Q and A: spoiled sweet potatoes, canning baked beans, and food strainer
Spoiled sweet potatoes
What would cause sweet potatoes to spoil after about 2 weeks? The lids were sealed after pressure canning. But still spoiled.
Stan French
Bandy, Virginia
Because I didn't see how you canned them, I can...
The peppers are coming up
After only five days, our peppers are popping up. Literally — they just show their "backs," then up they pop. Yesterday I took some out of the plastic so the humidity wouldn't cause them...
Q and A: Canning rutabagas and Age of eggs
Canning rutabagas
I need a canning recipe for rutabagas, hot water bath or pressure canning.
Myrle Barnes
Cottondale, Florida
Sure Myrle, here it is. (It's also found on page 156 of my book, Growing and Canning Your Own...
Time to transplant those little seedlings
It's hard to believe that those little seedlings are already big enough to transplant! But that's the way they grow. Just like kids. I'm beginning to transplant from the flats they grew in to...
Q&A: Making jelly and Growing wheat
Making jelly
For years I have enjoyed Jackie's articles, recently bought her canning book and I have a question. In the past I've put my strawberries through my Victorio Strainer and would like to make...