Rain is coming so we postponed haying
Meanwhile, Will and Eric are setting trusses up on the new barn. How exciting! After all this time, it's starting to quickly look like a barn! And that gives us hope that maybe we'll...
Q and A: pickling solution, melted plastic in the garden, and preserving grapes
Pickling solution
I've been canning a lot of pickle goods, Sw. Relish, Garlic Dills, Sw. Pickle Chips, etc. I have a lot of Sw. Pickling broth left from the last batch I did and it...
Q and A: goat milk soap and making apple relish with Asian pears
Goat milk soap
You gave a recipe for Goat's Milk Soap but for the life of me I can not find it. Would you please direct me?
Amanda Modin
Bend, Oregon
That recipe is on page 78 of...
Canning, canning, canning — ain’t it great?
With our heat and plenty of water from our spring basin irrigation system, everything is going great guns. I'll be canning green beans this evening and should be picking cucumbers tomorrow. It's all I...
Q and A: Spaghetti squash, trimming tomato vines, and wrong canning time
Spaghetti squash and trimming tomato vines
The spaghetti squash is beginning to turn yellow. When it is almost ready, can I pick it early and let it ripen in the house? Also, some varieties of...