Smokey Acres Podcast

A little bonus episode for your week(: Charlie talks about all that goes into preparing the homestead for winter.

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An apple a day keeps the doctor away...or at Smokey Acre Farm, an apple a day is not enough apples eaten with how many our tree produced this year. Charlie discusses all the apples they harvested this year and the ways they preserved them from cider to apple chips to sliced for the freezer all with the help of some very good friends.

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Thanks for listening(:

In today's episode, Charlie discusses the not-so-fun side of homesteading and raising animals. Charlie and Kyle had to butcher roosters they hatched this past spring, she talks about her feelings regarding it and the upside of having farm-raised chicken in their freezer.

In today's episode, Charlie discusses the ways you can go about preserving your garden harvest. From canning to freezing, dehydrating and fermenting, what you need and what works the best. 

Listen to the end for information that was left out of the composting episode(:

References:

The Old Fashioned on Purpose podcast with Jill Winger

Roots and Refuge Farm on youtube 

Put 'em Up "A Comprehensive Home Preserving Guide for the Creative Cook" by Sherri Brooks Vinton