A Good Busy Day || Easy Dill Pickles, The Best Zucchini Bread & Some Hard Work || July 2025

There’s always something going in the kitchen or the garden around here. Today it’s homemade dill pickles, a sweet loaf of zucchini bread with chocolate chips, and more chores than we care to count. It’s one of those days where you’re worn out by sunset, but your heart’s full. Come along for a real day on the homestead. Meagan’s Tomato Sauce Video https://youtu.be/hYWenl7oQ68 Meagan’s 14 day pickles video https://youtu.be/d1U1D5y68EA Dill Pickles -8 lbs cucumbers -3/4 cup sugar -1/2 cup preserving salt -1 quart water -1 quart vinegar -Dill -Garlic Prepare cucumbers, wash them under cold water, or let them sit in ice bath until ready to use. Use whole, cut into spears or slices. Combine sugar, salt, vinegar, and water in a large pot, bring mixture to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Put a piece of dill in the bottom of jar along with 1 clove of garlic. Pack cucumbers into jar, put another piece of dill and a garlic clove on top. Ladle hot pickling liquid over pickles until your 1/2 inch from top. Put lid and ring on jar. (Recommended)Water bath for 15 minutes. Let jars cool for 24 hrs. Remove ring, store in cool dark place. Zucchini Bread Recipe -1 3/4 cup AP flour -1 1/2 tsp baking powder -1/2 tsp baking soda -1 1/2 tsp cinnamon -1/2 tsp salt Combine these ingredients in a small bowl, sit aside In a seperate bowl combine -2 eggs -1/2 cup oil (lard, butter, or oil) -3/4 cup brown sugar -2 cups grated zucchini -vanilla Preheat oven to 350. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Mix until just combined. Fold in 1 cup chocolate chips. Add to greased loaf pan. Add chocolate chips on top of bread if desired. Cook for around 50 minutes. Check with toothpick. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan to a plate to completely cool. Enjoy now or freeze for later. Follow us on our official Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/share/CJ5AgCV613gVgAbJ/?mibextid=LQQJ4d Join our Facebook community group!: https://www.facebook.com/groups/639624823908914 Find the HOSS website here for all of your gardening needs! : https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=862842&u=3297601&m=65739&urllink=&afftrack= Click here to check out our favorite magazine, Backwoods Home! Click below to get 50% off a subscription! I know yall will love this as much as we do!! https://www.backwoodshome.com/shop/true-grit-appalachian-ways-special/ Find the best canning lids here https://forjars.co/?sca_ref=7910927.LL1QTHiJncBFFb8q Get 10% off with code APPALACHIAN10 Some of the links above are “affiliate links”, meaning we earn a small commission while the price remains the same or better for YOU! Thank you! The best way to support the channel: please share this video and watch more below! Thank you! Food Preservation Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnKpaj6ZJDIoSXiNrrwyoS6v2nsZEv0a8 Farm Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnKpaj6ZJDIpq-1DgHxz_-ZOsk7MWaOxA Gardening Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnKpaj6ZJDIowwC1Refr3PX28dOT3I1Yq Cooking Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnKpaj6ZJDIrhfM0GAMF2KDhNhHZTyJpw Follow us on our official Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/share/CJ5AgCV613gVgAbJ/?mibextid=LQQJ4d Join our Facebook community group!: https://www.facebook.com/groups/639624823908914 Instagram: https://instagram.com/truegrit_appalachianways?igshid=YTQwZjQ0NmI0OA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr Contact us: truegritappalachianways@gmail.com Write us: P.O. Box 138 Lawsonville, NC 27022 #HomesteadingLife #DillPickles #ZucchiniBread #AppalachianLiving #HomeBaking #FoodPreservation #CanningSeason #GardenToTable #SimpleLiving #TrueGritAppalachianWays