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...

Q and A: oven canning and canning nuts

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Oven canning Is this recipe safe to "oven bake" to seal? Would this be good for storage? 2 cups instant mashed potatoes 1¾ cups powdered milk 2 Tbsp. instant chicken or veg bouillon granules 1½ tsp. seasoning salt 2 tsp....

We love off-season canning!

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Most folks think of canning as only something you do in the fall when harvest is in. Sure, I do a lot more canning then, as I'm bringing in tons (literally) of ripe tomatoes,...

The bottom fell out of the temperature last night.

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When we woke up it was negative 16° F! In Minnesota that's cold for early November. Those beavers were sure right so far! So we run out, do chores then come back and work...

We are almost done haying and canning has begun full time now.

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Finally, after two years of waiting to have enough seed for our wonderful Crawford beans, I had enough saved to plant extra trellises so we could both eat and can some. Well, we did...