Monthly Archives: August 2013
Q and A: canner weights and Hopi Pale Grey squash
Canner weights
I have found a number of canning recipes requiring 11 pounds pressure. My canner has a 5, 10 or 15 pound weight. Should...
Q and A: bread and butter pickles and canning homemade syrups
Bread and butter pickles
I tried your bread and butter pickles recipe but had far too little pickling juice. I halved the recipe as I...
Sorry to have missed blogging but this homestead got real busy!
Wow, what a week. First off, our homesteading apprentice, Christian, up and left. You can take the boy out of the city but not...
Q and A: canning nuts, fly in milk pail, and Hopi...
Canning nuts
Can you can sliced or slivered almonds? Also can you can raw peanuts? I have canned walnuts using your recipe and was wondering...
Q and A: worms eating squash and raising meat and laying...
Worms eating squash
I have some really big volunteer squash of some sort. Still waiting to see. The problem I am having is that little...