Q and A: Juice steamers, Rubbery carrots, and Carrot recipes
Juice steamers
Not so much a question, but a thank you for the little blurb about juice steamers. After reading your comment, I began my search online. The Swedish brand was out of my price...
Another deer season, another canning lesson
My oldest son, Bill, shot a nice seven-point buck the first weekend of season this year. And he called to ask if he could come and spend some "quality time" with me and, of...
Q and A: Extracting juice from fruit
Extracting juice from fruit
It is Spring in Minnesota, finally! I am happy to see the flowers blooming on our black-cap and red raspberries. We are looking forward to harvesting them and the elderberries and...
Q and A: canning peaches and substitution for fresh dill
Canning peaches
Can you dry-can peaches? I have never heard of this before, but saw it mentioned in an article. I have canned them in a syrup only.
Wish I could be there for the seminar!...
The “F” word strikes our garden — we had a freeze
We'd been dodging the bullet for a month now and as we listened to our weather radio two days ago, we cringed when we heard the "F" word mentioned for Monday night and tonight....