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~Ohio Thoughts~: Homemade Vanilla

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Farming Gardening Recipes Canning Crafts Travels. Making Vanilla is Easy! Real vanilla is quite pricey but is one of the best flavors to use for wonderful desserts and in treasured recipes. I myself absolutely love double strength vanilla. Making your own insures a high quality product that is free of artificial colors or sweeteners. Homemade vanilla also makes a wonderful gift similar to a bottle of fine wine. And like fine wine, vanilla matures with age. Or you can use even more, the best vanilla is th...

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~Ohio Thoughts~: Pumpkin Martini

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Farming Gardening Recipes Canning Crafts Travels. Hosting a frightfully fun Fall or Halloween party this year? Since pumpkin has long been a favorite for fall, why not serve a pumpkin adult beverage? I served this at our annual Fall Party. And it was a hit. This could also be served to guests before Thanksgiving dinner. Pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin beer. the recipes are endless. And now that it's finally pumpkin season here's a pumpkin drink recipe, yea! I also...

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~Ohio Thoughts~: Seed Storage Container

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Farming Gardening Recipes Canning Crafts Travels. Easy Way To Organize Seed Storage. This is an simple way to organize and store seeds, and makes it easy to inventory the seeds you have on hand. I like to separate my seeds by groups or type, that way come spring I know which seeds I need to purchase and which ones I have plenty of. What you’ll need:. 1 Plastic Storage Container (shoe box size). Card Stock or Index Cards. Cut a tab area in each card, cutting a right tab, a middle tab and a left tab. Cool,...

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~Ohio Thoughts~: Farm Life

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Farming Gardening Recipes Canning Crafts Travels. Click on the highlighted link to go directly to the blog post. And please leave a comment! Vintage Farm Market Display Shelves. These drawers are probably from the 1930's or 40's and have many layers of paint. The last paint color of grayish blue is peeling and aged which is perfect for our vintage look. Moving a Gardening Shed. Building a Hog Trough (feeder). Building a Greenhouse (Part 1). Rabbits: A Natural and Cultural History. One of the two cats we ...

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~Ohio Thoughts~: My Photos

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Farming Gardening Recipes Canning Crafts Travels. I take my own photos, but I'm not a professional, I just like taking photos. I try to capture what I'm seeing and what we're doing, capture the moment with a camera. Sometimes I'm able to take a photo of something that is breathtaking ( to me, anyways) and warms my heart. Those, I think, are my best shots. Here Is A Sampling, A Few Photo Links,. That Have Been Requested To Use Or Publish:. Click on link to see photo. Boo On Broadway photo. Little Rock, AK.

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~Ohio Thoughts~: Building A Hog Trough

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Farming Gardening Recipes Canning Crafts Travels. Building A Hog Trough. We decided to raise a feeder pig this past spring for butchering in the fall. We purchased “Burt” a Hampshire breed, from a farmer for $50.00. Hampshire hogs are black with a white belt, heavily muscled, lean meat breed. They are the fourth most recorded breed of the pigs in the. The Hampshire breed is also the oldest, early-American breed of hogs in existence today. The Hampshire hog originated in southern. After a little research,...

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~Ohio Thoughts~: Fall Leaf Place Cards

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Farming Gardening Recipes Canning Crafts Travels. Fall Leaf Place Cards. Fall or Thanksgiving Place Cards made with leaves. I use the few days leading up to Thanksgiving to pre-bake desserts, dry the bread crumbs for stuffing, set the table and multiple other tasks to cut down on the work load on Thanksgiving Day. One of the things I made ahead is place cards. I started using place cards a few years ago more for fun than actual assigned seating. Real or artificial fall leaves. Card Stock for name tags.

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~Ohio Thoughts~: Seasonal & Parties

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Farming Gardening Recipes Canning Crafts Travels. Holiday and Party Ideas: Crafts, Recipes, Decorations and DIY's :. Click on the highlighted link to go directly to the blog post. And please leave a comment! Valentine's Day Decorating Ideas. Valentine's Day Craft: Blocks. St Patrick's Day and Sauerkraut Balls. St Patrick's Day History. St Patty's Day Mint Cookies. Ash Wednesday: Significance and History. Under The Sea Party Ideas. Ariel's Candelabra and “Under the Sea” Party. More Halloween Costume Ideas.

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~Ohio Thoughts~: Recipes

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Farming Gardening Recipes Canning Crafts Travels. Click on the highlighted link to go directly to the Blog Post. And please leave a comment! Black Bean, Tomato and Corn Salsa. Hey Hey Sauerkraut Balls. Flaky Buttery Buttermilk Biscuits. One Hour Cinnamon Rolls. Canning Whole Kernel Corn. Sauerkraut In Mason Jars. How To Can Rabbit Meat. Blue Ribbon Sweet Relish. Homemade Natural Tomato Soup. Easy Garlic Dill Pickles. St Patty's Day Cookies. WWII Chocolate Mayo Cake. Grandma Elder's Carrot Cake. August 24...

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~Ohio Thoughts~: Zucchini Bread

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Farming Gardening Recipes Canning Crafts Travels. What to do with all the zucchini my garden produced this year! Zucchini is one of the easiest vegetables to grow and as such, it's known far and wide among home gardeners for overwhelming crops. When cooking, zucchini is treated as a vegetable and is usually cooked and served as a savory or side dish. Botanically, however, zucchini is really a fruit. Washed and ready for grating. Zucchini, Cucurbita pepo, is a member of the cucumber and melon family. ...