Q and A: Re-canning hominy and turnip greens
Re-canning hominy
I have 1-gallon cans of white hominy, can I re can them in jars?
Fred Spires
Moody, Missouri
Yes, you can. I've often done just that as #10 cans of hominy are very cheap. Just can...
Every day is a harvest day now
As fall approaches, our crops are ripening in earnest. The blackbirds are again attacking our corn crops, most of all, the Mandan Lavender Parching corn. I'm picking the corn as soon as it is...
The beavers are busy and so are we
The beavers are telling us it's going to be quite a winter!
All of the beaver families around here are building very big lodges and are damming up higher and higher. And their brush, which...
Q and A: canning sausage and three sisters planting
Canning sausage
Can sausage be canned like ground beef? No one here likes sausage patties but do like sausage gravy and soup. Canned the same as ground beef?
Hail here shredded the corn leaves and put...
We got our freeze — 24 degrees!
BUT we got our frost-sensitive crops inside before it happened. We spent two long days picking and hauling in squash, tomatoes, onions, peppers, muskmelons, watermelons, and herbs. We were pretty pooped last night. But...