Monthly Archives: September 2015

You never saw so many tomatoes in your life!

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Even we are amazed and, I'll admit, somewhat daunted. (In our garden we planted 108 tomato plants.) A few days ago, frost was predicted...

Harvest is full under way

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Every single day now, we're harvesting crops. As we were expecting rain, we pulled our two long rows of onions and a short one...

Q and A: canning tomato broth and canning cranberries

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Canning tomato broth In the last issue, an article mentioned using a steam juicer on tomatoes to make tomato broth. What processing is necessary...

We finally finished haying

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Yesterday, Will and I went out and picked up the very last square bales from the last hayfield. It was so good to be...

Q and A: How much is enough and corn relish

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How much is enough? I have been canning steadily and now have 45 jars of peach jam, 2 dozen canned peach slices, and 48...