Q and A: canning times, removing pulp from persimmons, and straightening canners

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Canning times I know a person that got an All American canner (I am wanting to get one). She said that the instruction book listed...

QandA: Planting potatoes, Gnat invasion, and New to pressure canning

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Planting potatoes I was told by an elderly neighbor that I can not plant my tomatoes in the same place that I had potatoes last...

August is here and harvesting has begun in earnest

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On Friday, I cut all the broccoli that was ready, blanched it, and quickly strained it out of the hot water and dumped it...

I think we’re done planting

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Finally. Well, kind of. I still want to plant some sunflowers and more cucumbers when Will hauls out a couple more trellises for Suyo...

Winter’s back in the saddle again

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We were expecting 6-7 inches of snow but so far we've got more than a foot and it's looking stormy over to the west....