DIY & Info

This is where I will post my Tip's , Do It Yourself and stuff that is important in one way or another. It is always being updated I seem to learn something new every time I preserve, dehydrate, can, or create something. xoxo

Preserving Tip's and How To's


Bottles re-Use them
Brown Fruit what to do 
Capsaicin what is it?  
Floating Fruit ways to prevent this
Foam in my Jam ? 

Frozen Fruit for Canning Jam
Gel Point of Jam 
Ice bath for pickles prior to pickling WHY?
Jar Label's FREE 

Lemon's
Lid's Preparing them for canning
Maheb the Spice for Bread &Butter Pickles
Pectin make your own
Pickling Spices 
PIT'S Do Not Use Them
Preparing your Jars for canning
Preserving Safety  
Remove the ring/twist after water-bath
Sectioning Citrus for Marmalade
Set is my jam Set? 

Why did I cut the ends off my pickles?
Why did my Jam not set?
What is Jam, Preserves, Chutney and all that stuff

Pressure Canning Tip's and How To's

How do I know when jam is set?

Canning and Preserving Tools
Pressure Canning Safety 
Soaking and Cleaning your beans 

Home Stuff

Canning lids and rims re-purposed
Clean and Season Cast Iron Clothes Line    
Wooden Spoon Butter (Conditioner)   

Dishes and Laundry 

The 411 on Dish Washing Soap 
Clothes Line
DIY Fabreze
Fabric Softener
Homemade Washing Soda 
Laundry Detergent

Food

Freezing Buttermilk 
Freezing Lemons 
Freezing Parsley
Gotta have Good Honey
Sectioning Citrus for Jam