Q and A: fruit in honey and canning soup base
Fruit in honey
Enjoy your blogs and so forth… Very informative and innovative. However, I see a bit of a problem in one area…
People write in asking about making creamed honey. I am a beekeeper...
The truck and Old Yeller are back together!
We had quite a day. David has been working hard on his truck, which needed a $900 transmission rebuild, rather than a "cheap part." Luckily, he and his girlfriend, aided by Will, pulled the...
Sorry to have missed blogging but this homestead got real busy!
Wow, what a week. First off, our homesteading apprentice, Christian, up and left. You can take the boy out of the city but not the city out of the boy. Homesteading just wasn't his...
Q and A: Food and recipe questions
Storing beans
From a survival standpoint, what do you recommend - dry beans or home canned beans?
Karen Mallinger
Negaunee, Michigan
Both. I store lots of both. The home canned beans are great for quick meals, emergency or...
Q and A: saving squash seeds and canning on a glass-top range
Saving squash seeds
Seeds arrived this week. Thanks so much. I have been growing Hopi from Baker Creek. If these are different I will know. I only plant Hopi here at home and other cucubrits...