This is the START to Replacing the GROCERY STORE with the GREENHOUSE

This is the START to Replacing the GROCERY STORE with the GREENHOUSE
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I was born and raised 20 minutes from Boston, MA. At the age of 17, I was diagnosed with Anxiety. My personal experience with the prescribed medication was NOT POSITIVE. So I decided to find better way. I didn't know it at the time but, that was the BEGINNING for me! I have been “FINDING A BETTER WAY” in all areas in my life ever since. Better ways of how to create a modern homestead affordably, and a better way to provide my family with healthy foods, and so….. much MORE!
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[@LumnahAcres]

the Canning Book we use for recipes and guidelines amzn.to/3f1uVXe

[@cocoadivamgold1371]

Thanks..🔆

[@vivekpatel199]

Thanks

[@fireforcecreative]

Will add it to the list. Ta muchly!

[@hutchlinda9]

It's called the Ball Blue book, I got my first one from my grandmother in the '60s.

[@kathysemrau2301]

My comment went bye bye! Good morning!

[@ramonacase2952]

I was just thinking...I'm so proud for ya'll. I remember when you painted the goat wall red and was milking one mama goat. I've watched ya'll build from videoing 7 days to 5. And now look at ya'll!!! both are able to be on the homestead full time. WQW it's really time to take a bow. I've watched with baited breath each new addition. Thank ya'll for being there. Ya'll are truly a blessing for many of us!

[@josephpedone2004]

Good morning Lumnah family ☕️☕️ double cup of coffee today.vacation is finished and heading home. Try pickled zucchini same recipe... have a blessed day

[@dianetucker2711]

Joseph Pedone Could you use the same recipe for okra or green beans also?

[@josephpedone2004]

Definitely green beans, I’ve never tried pickled okra

[@josephpedone2004]

Try asparagus too, it’s awesome

[@BillyJones-mf3ev]

I really like how you're showing how to preserve food in a variety of ways. Please do more, thank you.

[@maryblaylock6545]

An excellent book for that is called 'Putting Food By'.

[@BillyJones-mf3ev]

@@maryblaylock6545 Thank you, I'll check it out.

[@ldg2655]

I blanch my zucchini in heavily salted water for just a minute or two, then dehydrate. They make good snacks that way, too. You don’t need to line your veggies up exactly, I just dump and “tousle” them so that they all pretty much have contact with the tray. Saves time. A lot of time, I’ll stir them lightly as they dry to be sure every piece gets dried evenly.

[@kaahearn1834]

Simple zucchini recipe: thinly slice 10-12 small zucchini and reserve in a bowl. In a large sauté pan heat your choice of oil (olive is the best); covering pan’s surface to about 1/4 inch. In a separate bowl; add a1/4 cup of wine vinegar and two tablespoons of freshly rough cut mint. Sauté zucchini until golden brown. Remove from oil, let excess drip back into pan. Place zucchini in vinegar/mint bath and repeat procedure, building in layers. Great with pork, chicken and lamb.

[@SuziePG]

I just love to see how well you and Gina work together completing projects. As a viewer, I can really see the love come through that you have for each other. I admire your families togetherness and not letting too much of the outside world in. Your homestead is beautiful. The cookies looked amazing. 🍪🍪🍪🍪

[@sharonlarochelle1192]

I’m canning spaghetti sauce this morning inside!!! I cooked in crockpots overnight to keep the heat down in the kitchen. Yum A side note: don’t tip your jars as you take them out of the canner as it can break the seal. Obviously yours were ok from the popping. 😊

[@TXNLaurenMcN]

Sharon LaRochelle ~ A quick swipe with a towel once they're all in the box will take care of the water on top. Good point.

[@agnestakacs2059]

Such a lovely sight when you can vegetables ☺️ especially cucumbers! Nice to see you and Gina back in the kitchen together 👍

[@susiessoapstuff1459]

If you add one-two garlic cloves just split in half per jar in each of those pickle jars, it is super yummy. The sound of the jars sealing is your applause for a job well done. Makes me smile every time I hear that.

[@susannemarieschuster3974]

You could also grate the larger zucchini parts and dehydrate and use in zucchini bread pancakes etc

[@wayneleamon3186]

My wife love her Excalibur dehydrator. She processes all kinds of things in the dehydrator. A couple of years ago we purchased a 20 pound bag of Vidalia onions and she dehydrated them. That entire 20 pounds did not even fill up a quart jar. The garden in the greenhouse is looking great. You all should have an awesome harvest.

[@nancylitton390]

The best way to start the day, Lumnah family!!!! Thank you for sharing your journey and God bless you and your family.

[@ewjorgy]

Hi guys, Obviously you don't need any reminders but... you are literally living my dream! Please be thankful for every second! Take care, be well and all the best from California 💛

[@hanorabrennan8846]

Loving the content of farm and home plus seeing you all so happy. Reassuring to see your appreciation of Mother Nature's bounty and sharing it all with us. I would rank you as one of the best and natural homesteaders on YT. Glad that WEAR sent Hope to you. The Hollars and Art and Bri are also precious gems along with your lovely friends in Phoenix, Arizona, Weed 'em and Reap. Al, never forget what a difference you make for the human and animal kingdoms. One gripe only, your cookies and pizza are way too pale. Let them Brown a little? Huh? TFS. 🏆 ♥ 🇮🇪 🇮🇪 🇮🇪

[@Mouse2677]

Dehydrators are great! Ours we use almost completely for Tomatoes as they are so good dried. Must preoat the grid so the tomatoes don't stick and pack them tight so that shrinked can be maximums

[@Jomama02]

You can also use parchment paper so they don't stick and now they even make this teflon paper that you just wipe off and reuse. It's not really teflon but it is non stick!

[@vickilee2185]

Al, you are truly a morning person. The preserving wasn't too painful. Just having steaming outside makes a hugh difference. Not so much the discomfort of an overheated house. Well thank goodness for that! Pickles looked soooo good. The tuxedo cat was missing. On furlough this week? Happy 'lets avoid the grocery store'. Enjoy!

[@ngdlist]

I am glad to see how the dehydrator worked out with the zucchini. Will purchase one as it makes sense.

[@CRuf-qw4yv]

Looks like a couple of cattle for your beef supply may be a future project. That would help with keeping that back few acres of pasture in check. Sooner or later you will need to hire a ranch hand. .

[@reneebrown2968]

I'm about over the summer veggies. I can't wait for fall garden. Carrots broccoli cabbage turnips collards and most especially the Brussel sprouts. Yay.

[@margaretbedwell58]

First canning of the season...and dehydrating. The pickles look great. Al when you were picking the dill, it reminded me, a friends mom used to pickle beets and always put 1 sprig of dill in each jar. They were absolutely delicious. Sweet, tangy with a tiny hint of dill. mmm good. Y'all have a Blessed day.

[@karmamagers537]

I love the sound of Hope and the girls trotting down the path to breakfast! They are such wonderful goats.

[@elizabetha8373]

I love that you are canning them outside. My father in law gave me a propane setup to do that and hopefully next year I'll have a big enough crop to do use it.

[@ronwhite6719]

Your videos are so "home grown" and informative and enjoyable and consistent. Thank you for my daily sanity check ❤

[@bascia3125]

We never wiped the lids off, there's a possibility of lint on the rubber seal, we always kept them in water soaking. Used them wet, that was back in the day, though. Really miss canning,might do some pickles, but hard to find jars now! **Put a plastic tablecloth down, before you do your canning, so the vinegar doesn't get on your counter by accident?**

[@TXNLaurenMcN]

barbw ~ Try the kitchen section of most Walmarts. They still sell them in the cases.

[@maryblaylock6545]

Whipperwill Holler has great canning recipes with help finding other good people with lots of experience in canning and preserving food. She keeps a bowl of vinegar and a lint free cloth(like cheese cloth) next to her jars as she is filling them. She wipes down the rims and outside of the jar and takes the lid out of hot water and puts it on the jar. Happy canning!

[@maryblaylock6545]

I also like old fashioned oilcloth table cloths. They last longer than sheet plastic. And they are prettier!

[@bascia3125]

@@TXNLaurenMcN ours are out of them, not even jelly glasses!

[@bascia3125]

@@maryblaylock6545 thank you!

[@Zarmiera]

I won't lie. A lot of the set up offered on this channel for a homestead have become some of my personal goals for my own homestead. Love this channel.

[@cheekymonkey666]

as for the herb garden i grow ours in a rock garden area, you got plenty of rocks... i used the larger once to shade the herbs from the wind and hot sun, but keeping it wet enough for the herbs to thrive...

[@geekgal3614]

Thank you for showing how to do pickles!! I have 20 cucumbers to process but have never done a water bath canning. Seems simple enough, I am going to try it this week!! Bless you all!

[@70acres]

I was dehydrating celery, peppers & carrots all Winter. It is amazing how they shrink. I'm going to make Mexican cucumber melon pickles this year. We have a bumper crop of them. Blessings to all.

[@mikes10663]

Thanks for including the sound of the jar lids popping. I haven't done any canning in MANY years, so it's fun to hear it again.

[@davidpoynter6546]

My grandma canned everything my grandpa grew in the garden. Her pickles was placed in these 5+ gallon ceramic pots, she used rock weights to hold them down in the pickling solution. She made like 5 different types, she then canned them. You could always tell when she was doing pickles the beautiful smell was throughout the house.

[@lorishealinghomestead5047]

Goood morning!!! I just got the 9 tray Excalibur and I’d love more videos on it. I think it will take some getting used to. My one from Walmart works faster but I heard for herbs you need to do it at a lower temp. 🤷🏼‍♀️ I love your videos. I’m one of those that won’t miss a morning and feel lost on Wednesday and Sunday morning. Like I’m lost. Lol

[@LumnahAcres]

Thanks.

[@ginacota9724]

Lori Palczer’s Homestead same here with the Wednesdays and Sundays LOL those are my two least favorite days of the week now

[@lorishealinghomestead5047]

I’ve learned so much from Al and Gina. I tell everyone that will listen to watch them. Lol I love the little tricks Al does. Genius!!! 🥰

[@elizabethmacdonald4605]

Lori Palczer’s Homestead same here!

[@margaretpatton4806]

I helped my Grandma do all her canning on her kitchen wood stove. That's the only time I ever remember him working in the kitchen with her was canning season. It was so hot!

[@frankgerlach5059]

Turn your dried vegetables to flour in the processor, add to any loaf for added nutrition and or flavor, depending on the vegs of course. Make your own vanilla, vanilla beans and vodka. Vanilla comes in different strengths, called, "folds" an 8 fold vanilla is 8 times as strong as normal store bought vanilla. Buy vanilla beans, split scrape all those tiny, tiny seeds out and put the whole thing in the vodka, wait a couple of months and your home made is ready. Recipes are on the internet Way better than store bought. Don't just put the seeds, put the husk and all, IN what ever eatable alcohol you want. I've used brandy with good results.

[@pwengert1]

Those pickles looked, as you say, Al, “Delicious!” It was interesting seeing you process them outside. Great idea! My two favorite expressions you use, Al are your Boom! & your Delicious! We so enjoy watching you guys! Our favorite show to turn on each day.

[@edman6111]

Peace Love and Hugs to everyone @ Lumnah nation. Have a nice hot sweaty steamy day !!

[@mariowickel456]

Gina, re: veggies take zucchini,beets, onions, carrots, turnips, bell peppers, put into dehydrator as you normally would after dry put into processor and make your own veggie boullion

[@dianetucker2711]

Mario Wickel Ooooo, what a fantastic idea!

[@TXNLaurenMcN]

Mario Wickel ~ If I don't have a dehydrator, can I dry slices of veggies out in a very low oven? (I probably should have looked this up on my own, but it just occurred to me and my typing fingers took over, lol.)

[@mariowickel456]

@@TXNLaurenMcN can be done quite easily low temp in the oven , prop the door open a smidge to let out humidity

[@mariowickel456]

@@TXNLaurenMcN check out my German recipes on KZbin that lady actually does use an oven for dehydration check her playlists as I know for certainty she has covered this, it got me started making veggie boullion also good for flavoring to add to soups and stews

[@maryblaylock6545]

@@TXNLaurenMcN many years ago I made fruit leather for my children in my oven.

[@MeBeingAble]

I keep a lot of chia seeds on hand and ground them for the glue. The dehydrator will slowly cook as it dehydrated anyway as they’re so thin. You can put them pretty close together as they shrink anyway

[@angelsarrived2642]

Thank you for an other great slice of life on the farm 🚜. Here in New York another very hot, humid and poor quality of air. 102. 4th day in a row. And I don't have air conditioning. G-D will see me thru this, I'm sure. G-D Bless and Stay Safe.

[@ChickasawScot]

Love seeing you use all those Ball products! I’m a Ball State University grad and the Ball family was always very generous to the University and to the people of Indiana.

[@richardmouat9070]

Thanks for the pickling recipe. I'm going to try the dill your way and make a death dill pickle with my Carolina Reapers and Trinidad scorpions inside the brine right before the bath. Have a great day and stay safe

[@dianetucker2711]

Richard Mouat I adore hot pickles with my sandwiches ❣️ I’m thinking it would be awesome to make a chicken salad using your pickles. 👍

[@richardmouat9070]

@@dianetucker2711 I'll try it my second batch of Cornish cross finish on the 9th so I'll do fresh chicken with it. Stay safe

[@patriotmama]

We dehydrate many things. Cut cherry tomatoes in half and dehydrate those. Use them in soup. Our Grandkids love apples dehydrated. Just core and slice them about 1/4 inch thick. Spritz with lemon juice on both sides (bananas the same) and they do not turn brown at all. Beautiful and crunchy apple and banana chips. So good. We do onions and peppers after they are chopped for onion and pepper flakes/chunks for soups and meatloaf too.

[@DeereGuy211]

Adding grape leaves to the jars will help maintain some crunch in the pickles.

[@maryblaylock6545]

Pickled grape leaves are great for stuffing!

[@hanorabrennan8846]

@@maryblaylock6545 So true!

[@kerinicklaus564]

Wait what! Pickled grape leaves? I have to check this out! Thanks for sharing!

[@kenthorsen4558]

Nice team work with the dill pickles! The lids sounded like they were playing twinkle twinkle little star .

[@rutheglinton1117]

Hello from England! I have been using a de-hydrator for many years and the best advice I can offer is to make a solution of 1 pint water to 2 tablespoons of lemon juice or apple cider vinegar and dip the veg into it before processing (you can tip them in in batches but don't let them soak too long, plus keep using the same dipping solution, will work for a huge batch). It helps with the discolouration. Also works for apples. You have the veg spaced very far apart, they can be almost touching when you start as they will shrink quite quickly. When using the mandolin if you use the knife to quarter the courgette (you call them zucchini) for about 3 inches lengthwise at a time, then slice on the mandolin, it's a bit quicker. I use the same technique for dicing carrots. The mandolin must be very sharp for this to work. Hope the de-hydration is successful :)

[@dianetucker2711]

Ruth Eglinton GREAT and sage advice ❣️ Thanks for sharing!🥰

I have a silicone pastry mat like that and find it really useful for kneading bread dough. Nothing sticks to it and loose flour easily washes off. I never knew how useful that mat is until I got it. Another useful tool is a dough scraper. 🙂

[@reneebrown2968]

I love dehydrating veggies and fruit. It takes up so little space.

[@stevenprice9327]

Great idea with the courgettes. My dehydrater is out and the courgettes are straight in it👍

[@jeanwoodall1523]

A brake bleeder can be used to seal jars of dehydrated foods. Heidi from Rain Country shows how that is done and for her it lasts longer than Food Savers do. Dehydrated foods take up less space so it's great for those with limited storage.

[@HarborHon1]

Watching Gina dehydrate was like a dance, or putting together a puzzle. I enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing. God Bless you all.

[@debraigo1345]

If you peel, slice thin and dry cucumbers, then run through food processed to powder , you can use in the winter to sprinkle on salads. It's concentrated , so doesn't take much to really perk things up.

[@tomhaller5747]

Hi Al, if you put some gravel under the gate to raise the grade up you could remove the wood box and avoid the tripping hazard. I love your videos and watch them everyday. You family is great, keep it up.

[@hapnewsom9217]

I always added a couple of cloves of garlic to the jar as well as the dill and pickling spices

[@maryblaylock6545]

That sounds so tasty that I think I will have to have some pickles with my lunch! Thanks for the idea!

[@DianeHardin-ri4qt]

Gina once your jars seal. You need to remove the ring before you store them and test them to make sure that they have sealed you can reuse your ring on something else but never store your canned stuff with the ring on it.

[@billmcalpine8629]

Hey Al, you're really nice to teach Gina all these canning techniques.

[@faithrada]

Thanks yet again for sharing your incredibly productive farm day with us. You got so much done... on such a hot day. Love watching all the food processing. What a blessing to know where all your food comes from. These videos are real treasures. 🐔🐤🦆🐱🐐🐐🐕🐷 ☘🌱🌱🌱🐝

[@reneebrown2968]

I mix up some lemon water to soak the veggies and fruit in for a few minutes before laying them out to dry. It helps keep their color.

[@robinminnesota5491]

Greetings from MN. Its always a pleasure to watch your vid.. My grandson loves the animals he is 6

[@andhisband]

I dehydrate cantaloupe. If you're ever wondering, it works really well. The results are a lot like your zucchini: it shrinks a lot. The flavor, though, is intense and sweet. A bonus for me is it's a favorite treat for my rabbits - you wouldn't believe how crazy they are for it.

[@wendyecrain9253]

I have put salt on my squash and dried them and made chips for me and my fur babies and we love them. I like them better than potato chips. May God bless you and your family

[@indicasmama]

I love squash & as a chip it sounds very interesting & a lot more healthy too.

[@maryblaylock6545]

WOW!! That does sound good!

[@MsSunwatcher]

Kale chips are good, too.

[@kimberlyshalaby1134]

The Dill Pickles looked beautiful! My mouth is watering now with the thought of that first taste. Thank you for taking the time to do this process step by step. Very educational with this, to preserve food for the table. The Dehydrater fascinates me. This is my 2nd experience seeing someone use 1. Only thing missing was a glass of milk to go with those scrumptious cookies! I settled for a oatmeal cookie just now. Have a nice day Lumnah Family!

[@garyfeltus9801]

Some mighty good eats there. Especially the pickles. I like all kinds of Pickle's . Great video .

[@DiT555]

I use the whole dill stalk with flowers and stems-they give amazing flavor and smell too..also whole crushed garlic cloves even with the skin on...mustard seeds add some crunch as well as horseradish leaves..couple of all spice berries...yum !

[@MsBee777]

we use more dill & a fresh clove of garlic in each jar too.

[@kathleenwarner8700]

Ms Bee I agree ; canned for years with my mom. We always used the heads, leaves and the stalks folded up “accordion - style” and stuffed in the jar. Garlic, for sure, mustard seeds, salt and a half bay leaf. We also made bread and butter pickles, sweet pickles prepared in a big crock before jarring up, pickled green beans, okra, and green tomatoes. We always had volunteer dill come up all over the garden, but of course planted much more. Lots of good memories. I’m a grandma in my 75th year.

[@BroqueCowgirlHomestead]

I use dill seed, garlic, and a jalapeno pepper in mine. Sometimes even red pepper flakes too.

[@donaldmiller8629]

@@kathleenwarner8700 , My grandma made dill pickles in a huge crock that was in the cellar. Anyone going down to the cellar was supposed to give the pickles a good swirl. I don't know what she used for pickling or seasoning but the dill pickles were tasty. I was three or four years old at the time Now , I'm a great grandpa going to be 78 the day after election day.

[@rafaeltorres4728]

Gina, you are really fun when cooking. Genuine. I always like it to watch you cooking. Greetings from Brazil

[@joolwing]

No grocery store? But you’ll miss out on aisle arrows that don’t work, face masks, shielded cashiers and the stress of social distancing or lack of!

[@maryblaylock6545]

🐴

[@zombiemom5088]

That made me laugh !! Because it’s so true !! 🤣😂🤣

[@timothy3921]

I laughed so hard at your comment @Ralph

[@lindaguerrero7129]

I just love you guys! Thanks for sharing your lives with us! I am SO in awe of your greenhouse garden! The productivity is awesome!

[@susanelliott1970]

Love to see your pantry someday. Looks amazing.

[@dianetucker2711]

Any canning directive book states NOT to use a metal knife to De-bubble. HOWEVER, Gina is so doggone gentle and thorough, I believe she would be the one exception to that rule❣️GREAT looking pickles, yuuuummmm! Thanks for sharing how to dehydrate the zucchini’s - beautiful. God bless you Lumnah family!🥰

[@ijunejo]

I might never get tired of your morning routine. i wish to to follow your footsteps someday.

[@henrypotter3024]

I love dehydrating foods though I don't have a machine anymore. I love using Alton Brown's method from 'Good Eats' where he uses a box fan, furnace filters, and dehydrator trays with bungee cords. Love that man.

[@donaldhill2972]

Your vlogs are getting off the chain! Very precise in many ways. So much fun to watch!

[@wgoconnor33]

The pickles and cookies look delicious 😋 two of my favorites

[@debralunnen3378]

Gina! You have the BEST SMILE !!!! Love from California ❤️

[@jerreyhiatte7644]

thank you so much for giving us the time out of your lives on the farm love all the things you do and the animals names and all of your cooking

[@kestrelle5345]

Always a pleasure!

[@joyceg6480]

Those are gonna be delicious pickles! My sister gave me the same recipe only she added a little garlic. If you keep your fingers off the liquid you can restock with more cukes, I did that and it worked good. I like the way the goats make a "follow the leader" line out to breakfast everyday!

[@BloomWithGracie]

I so can't wait for my garden to start producing. I got a late start so I am just now getting tiny veggies. Can't wait to can.

[@dude2cadeemeister74]

I loved this video today! Gina cracks me up "might be a cookie bar?!" Her comment after putting the cookies on the baking sheets😄

[@ferkflix8313]

We need to get a canning book like that! Once again, another great video! Thanks for everything you guys do! As aspiring homesteaders, I have watched and followed your channel for a while. Its great seeing so much progress on the Lumnah Acres homestead. keep up the amazing work!!

[@helgalinton7869]

Well now let's see,back in the day our dehydrator was a sheet on a hot tin roof with corn spread out and cheese cloth over top with one person maintaining bug and bird defence.

[@dianetucker2711]

Helga Linton LOL!!! EXACTLY ❣️🥰

[@maryblaylock6545]

My mom used 2 window screens with apple slices dipped in lemon juice in between.

[@gonesideways6621]

Or the back window of old 4 door Buick !

[@dianetucker2711]

Yes, back in the good old days, using the good old ways. It surely seemed more peaceful and simpler. When you went to the grocery store and only had 3 types of toothpaste to choose from - not an entire isle. Time was used for the things that were most important - like eating, keeping a roof over your head, staying warm in the winter, cool as possible in the summer, occasionally visiting and meeting with REAL friends and family... Oh Lord but I’m sounding REALLY old! LOL!!! Forgive me folks as I reside in a happier time and place even if it is only in my mind.🥰

[@susannemarieschuster3974]

Hey Al don't tip them sideways until after they seal liquid can get under lids and prevent sealing Very important especially when pressure canning.

[@kevimc]

yup breaks the seal

[@dibutler9151]

A great dehydrated veggies is OKRA. You can save it to add to your gumbos or what have you, but if you shake some seasonings or just salt on them and store them in a jar, they are a super crunchy fun snack. Even kids will eat them.

[@christinedehn3257]

Gina, since you do gluten free, I got this from a friend who was diabetic and tried to cook low carb. Pizza with Zucchini Crust... Slice zucchini lengthwise on a mandolin (If you have one). salt slices and sweat moisture out. Rinse and pat dry. Arrange on oiled pizza pan, drizzle lightly or spray with oil and roast in oven to further dry and lightly brown. This is your crust, remove from oven, add your toppings, back in oven 'til done.

[@christinedehn3257]

Almost forgo, I've dehydrated sweet corn and it came out well. Blanched, cut off the cob, and packed a lot of corn into a quart jar for back up storage.

[@reneebrown2968]

You can always save out your half jar in the frig for testing. Lol. That's what i do.

[@Rebecca-fq4hz]

I have the same dehydrator, you can dehydrate pureed vegetables with seeds or small diced vegetables in them to make little crisps, they are a bit crumbly but very tasty as a garnish on a soup or other dish.

[@rebeccadgeney]

I did see someone mention in the comments.. Don't tip the jars when you remove from the water bath ❤

[@tonymancini7641]

Gina you are a champion- always busy as your bees - you have a beautiful kitchen and make delicious food in it

[@deborahcrutchfield5022]

Busy couple of days. Dehydrated zucchini, canned homemade vegetables soup, pumpkin and squash. Replanted more tomatoes, broccoli and one more squash plant we love squash.

[@dibutler9151]

I don't know if you all do this up there, but here in the South, once we empty a pickle jar, boiled eggs immediately go in the brine and they make a great cold fridge snack!

[@kaybs9913]

My dill plants did the exact same this year! Tall and spindly it also went to seed very quick!

[@BraxxJuventa]

Now that's handy! Such a dehydrator ! 👍😁

[@sherryadams7965]

I am glad to see all the hard work you guys have put in coming to light with your own home grocery store. Knowing where your food comes from is so inspiring. I live in a condo so its hard to put that into effect for me. Gtowing up we had meat birds and a huge garden to get our food from.

[@michellejaggard9657]

Unemployed Redneck Gardner is a great channel to follow on gardening and food. He has a great recipe on zucchini dehydration that he makes chips to snack on like potato chip. Also if you start getting too many remember you can slice them length wise and use them for lasagna noodles fresh or with a spiralizer for spaghetti.

[@cindywaldron621]

I am amazed at how many different tools you’ve got in your kitchen 😁

[@diannasills217]

Gina, those cookies looked deeeelish. You guys are rocking the veggies. So glad you got your high tunnel. Love you guys.

[@TXNLaurenMcN]

Gina is so sweet and gentle with the goats; no wonder they love her. Buttercup acts like she doesn't want Ivy to nurse after being milked by Gina. Ivy certainly isn't as gentle, lol. ~ Loved watching the pickle making. Do you still have the second copper maran chick who used to share the pigs' feed? I didn't see her in the flock and she wasn't with the other one.

[@virginiareid5336]

Thank you for sharing. My friend calls her greenhouse her back super market, Take Care

[@mimiso2522]

Gina, if you have extra pickling juice (My favorite is bread & butter) marinate the zucchini & summer squash in it before you dehydrate. YUMMY. I have not tried dill, yet so I can't say how that works out.

[@DisabledUKPrepper]

I'm so trying that canning recipe. Thanks. I love that Willow has always been the herd boss, but she obviously ain't a morning person the way Buttercup gets to go first. 😂 I also love that Buttercup gets her apple treats in as soon as she can.