Monthly Archives: February 2014
We got hit with another major snowstorm
We spent all day yesterday shoveling out. Will plowed the drive with the plow truck and I used the snowblower to clear paths to...
Q and A: prickly pear cactus and canning eggs
Prickly pear cactus
My prickly pear gets a green bud at the bottom and at the top of the bud it is red, about 1½...
Q and A: oven canning and canning nuts
Oven canning
Is this recipe safe to "oven bake" to seal? Would this be good for storage?
2 cups instant mashed potatoes
1¾ cups powdered milk
2 Tbsp....
Q and A: bread bucket and transporting canned goods
Bread bucket
I have an old bread making bucket that I found at a yard sale. It's has some rust but is in good shape....
I’m hunting up my pepper seeds and my jiffy pellets
It's mid-February (does THAT seem possible?) and pretty soon I'll be starting my peppers and petunias. They take a long time to get big....