Why bother canning so much?
I get this question a lot. After all, on a good year I'll can up dozens and dozens of jars of a good crop that's had a great growing year. Sweet corn, for instance....
Just another day on a real homestead
It just occurred to me today that a lot of folks kind of form their own, often unreal, picture of life on our homestead. You know, where everything is perfect. Everything in its place,...
Q and A: salt in pickles, making vinegar, and oven canning white rice
Salt in pickles
How much salt do you absolutely have to put into a pickle recipe?
Lois Lara
Corbett, Oregon
Unfortunately, you have to put the amount of salt designated in each recipe in pickles as it does...
I’m canning nearly every day now
Our beans are in! And so are our peppers. This year I'm making batch after batch of Cowboy Candy, a candied jalapeño. Wow, are they ever good and really not all that hot. Especially...
Q and A: Using dill and breeding chickens
Using dill
Can I use the flowering heads of dill in the pickle recipes? I have lots of that, but none has yet gone to seed? This year's Hope Pale Grey crop is "running" all...