canning

How to make and Preserve Garden Fresh Salsa

Oregon Grapes ripe on the wild plant and jars of homemade Oregon Grape jelly

How to make and can Oregon Grape jelly

How to make can or freeze applesauce or pear sauce with pictures of a bowl of chopped fruit a bowl of cooked fruit and a picture of it being processed through a food mill to turn it into sauce

How to make and can or freeze applesauce and pear sauce

How to make and can elderberry jelly

Gallon size glass jar full of homemade sweet and crunchy refrigerator pickles plus pictures of whole cucumbers and sliced cucumbers and onions prepped to make pickles

How to Make Easy Crunchy Refrigerator Pickles

Montana Homesteader blog author Annie Bernauer on the homestead

Hello I'm Annie and welcome to our blog!

I was raised in an old farmhouse in the country and taught by three generations of women in my family to cook from scratch, can and preserve food, nurture plants to grow, craft with my hands, and live a simple, meaningful life. Now I'm teaching my own children these skills on our little homestead in Montana. I am a Master Gardener and a Master Naturalist and love helping others learn. I'm sharing these vintage skills here so you too can live a simple, more connected homemade life- one canning jar at a time!