Q and A: canning dried beans, planting asparagus, and dried citrus peels
Canning dried beans
It is not so easy to find cooking method to can dried beans in a pressure cooker. A good place I've found...
Our big snowstorm turned out to be a non-event
We were all set for a foot of blowing, drifting snow. Then nothing much happened! Yep, the wind blew like crazy, making our little...
Q and A: tallow candles, canning tomato soup, and apple trees
Tallow candles
Have you ever made candles from rendered tallow? I made 3 container candles in small jars as an experiment. They looked beautiful, but...
Well, we wanted rain; now it’s raining too much
I guess we're never satisfied. Although the rain is great for our gardens, it sure makes it tough to finish up making hay. Will...
Q and A: pickling solution, melted plastic in the garden, and preserving grapes
Pickling solution
I've been canning a lot of pickle goods, Sw. Relish, Garlic Dills, Sw. Pickle Chips, etc. I have a lot of Sw. Pickling...