Q and A: canning spaghetti sauce, canning potatoes, and cucumber beetles

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Canning spaghetti sauce Why is it okay to water bath can salsa but not spaghetti sauce? Katie Gilbert Milo, Iowa You can certainly can spaghetti sauce without...

We froze out last night

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Not only did we have a frost, but it was also a deep freeze, with temps down to the very low twenties! We knew...

Plentiful water is a wonderful thing

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It's amazing how you take some things for granted; plentiful water for one thing. On our last homestead, we had to haul water during...

Q and A: pickling solution, melted plastic in the garden, and preserving grapes

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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...

Q and A: Canning milk and All male blossoms on squash

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Canning milk I have your cookbook and want to try canning some milk. Have you ever done it in smaller quantities than quarts? I was...