🥒 Before the cucumbers take over

Published about 3 hours ago • 1 min read • Homesteading, Recipes, Gardening

*This newsletter contains affiliate links.*

Brought to you by Butcher Box

Free meat. Every box. For a YEAR.

For a limited time, every new ButcherBox subscription earns you your choice of Thick Cut Ribeye, Top Sirloins, or Ground Beef + Bacon in every box for your entire first year.

Antibiotic and hormone free, and delivered straight to your door.

Hey friend,

Cucumber season always starts out so politely.

One or two on the counter. Maybe a few in the fridge.

Then suddenly you’ve got a pile of them, and everyone in the house is asking why there are cucumbers beside the sink, on the shelf, and in the crisper drawer.

So today’s email is all about staying ahead of them.

A few jars of pickles and a better storage plan can save a lot of food from going soft before you get to it.

Garlic Dill Pickles

These garlic dill pickles are practical, useful, and exactly the kind of thing you’ll be glad to find on the pantry shelf later.

Get the recipe

How to Store Cucumbers

Not every cucumber needs to become a pickle.

Read the article

People-pleasing Pickle Recipes

Don’t deal with the whole harvest today.

Just start with the veggies already sitting on the counter.

Get the recipes

Until next time,

Sarita

P.S. TSC has some garden sale items right now, so it’s worth a quick look if you’re filling gaps in your summer setup.

Sponsor This Newsletter

Have a practical product, course, or resource for homesteading families?

Reach your ideal reader when you sponsor this newsletter.

You are receiving this email because you opted in to receive one of my free resources. My emails usually do include affiliate links.

Click HERE to unsubscribe if you don't want to get any more emails! | Update your profile | An Off Grid Life c/o P.O. Box 282, Station Main, Yellowknife, NT, Canada, X1A 2N2

Opt-out of preference-based advertising

🥫 Last chance to join the Food Preservation Summit

Food Preservation Summit Starts Tomorrow Just a quick reminder in case you meant to sign up for the Food Preservation Summit and haven’t had a chance yet. This 3-day free online event from The School of Traditional Skills focuses on the practical skills many of us are trying to build right now: preserving food, stocking the pantry, making more from what we already have, and wasting less. If rising grocery prices have you looking at canning, dehydrating, fermenting, or building a deeper...

4 days ago • 1 min read

🫐 Save the berries before they spoil

Hey friend, If berries are showing up in your kitchen this weekend, don’t wait too long. They always look manageable at first. Then one day they’re soft, sticky, and begging to be used before they end up in the compost. That’s why this weekend’s newsletter is all about saving the good stuff before it slips away. A few jars now can make winter meals feel a little easier later. Food Preservation Summit July 6 through July 8 Quick note: There’s also a free food preservation summit coming up from...

6 days ago • 1 min read

Feeding everyone costs more in July

This newsletter contains affiliate links. Hey friend, Every summer, I forget this part. Everyone’s outside more. The snacks disappear faster. And the berries, sandwiches, muffins, leftovers and “quick” meals don’t last nearly as long as I think they will. Yet somehow, even with the garden growing and the pantry stocked, the grocery bill still starts creeping up. That’s when I know it’s time for a reset. Not a big dramatic one. Just a simple look at what we already have, what we can stretch,...

7 days ago • 3 min read

Sarita|An Off Grid Life