Monthly Archives: July 2012
Q and A: tallow candles, canning tomato soup, and apple trees
Tallow candles
Have you ever made candles from rendered tallow? I made 3 container candles in small jars as an experiment. They looked beautiful, but...
Our heat spell continues
Even our cat, Mittens, is coming in for an afternoon nap during the heat of the day. I'll admit that Will and I are...
Q and A: saving hybrid corn seed, dehydrating previously frozen berries,...
Saving hybrid corn seed
Can I successfully save seed from my "Incredible" sweet corn? Will it grow true?
Dawn Norcross
Orion, Illinois
You can save the seed...
We will be having another homestead seminar in August
Three intensive days to visit and explore our 120-acre wild woods retreat; a fun and exciting learning experience! Covered in this second seminar will...
Q and A: preserving figs and blossom end rot on tomatoes
Preserving figs
We have so many figs this year. I have canned figs, made fig jam, preserves, conserve, and strawberry fig jam. I am going...