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More snow and below-zero temps
As we're crawling towards spring, we've been stuck in a cold arctic spell. Last night it was -18 and today at noon, it warmed...
Q and A: rendering pig fat, canning mulberries, and source for...
Rendering pig fat
Could you give me a rough idea of how many pounds of pig fat I will need to render down in order...
It’s pepper plantin’ time!
Yesterday I went down to the basement to retrieve our pepper seeds from the big plastic tote that holds 1/3 of our seeds. (Do...
Q and A: canning on a ceramic top stove and testing...
Canning on a ceramic top stove
I have been canning for a couple years now and I keep coming up with a few questions that...
Q and A: wide mouth jars and buckboard bacon
Wide-mouth jars
I have been using wide mouth jars almost exclusively because they are easy to fill/wash. It occurred to me today as I started...