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

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

for thought. This week, we're really going to be diving into the question, can you homestead anywhere?

And I'm going to be sharing some details about my upcoming crash course with you.

It is a free live event that is going to really, really help you shortcut your way to homesteading wherever you are.

But first, a little bit of chit-chat.

Obviously, today I am all alone. Usually,

Josh is here with me, but he, poor, poor Josh has just come through having some dental surgery. He's had his wisdom teeth removed. He didn't have that done when he is a child and it was starting to cause him some problems so he is on the recovery bed today and taking it easy um kind of a rough time of year to do this sort of thing but you know hey when you have time off and you can take the break and there's nothing growing in the garden, it seems to be

reasonable. So we're going with it. Around here on the homestead, we are doing all of the post-Christmas

fun things that there are to do. We really enjoy Christmas. I totally love Christmas. And I love have we found a real

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