Prepping Projects For Thanksgiving Weekend

November 21, 2012 By Prepared Mom

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Pinterest has been bursting with great ideas for prepping over this holiday weekend. Here are some of my favorite ideas for Thanksgiving weekend prepping projects.

Dehydrate Pumpkins

We’ve been talking for several weeks now about how this is the time of year to put up pumpkins. Here are some great directions on how to dehydrate pumpkin:

How to Can Cranberries

I love fresh cranberries and this recipe looks delicious. I am curious though that the instructions for this don’t include a water bath. Has anyone done this without using the water bath method?

Plant a Winter Vegetable Garden

I never knew that there were some vegetables that will do very well in the winter. I am going to put some garlic sets out and try it:

What are you planning on prepping this Thanksgiving weekend? Have your eye on anything special in Black Friday sales? I am not planning on shopping but instead practicing skills and working on food stores. I have all the ingredients ready to dehydrate for Zombie Soup and will be getting that put up this weekend.

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