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Q and A: larger canning jars and canning tomato sauce

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Larger canning jars Have you/your readers noticed that the new canning jars are larger? I had to purchase new quart jars, Mason brand, and 7...

So far we’ve had a great fruit harvest

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Besides harvesting many wild pin cherries and chokecherries, the wild plums are coming on like mad. Not to mention our own tame fruit. We've...

Hey everyone, there was a mistake in the photo in the...

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We made a mistake in the current issue, Issue No. 149, September/October 2014. In the article titled “Nut trees on your homestead,” we inadvertently...

Q and A: flu tonic and storing dehydrated foods

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Flu tonic I have a recipe that I call my "flu/cold tonic." I am wondering if it can be canned for longer storage.   Juice of...

Q and A: tomato sprouting and homesteader savings

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Tomato sprouting I was wondering if you ever saw a tomato that had a plant of some kind growing out of the fruit itself. I've...