How To Grow & Preserve Chives

“At the store, dried organic chives cost at least $6.00 for a little .14-ounce bottle, and fresh ones are at least $4.00 for a tiny bunch.

I’ll show you how you can grow your own chives and preserve them for a year-round staple in your kitchen for a fraction of the cost. I put chives on everything so I can’t even imagine how much money I would spend if I bought them all the time. I cook with chives and pile fresh ones on everything from soups and salads to pizzas and potatoes.

Chives are extremely easy to grow in the garden and they’re a perennial, so they grow back after the winter. In fact, they may even be invasive if they’re not divided at some point during the late summer or early fall…”

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Self Sufficient Backyard

In all that time an electric wire has never been connected to our house. We haven’t gotten or paid an electricity bill in over 40 years, but we have all the electricity we want. We grow everything we need, here, in our small backyard. We also have a small medicinal garden for tough times. Read More Here...

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