We’ve hit the big gardens full force

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We got some warm, dry days and we're really at it now. Will tried out the new-to-us manure spreader and I watched as he made his first pass in the Wolf Garden. We have...

I’m canning nearly every day now

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Our beans are in! And so are our peppers. This year I'm making batch after batch of Cowboy Candy, a candied jalapeño. Wow, are they ever good and really not all that hot. Especially...

Oh my! I have to can up a freezer full soon

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I thought that Will had the meat from our two steers all sold. But he doesn't and a half of one of them has to stay in our freezer as the buyers are going...

Q and A: lids blowing off jars in the canner and GMO corn and...

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Lids blowing off jars in the canner I have been canning for over 30 years and had an incident last week that I have never encountered. I made a big batch of turkey soup and...

Q and A: Canning without pressure canner, Canned corn and cherry tomatoes, and...

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Canning without a pressure canner  I grew up on a small farm. We canned everything -- all kinds of meat and veggies, in all kinds of recipes. I remember my mother and grandmother talking about...