Q and A: Canning questions
Canning peaches
Is there a way to can Brandied Peaches without boiling the peaches in the syrup first? Can I just can them as usual and cut the light syrup 50/50 with brandy?
Second: In canning...
Q and A: green potatoes, planting corn and pumpkins together, and Brunswick stew
Green potatoes
When I dug my potatoes last fall they were nice and brown. I put them on tables in my garage and they turned green -- dark green. I have used some; peeling all...
Reader’s Question about fatal goat disease
I have goats and I have one in particular who is down on her knees. I was told by a vet that that is where she will most likely stay and that I would...
Q and A: Canning frozen vegetables, Pigweed and Lambs Quarters, and Dairy recipes
Canning frozen vegetables
Can you safely can (in jars) frozen vegetables (butter beans and purple hull peas that have been purchased from the grocer?
Betty Whitehead
Lumberton, Texas
Yes. First thaw them out, then warm them up to...
Harvest time starts in earnest
Although we have been harvesting for a couple months now, including our asparagus and rhubarb, not to mention lettuce, radishes, pigweed, and lamb's quarter, our main harvesting started yesterday. I'd been watching the first...