Q and A: canning beans, meat and soup, planting sprouted potatoes, and Nanking cherries
Canning beans, meat, and soup
I have a question about canning beans. How do you know when the beans are ready for canning and wouldn't...
Take a look at Becky’s tomato!
Becky B. sent us this photo of her Bill Bean tomato she raised last year from our seeds. Isn't it pretty? And BIG too!...
All on the homestead is not about work
This time of the year is the beginning of serious food preservation for me. Unfortunately, a lot of folks get the mistaken idea that...
It’s very cold outside so we’re working indoors today
Will has started a big project in the basement. It started out that he wanted to build more shelves down the center of the...
Q and A: peeling tomatoes and canning time mistake
Peeling tomatoes
I'm planning to use the Tomato Sauce with Chilies recipe from your Growing and Canning Your Own Food book. Unlike most of the...