Hey you guys, it's Carolyn from homesteading family. Now I've been preserving food for almost two decades,

and there are times I wish I could go back to my younger self and tell her what I now know. I wasted so many

hours sweating over hot canners and using untested recipes that resulted in wasted food. But while I can't go back in time, I can share

what I've learned over the years with you guys. So I'm hosting a free live online training

coming up on Thursday, June 19th, all about preserving. I'm sharing the lessons I wish I'd learn sooner, how to decide which preserving methods

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dash live training. That's all one word. Now don't worry if you can't actually make it to the

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Hey, you guys, welcome to this week's episode of the pantry chat,

Food for Thought. This week, we are talking with special guest, Bevan Cohen, who is just

releasing a book called Herbs in Every Season. Now, Bevan's been a guest here on the pantry

chat before. He is a super knowledgeable gardener herbalist, just about everything else on a homest.

And I just love getting to have him in on. I know you guys love him too.

But I got so interested in this topic of herbs for every season when I saw his book out that I thought, oh, this would be a really great one to talk about.

Instead of trying to learn everything all at once about herbs, learning them seasonally and taking advantage of what we have

seasonally around us.

I just love that idea.

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