There are perks for living where it gets -35°
Yes, we've had -35 this week, along with four inches of new snow. But with the cold, we also got this fabulous cloud bow....
Q and A: Canning mixed vegetables, Whole wheat bread, and Canning corn salsa
Canning mixed vegetables
I want to can up some mixed vegetables of corn, green beans and carrots. But not sure which recipe to follow. They...
Harvest is starting, big time!
Slowly, the earliest tomatoes ripened, then more of them, now the mid-season vines are cranking out tomatoes by the basket full. After all, we...
Canning keeps on going on…
…but we're also still harvesting seeds. Today Ashley and I shelled two gallons of beautiful Bear Island Chippewa corn. I just can't get over...
Q and A: Food and recipe questions
Storing beans
From a survival standpoint, what do you recommend - dry beans or home canned beans?
Karen Mallinger
Negaunee, Michigan
Both. I store lots of both. The...