Q and A: picking green beans and feeding bad food to chickens
Picking green beans
When picking beans, do you pick them with the stem attached or with the stem removed? I know when cleaning them I...
Layout of new garden and Canning questions
Layout of new garden
My question concerns the layout of a new vegetable garden. There is a large, relatively flat area with full sun in...
Q and A: canning diced jalapeños and canning peppers
Canning diced jalapeños
I'm interested in canning diced jalapeños. I don't want to pickle them. I want to be able to add a spoonful at...
Q and A: removing tree stumps and size of pressure canner
Removing tree stumps
I have been a huge fan of yours and a subscriber to Backwoods Home for many, many years. In fact, Backwoods is...
Things are back to normal after the holidays
Despite the clinging cold spell we've been up against for the last two weeks, the homestead is rolling along fairly smoothly. On the "warmer"...