fun for longer than 20 min at a time. It lasts for 3+ solid months.
I also have growing from last year Stevia & Mint. They overwintered just fine. The Stevia looks a bit leggy & the leaves not so great. The Mint seemed to be outgrowing it's pot, so I took some cuttings (they are easy to root cuttings) & rooted them in some new small pots. I did the same with the Rosemary. The cuttings are doing great (3 weeks now).
The Tomatoes & Peppers (3 colors of Bell, Jalapeno & Habanero) I planted in my square foot garden beds. They are surviving. With the Heat & Humidity (think Sauna) if we get plants started past May, they tend to not do so great, but I just gambled for the small price, since I was too depressed not to have a garden of any sort this Warm Season. I have plans to do better for my Fall Garden.
I am starting to learn about Medicinal Herbs & would like to grow many more Herbs. I would also like to learn about Wild Edibles & what is Native to my area. I love Plants, Trees, Flowers of most any kind. If not for the Sauna like Climate, I would spend much more time outdoors.
If you would like to join me in my Garden adventures along with my canning adventures which will soon be kicked into high gear (July & Aug) when I do my Fig & Pear Preservation ~stop by RedBerry at Homestead Hopes. I would love to hear from you. I enjoy making friends who have similar interests.
I am not a writer. I do have loads of ideas in my head & tons of things I do around my home but I just never took the time to sit down & blog about it. I do have a Youtube Channel which I have had for 2 years now. Stop By& say Hi. I do gardening, canning, cooking,etc. I have seen so many blogs that I love & admire so I decided to start one & tie it in to my Youtube Channel.
Have you stopped by youtube channel yet? If not no worries~I will have another link at the bottom of this post. I love having new visitors to my channel as I am sure I will to my blog.
So off I go~starting my new blogging adventure. I hope you will join me here at my blog & also at my youtube channel RedBerry at Homestead Hopes. Be sure to leave a comment to say Hi. Also if you have any tips for a newbie blogger~I would appreciate them.
