Q and A: Pickled vegetables and canning butter, Canning candy, and Processing low acid...
Raw packing pickled vegetables and canning butter
My husband loves the hot pickled jalapeno, carrot and onions he gets from a local restaurant, so I decided to can some this year. I used a recipe...
Our first asparagus just got canned
While Will has been very busy spreading manure in our Wolf Garden, where he's close to finishing, I've been canning up our first batch of asparagus. From that picking, I ended up with 11...
We finally finished our new pasture fence
Two days ago, we finished our new pasture fence and moved our very large steers from the goat pasture over to their new summer home. I was a little nervous, as cattle sometimes get...
Our homesteading seminar is this week
And we're still homesteading! Will FINALLY got our big round baler working again after first a blown hydraulic hose (with a fitting that only New Holland makes -- Will cut it off and retrofit...
Q and A: dehydrating celery and jelly not setting up
Dehydrating celery
My first attempt at drying celery proved disappointing. I used a brand new dehydrator (Presto). The process took twice as long as suggested: the pieces turned brownish and the rehydrated pieces were flavorless...