Carol & Jamie of 2GalsHomesteading.com are your homesteading co-hosts. Jamie practices homesteading skills in town. Carol homesteads on the farm.This week, Carol & Jamie discuss all things apples. It's apples picking season in Minnesota and Jamie has trunk loads of apples to process, one way or another.Carol has fewer apples than Jamie, but went right to it, making apple cider vinegar. She also made cheese this week. After she made the cheese, she freeze dried the cheese in the 2GH Harvest Right Freeze Dryer... and it was very tasty.Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving - The hugely bestselling Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving has been broadly updated to reflect changes over the last 15 years with new recipes and larger sections on low sugar and fermentation. Ball Home Canning Products are the gold standard in home preserving supplies, the trademark jars on display in stores every summer from coast to coast. This companion to their products is this bible of home preserving from the experts on the practice which has sold more than a million copies. The book includes 400 innovative recipes for salsas, savory sauces, pickles, chutneys, relishes and of course, jams, jellies, and fruit spreads.We use a medium sized Harvest Right Freeze Dryer. If you Like Canning or Dehydrating, You're Going To Love Freeze Drying.Perfectly preserve all your favorite foods with very little effort. Easily create a home food supply that is tastier, healthier, and more diverse than any other food preservation methods.Avid Armor When we mention Avid Armor, we're talking about a high qulaity Guide Series chamber vacuum sealer.The newest series of Avid Armor is the GS 41 - one series, two sealers, endless pursuits.Avid Armor always keeps their customers' passions in mind and when deciding to launch new products, they wanted to create a series of sealers that encompass just that.Whatever your passion . . . Avid Armor will Guide you there.Mentioned in this episode:Cultures For HealthWhether you are just getting started with fermentation or are an expert looking for a new recipe, check out 2galshomesteading.com/CulturesForHealth for tips, tricks, and more.Mentioned in this episode:MediaTrendsX LLCRecording, editing, audio production and marketing of The Homestead Podcast is the responsibility of MediaTrendsX.

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