I’m canning nearly every day now
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
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...
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...
How do you keep livestock water from freezing solid off-grid?
Obviously, we can't use an electric stock tank heater. Propane heaters are expensive to buy -- and to run! Will remembered his dad telling him about his chore, as a kid, of having to...
Q and A: Canning without pressure canner, Canned corn and cherry tomatoes, and...
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...