Q and A: blueberry syrup recipe and Jalapeño jelly

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Blueberry syrup recipe Please share a blueberry syrup recipe. I don't have a lot of blueberries this year because the Mockingbird enjoyed them before I...

Finally! The sun is out

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We've had weeks of dreary, cloudy, windy cold weather. The last two days, the wind was screaming up to 45 mph gusts, making the...

Mom’s not doing well, but my plants are cheering us up

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I'm sorry I haven't been blogging like usual, but Mom's having a bad time lately. She's having symptoms of a bladder infection (again), such...

Q and A: canning garlic with green beans and adding meat to pintos when...

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Canning garlic with green beans and adding meat to pintos when canning Question one. Would throwing a couple large cloves of garlic in a...

Q and A: Canning butter and growing basil

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Canning butter I canned some butter over this weekend following the directions in your canning book. You say to simmer the butter to evaporate the...