Capricorn Acres

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Capricorn Acres We started this page in 2013. A small hobby farm for us all to grow with. Located in Northern Lower Michigan. Many things have changed since then.

Including our daughter getting married and our youngest is 18. The current world has us in a differnt place.

Michigan
04/15/2026

Michigan

03/28/2026

No amount of oil.

03/28/2026

Garden if you can and grow extra!

03/01/2026

March - Mad by May Sarton
🌿The strangely radiant skies have come
To lift us out of the winter's gloom,
A paler more transparent blue,
A softer gold light on fresh snow,
It is a naked time that bares
Our slightly worn-down hopes and cares,
And sets us listening for frogs,
And sends us to seed catalogues
To bury our starved eyes and noses
In an extravagance of roses,
And order madly at this season
When we have had enough of reason.

01/25/2026

Canned 16 pints of pickled carrots yesterday! My kids eat these quickly so they won't last long!

Spicy Pickled Carrots:

Wash and peel 5 pounds of carrots and cut into thin sticks. Blanch carrot sticks in boiling water for 90 seconds then put into ice water to stop the cooking. Then drain when cool.

Make the brine:
5 cups vinegar (any 5% vinegar works)
5 cups water
3 tbsp canning salt

Bring brine to a boil.

To each hot pint jar add:
1/2 tsp dill
1/4 tsp pepper
1/8 tsp chili flakes
1 garlic clove
(Or seasonings of your choice)
Carrot sticks

Then pour hot brine over the carrots. Make sure jars are hot so they don't crack!

Debubble well, leave 1/2 inch headspace. Clean rim of jar. Add lid and ring, fingertip tight.

Add hot jars to hot water bath canner. Boil jars for 10 minutes (adjust for elevation above 1000'). Then turn off heat and remove lid for 5-10 minutes.

Remove jars and place on towel on counter for 12-18 hours.

To make these without canning, blanch for an extra couple of minutes. Store them in the fridge when cooled.

A simmer pot to help warm the day and keep the ice away.
01/25/2026

A simmer pot to help warm the day and keep the ice away.

01/25/2026

Yum! Love this! A great way to use up those radishes in the Spring time!

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Bellaire, MI
49615

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