I can't take credit for all of my bright ideas, becoming self-sustaining was definitely not on my "To Do" list when I found myself with all this time on my hands. Since I'm not a TV watcher, I find myself on the Internet a lot. One thing led to another and somehow I made a bleary-eyed 3 a.m. impulse decision to join a cook book club.
I have always wanted to learn how to make homemade bread and rolls. Who doesn't love melting butter running down your fingers from a fresh-from-the-oven piece of fresh bread. And, who makes better bread than my grandma? The Amish. So my first book selection was naturally
The Amish Cook's Baking Book.
And, with all this time on my hands and the raised-bed gardens in my new backyard, of course I am going to have fabulous vegetable gardens this summer. Well obviously I should learn to can all those tasty veggies right!? My mom always canned our garden's bounty. My brother cans hot peppers, tomatoes, other stuff I'm sure. How did I miss the lesson on canning? Oh well, book selection number two?
Put 'em up! billed as a "Comprehensive home preserving guide for the creative cook."
Then I selected a book with ten million cookie recipes (Christmas was right around the corner), and the latest food tome by my husband's favorite Food Network star, Alton Brown. With one selection left I was losing steam and interest. Then in the "You may also like" section a book with an interesting picture on the front caught my eye. A closer look at
The Backyard Homestead and my destiny was set.
"Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre!" the cover promises. Really? Just a quarter acre, all the food I need? And that's not all the books suggests, I could eat fresh veggies and homemade preserves from my own garden year-round; make omelets from the eggs laid by my very own chickens; and pick fruits and berries outside my back door! I'm in!
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