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Chapel Hill Forge

Food preservation, homeschooling and homesteading is our life! We offer fire pokers, tallow balm, Kitchen Aid mixer repair and more.

Visit The Bread Shed at 22210 Hwy 522 in Beaver Springs for fresh bread, sourdough, cinnamon rolls, and handmade goods! Modern blacksmith, live edge sign carver, laser engraver and lovers of homesteading and homeschooling.

11/05/2026

I had one more canning project on my list that I really wanted to get done this week, and mission accomplished.

There was a 5 gallon bucket of sauerkraut left from last October hanging out in the fridge. I got all that into jars as well as the last of the fruit that I was trying to clear out of the freezer.

In total, I I put just under 100 jars on the shelf that were previously dependent on electric in the freezers - yay 😁

11/04/2026

It was a crazy busy day. I had tons of loose end type stuff to do, and the last thing before I settled in to snuggle with the kids was to get this bucket of sauerkraut canned. We had approximately 7 or so gallons of kraut left from last year yet.

We will probably make some fresh here before long, so this kraut will still be delicious along side pork! Plus, it’s one more thing that is shelf stable and taking pressure off the freezers!

11/04/2026

When we made cranberry apple relish yesterday, the scraps went into jars to become apple scrap vinegar. These will sit about 2 weeks, get strained, and then sit in storage for months or until we use them!

11/04/2026

Mom got me this book almost 20 years ago. My most well loved book for sure 🩷

11/04/2026

Another one of my freezer projects this week was getting fruit of the freezer and on the shelf. I got 30 quarts of fruit shelf stable and all canned up at once in our big canner on the porch.

This is seriously the easiest canning projects. Fill jars with fruit and water, can. Done.

11/04/2026

I poured about 130 bars of goat milk tallow soap this week, so I’ll soon have tea tree, calming oats, and coffee back in stock, and chocolate peppermint is coming for Christmas! 😍

11/04/2026

For dinner last night, we had split pea ham soup. I threw the ham bones we had in the freezer in the 10qt Instant Pot yesterday morning to simmer all day in water, which made amazing broth.

Zad pulled all the ham off while we cooked yellow split peas in the broth, and we had DELICIOUS dinner with a piece of croissant sourdough.

11/04/2026

We have two crazy busy bake days coming up. Thursday I’ll bake for the shed, and Friday I’ll bake for the Wreaths Across America - Pequea Valley Cemeteries in Paradise on Saturday.

For days like that, we love having some frozen meals ready, like this French toast casserole.

Whenever we have bread ends, we’ll chop them up for casserole and freeze it. It’s perfect for busy bake days for brunch!

11/04/2026

It was a super productive day. I’ll make some posts later about each project, but in an effort to relief some freezer pressure, I was able to empty 3 deep freezers by canning and consolidating.

We have 20 pints of cranberry apple relish, a gallon of cranberry juice, 12 pints of jellied cranberry sauce, and 30 quarts of fruit now shelf stable that were previously reliant on electric.

11/03/2026

Sourdough English muffins will be at The Bread Shed at Beaver Springs tonight!

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McClure, PA
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+17179896965

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http://www.chapelhillforge.com/

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