Sweet Harvest Homestead

Hello and welcome to the sweet harvest homestead podcast, old fashioned homemaking for the modern woman. This podcast is brought to you in part by the naked pig, pasture raised pork and grass fed beef.  For more information visit their website at the naked pig.com With the cooler mornings that we have experienced the past few days and the gentle pulling away of summer, my mind starts thinking ahead to filling our larder full of the last of the summer garden fruits.  We are fortunate to have a grape growing friend who generously shares his bounty with us.  One of my favorite things to can or *put up* is jelly, made with the rosy pink, reliance grape.  I thought all grape jelly was purple until I discovered this little gem last year. The taste of a reliance grape isn't quite as strong as a concord grape; it has a milder flavor.  While making jelly with reliance grapes this week, I added 1 Tablespoon of freshly ground nutmeg to the mix.  I was pleasantly surprised at the difference