Q and A: turkey hen laying early, moving to the country, and using canned...

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Turkey hen laying early I have been trying to raise some Jersey Buff turkeys for a few years now. We got a tom and a...

Q and A: chicken broth and salty soil

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Chicken broth My daughter works in a restaurant that prepares rotisserie chicken every day. She asked them to save the bones for her, and brought...

Q and A: saving squash seeds, Hopi Pale Grey squash, and apple-walnut cake

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Saving squash seeds I harvested basketball sizes of Hopi squash this fall -- and we had the squash for our Canadian Thanksgiving this past weekend....

Q and A: cracked jars, stocking a pond, and animals on the homestead

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Cracked jars You've created a new canning monster! But in the last two canning sessions, four jars have cracked in the pressure canner. What...

Q and A: canning ground meat and planting apple seeds

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Canning ground meat I pressure dry-canned 4 quarts of ground meat. I cooked the meat, drained what little fat there was, placed in hot sterilized...