Q and A: how long to wait for foods to pickle and preparing the...
How long to wait for foods to pickle
My wife canned some Dilly Beans last night for the first time. She was wondering how long...
Q and A: canning sauerkraut with meat and dehydrating milk
Canning sauerkraut with meat
My mother has passed down a recipe with sauerkraut, bacon, onion, brown sugar, and kielbasa. You take this mixture, wrap it...
We have the very best tomatoes this year … ever
We've been filling five-gallon buckets full of tomatoes every couple of days for more than a week now. And canning, and canning… I've put...
We had a busy but blessed Easter
I made plans to do all my cleaning/baking/pre-cooking on the Saturday before Easter but you know how plans go… We had company all day...
Q and A: getting a steer ready to butcher, storing ketchup, hulless seeds
Getting a steer ready to butcher
We are raising our first grass-fed steer. It is a White Face Hereford. We fed it pasture all last...