Q and A: Canning chili and Making sauerkraut in a jar
Canning chili
We want to can chili. I like rice in mine and hubby likes noodles, so can we can some with rice in some- noodles in some? Hubby says yes, but not a lot...
Three days of rain held things up here
After a summer of drought, we were glad to see the rain, but we were also chomping at the bit to get stuff in the gardens harvested before that dreaded fall frost arrives. We...
It may be Christmas, but I’m drooling over seed catalogs already
This year, I've been getting seed catalogs for nearly a month now. So Will and I have been discussing different varieties that we'd like to try. We've already ordered 9 new apple trees, a...
Q and A: canned tomato juice and single homesteader
Canned tomato juice
We always can tons of tomatoes in the summer (well it feels like it anyway). My question is I canned some tomato juice that was left over for the same amount of...
Q and A: elderberry syrup, candied dill pickles, and growing sweet potatoes
Elderberry syrup
I have a questions about elderberry syrup for the flu. All the recipes I have found on line start with either fresh or dried berries. I have a ton of juice I...