Q and A: butchering sheep, garlic sprouting too early, and not using a pressure...

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Butchering a sheep My family was recently given a sheep to butcher. It was a show lamb with a bum leg. In the course of researching (we have done chickens and cows but never sheep)...

Q and A: Canning green beans, refried beans, and marinated pork chops

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Canning green beans Is it ok to pressure can green beans with a beef bouillon base and slices of bacon. It would be so much easier to just open a can and have it ready...

Q and A: Dehydrating sweet potatoes and home-canned meats

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Dehydrating sweet potatoes Not a question, Jackie. Hopefully something to suggest to others to help all. I dehydrate sweet potatoes when I can buy garden fresh. I grate them like cheese and use them in...

Q and A: Canning frozen vegetables, Pigweed and Lambs Quarters, and Dairy recipes

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Canning frozen vegetables Can you safely can (in jars) frozen vegetables (butter beans and purple hull peas that have been purchased from the grocer? Betty Whitehead Lumberton, Texas Yes. First thaw them out, then warm them up to...

We got our freeze — 24 degrees!

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BUT we got our frost-sensitive crops inside before it happened. We spent two long days picking and hauling in squash, tomatoes, onions, peppers, muskmelons, watermelons, and herbs. We were pretty pooped last night. But...