Q and A: Pressure canner gauge and peeling winter squash
Pressure canner gauge
I took the gauge from my older All American Canner to be tested. It read 7, 12.5 and 18. I had been canning with it (chicken, cubed beef both raw pack and...
Q and A: family and recanning tomatoes and tomato sauce
Family
I'm curious about David. I've been a reader since 2002 and feel like we readers have watched him grow up. How is he doing nowdays? Is he in college or working somewhere? Like I...
Q and A: heating with compost, dehydrator, and picking peaches too early
Heating with compost
I am wondering if you have ever heard of heating your green/hoop house with your compost pile. I have read about it, and it makes sense to me. It could probably be...
We’re still harvesting seeds and firewood
Some folks only save seeds and cut/split firewood in the late summer or fall, but we do it nearly year around. As our weather's been unseasonably warm, Will has been busy sawing more lumber...
Our first peppers are doing really well
After less than a week, the first hot peppers are popping up. First you see their "backs," the curved part of the stem that comes up out of the soil. Then follows the first...