Q and A: canning broth, cloudy broth, canning potatoes, and canning nopales

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Canning broth When canning with chicken or beef stock would I consider this meat and use the higher canning time required? Judith Almand Lithia, Florida No. If you are canning just broth with no meat, you...

The new countertop and sink are in place and working

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Since it was cold and windy yesterday, Will spent the day working on our new countertop, sink, and kitchen cabinets. By evening, the faucets were on and the water running. No leaks! Of course...

We barely missed a tornado and hail last night

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We were pretty nervous last night when we received a tornado warning. One tornado was spotted on the ground to the northwest of us and another picked up on radar out of a severe...

Time to transplant those little seedlings

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It's hard to believe that those little seedlings are already big enough to transplant! But that's the way they grow. Just like kids. I'm beginning to transplant from the flats they grew in to...

Are we having fun yet?

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Well, yes, actually. We're still drywalling and mudding. But the good news is that we also have our new woodstove hooked up and heating! And it does a good job, too. We even took...